Resource Guides: Black History: Home

Black History Month Advisory Activity -- February 2023

With your advisory group, choose one of the eras of U.S. history included on this guide. (See the gold tabs above.)

Each page includes three sections: "Read" with some brief articles to read, "Feel" including selections of related art or poetry, and "Watch and Listen" with audiovisual sources. There are also books listed for further reading.

Review the resources together, and then share what you've learned with the other advisory groups you've gathered with.

Books in Our Library - General

How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture by Tonya Bolden
Call Number: MS 973 BOL
ISBN: 9780451476371
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
NMAAHC Mobile Stories by National Museum of African American History and Culture
Publication Date: 2017
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Websites

Black Freedom Struggle: Primary Sources This link opens in a new window

Black History Month | Exhibits and Collections outstanding set of links for exhibits and collections related to art & design, baseball, civil rights, culture, politics, historic places, military, music, religion, slavery, and more; a collaboration between several cultural and historical institutions including the Library of Congress and Smithsonian.
African American Odyssey An American Memory Library of Congress site.
African American Women - archival collection
Digitized primary sources from Duke University.
African-American History - United States History - Primary Resources - Research Guides at Southern Connecticut State University
LibGuide by the libraries at Southern Connecticut State University.
Documenting African American History | EDSITEment
from the National Endowment for the Humanities
DuSable Museum of African American History located in Chicago, its mission is "To collect, preserve and display artifacts and objects that promote understanding and inspire appreciation of the achievements, contributions, and experiences of African Americans through exhibits, programs, and activities that illustrate African American history, culture and art."
National Museum of African American History and Culture