Black History Month: February 2022
Books from our Catalog
The following titles represent just a small selection of books on Black History from our catalog. To find other related titles from our library and other CWMARS network libraries, you may want to try the following searches, as examples (click on links below for search results):
Between the World and Me by Call #: E185.615 .C6335 2015ISBN: 0812993543Publication Date: 2015-07-14
From Black Power to Hip Hop by Call #: E185.625 .H55 2006ISBN: 9781592130917Publication Date: 2006-02-28
Ida: a Sword among Lions by Call #: E185.97.W55G53 2008ISBN: 9780060519216Publication Date: 2008-03-11
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Call #: PS3551.N464 Z46 2009ISBN: 9780345514400Publication Date: 2009-04-21
The Inventive Spirit of African Americans by Call #: T39 .S57 2004ISBN: 0275966747Publication Date: 2004-04-30
The Making of African America by Call #: E185.B473 2010ISBN: 9780670021376Publication Date: 2010-01-21
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Call #: E449.D749 2003BISBN: 9781593080419Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry by Call #: PS310.N4 R36 2008ISBN: 9780230100343Publication Date: 2012-07-15
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour by Call #: E185.615 .J68 2006ISBN: 9780805075397Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Selected E-Books
The following titles represent just a small selection of E-books on Black History from our Academic eBook Collection. To find other related titles, you may want to try the following searches (click on links below for search results):
- History / African American & Black
- African Americans--History
- Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
- African Americans--Intellectual Life
- Civil Rights Movements--United States--History
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The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939 by ISBN: 9780231138116Publication Date: 2008-10-21
John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights by ISBN: 9780813178257Publication Date: 2019-12-09
Selected Films
Kanopy
Explore and access over 125 films from Kanopy's Black History Month Video Collection, including the selections below:
Films on Demand
Explore our Films on Demand database and its robust archival films and newsreel collection for access to primary resources. Browse by subject or search by keyword, or check out one of these selections below:
Selected Websites
Selected websites with resources for teaching and learning about Black history and Black History Month. Please note this list is not exhaustive, but meant as a starting point for exploration.
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of EqualityPrimary source collection.
- Black History MonthFrom the Library of Congress
- Black History Month 2022Special series from NPR.
- Black PastThis reference center with 7,871 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.
- Celebrate Black History Month Through the Lens of Black Health & WellnessFrom the National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Historical African American Newspapers Available OnlineCompiled by Librarian Elizabeth Clarke at Marist College.
- PBS: Black History MonthPrograms, digital collections, and ways to connect.
- Schomburg SyllabusThe #SchomburgSyllabus is an archive of new and recent educational resources relating to Black studies, movements, and experiences.
Recommended Podcasts
Do you have a favorite podcast related to Black History Month that should be on this list? Let us know! Email: bgilmore1@mwcc.mass.edu
- 1619 ProjectIn August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story.
- About RaceFrom the author behind the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/) comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further. Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today.
- Cite Black WomenThis bi-weekly podcast features reflections and conversations about the politics and praxis of acknowledging and centering Black women’s ideas and intellectual contributions inside and outside of the academy through citation. Episodes feature conversations with Black women inside and outside of the academy who are actively engaged in radical citation as praxis, quotes and reflections on Black women's writing, and conversations on weathering the storm of citational politics in the academy, decolonizing syllabi and more.
- Code SwitchWhat's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between. This podcast makes all of us part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story
- Dear CultureDear Culture is a weekly podcast keeping us informed on politics, entertainment, and social justice through the lens of culture with a healthy dose of shady social commentary. Hosted by Gerren Keith Gaynor, theGrio’s Managing Editor, and Social Media Director, Shana Pinnock.
- Historically BlackObjects hold history. They're evocative of stories stamped in time. As part of The Washington Post's coverage of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture, people submitted dozens of objects that make up their own lived experiences of black history, creating a "people's museum" of personal objects, family photos and more. The Historically Black podcast brings those objects and their stories to life through interviews, archival sound and music.
- The NodThe Nod tells the stories of Black life that don’t get told anywhere else, from an explanation of how purple drink became associated with Black culture to the story of how an interracial drag troupe traveled the nation in the 1940s. We celebrate the genius, the innovation, and the resilience that is so particular to being Black -- in America, and around the world.
- ResistanceResistance is a show about refusing to accept things as they are. Stories from the front lines of the movement for Black lives, told by the generation fighting for change. Hosted by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
- Witness Black HistoryInterviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.
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