View some selected resources from the Library that reflect on black history.

Feature Films:

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• 12 Years a Slave
• Birth of a Nation (2016 version)

Online Exhibit:

Peruse our Black History Month online exhibit highlighting black individuals.

Popular Recent Publications:

• Alam, Rumaan. Leave the world behind : a novel. 2020
• Bennett, Brit. The vanishing half. 2020
• Danticat, Edwidge. Everything inside : stories. 2020
• Felber, Garrett. Those who know don't say : the Nation of Islam, the black freedom movement, and the carceral state. 2020
• Horne, Gerald. White supremacy confronted : U.S. imperialism and anti-communism vs. the liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela. 2019
• Jemisin, N.K. The city we became. 2020
• Lemmie, Asha. Fifty words for rain : a novel. 2020
• Reid, Kiley. Such a fun age : a novel. 2019
• Taylor, Brandon. Real life. 2020

For further suggestions and information:

Please look at the Your Black Is Beautiful: Centering Black Experiences Guide which was created by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.