LibGuides: Events and Displays: Black History Month

The books and videos highlighted on this page feature Black voices, stories, and discussions of current social and structural issues. The library has more items like this, so ask us if there's a specific title you have in mind!

Black History Month: Print Books Listed by Author
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Black History Month: Print Books by Title
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Black History Month: Print Books in Fiction, Graphic Novel, and Yong Adult Collections
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African American Read In Further Reading (From The Creative Writing Group at SLCC)
A list of authors and works from the Creative Writing Group at SLCC, compiled in 2022.

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Films (Black History Month)

Summer of Soul
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
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12 Years a Slave
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Hidden Figures
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Black History Month Collection in Films on Demand
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A large collection of streaming video with academic, vocational and life-skills content. Topics include: Anthropology, Art & Architecture, Biology, Careers, Communication, Computers, Earth Science, Education, Environmental Science, Family Sciences, Geography, Guidance & Counseling, Health, History, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Technical Education, and World Languages. Be patient, the videos can take a few minutes to load

African American Read In: Library-Owned Titles (2022)

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Call Number: South City Campus Library- SO475U
ISBN: 9781617755880
Publication Date: 2017
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9781555977856
Publication Date: 2017
Includes the poem "Dear White America"
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library- Young Adult ST722D
ISBN: 9781984829665
Publication Date: 2020

Well-Read Literature (Black History Month)

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9781400033416
Publication Date: 2004
The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9780486461342
Publication Date: 2008
The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9780393040906
Publication Date: 1997
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9780156028356
Publication Date: 2003
Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9781608468560
Publication Date: 2017
Fences by August Wilson
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library
ISBN: 9780452264014
Publication Date: 1986
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Call Number: South City Campus Library
ISBN: 9780553279375
Publication Date: 1983
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) by Colson Whitehead
Call Number: Redwood Campus Library- W5872N
ISBN: 9780385537070
Publication Date: 2019
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Call Number: South City Campus Library
ISBN: 9780060838676
Publication Date: 2013

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Events and Displays

Films (Black History Month)

African American Read In: Library-Owned Titles (2022)

Well-Read Literature (Black History Month)