Black History Month
Black History Month
Celebrate the History, Achievements and Futures of African Americans
The DC Public Library proudly celebrates Black History Month during February with author talks, lectures, arts and crafts, story times and more.
Events:
Attend story times, study genealogy and listen to engaging speakers. Find the featured events below and more in the calendar.FEATURED EVENTS
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| Going for Freedom: True Accounts of Flight in Verse Feb. 2 at Lamond-Riggs |
Black History Month Activity Series Tuesdays at Shepherd Park |
30th Annual Black Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You Feb. 5 at Georgetown |
Jackson Family Art Show Feb. 7 at Shaw |
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| Black History Month: To the Stars Feb. 14 at Woodridge |
The Legacy of Harriet Tubman: A One-Woman Performance Feb. 16 at Bellevue |
Icons of Black Music and Politics Feb. 20 at Benning |
Getting Started: African-American Genealogy and DNA Testing Feb. 9 at Shepherd Park |
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Did You Know?
Your library has a wealth of online resources that can help enrich your understanding of Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights movement and even your own personal history. It all can be found in our databases.
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You can search your family and local history through Heritage Quest. | Find in Genealogy |
You can read articles from four historic black newspapers:
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The African American Studies Center contains over 5,000 biographies; more than 7,500 articles and hundreds of maps; documents; images; timelines; websites and charts and tables of African-American life; history and culture. | Find in Biography |
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Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to black studies that includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles and much more. | Find in Black Studies Online Research |
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The African American Experience contains 500 full-text reference and scholarly articles and over 4,000 slave narratives. Includes primary documents, maps and images, lesson plans, searchable timelines and Web links. | Find in Black Studies Online Research |
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Good Reads
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| Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France by Magdalena J. Zaborowksa |
The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations by Ira Berlin |
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis |
South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration by Marcia Chatelain |
Cultivating the Genius of Black Children: Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap in the Early Years by Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan |
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For Children
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| Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison |
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Daniel Minter |
Islandborn by Junot Díaz, illustrated by Leo Espinosa |
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate |
Voice of freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights movement by Carole Boston Weatherford |
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For Teens
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| March. Book Three written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin |
For Everyone by Jason Reynolds |
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely |
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles with Michelle Burford |
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon |
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Good Films
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| Charlotte Forten's Mission | Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Selected: One Dream. One School. One Year | With All Deliberate Speed |
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