A Display of Books and Media reflecting the Mosaic of Human Community Curated by The Styberg Library
February 2019 | The Styberg Library Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois
Please take a copy of the bibliography of books, films, and websites-with a brief description of each item-that accompanies the display. The websites are free to view. The books and films are on display in the Styberg Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Many are available at public libraries, or may be purchased at local bookstores or online.
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Black History Month Book and Resource List Compiled by The Styberg Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
General Interest Books Life Upon These Shores. Henry Louis Gates Jr. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Styberg Library Call Number: Oversize E 185 .G27 2011 “Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama.” ~Amazon.com Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail.” S. Jonathan Bass. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 2001. Styberg Library Call Number: F 334 .B69 N422 “The nationally published "Letter" captured the essence of the struggle for racial equality and provided a blistering critique of the gradualist approach to racial justice. It soon became part of American folklore, and the image of King penning his epistle from a prison cell remains among the most moving of the era. Yet as S. Jonathan Bass explains in the first comprehensive history of King's "Letter," this image and the piece's literary appeal conceal a much more complex tale.” ~Amazon.com
My Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Juan Williams. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2004. Main Library Call Number: 323 .17309 W724m “More than 30 people tell personal stories about the nonviolent struggle for civil rights, then and now, not only the leaders but also ordinary citizens who bear witness to "transforming moments" when they suddenly found the courage to try to change things.”~Amazon.com
Race and Place in Birmingham: The Civil Rights and Neighborhood Movements. Bobby M. Wilson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2000. Main Library Call Number: 305 .80097 W746r “This pioneering book explores the implications of postmodernism for the black community through an analysis of the civil rights and neighborhood movements in Birmingham.” ~Amazon.com
The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory. Eds. Renee C. Romano and Leigh Raiford. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2006. Schaffner and Main Library Call Number: 323 .173 C5818 “The movement for civil rights in America peaked in the 1950s and 1960s; however, a closely related struggle, this time over the movement's legacy, has been heatedly engaged over the past two decades. How the civil rights movement is currently being remembered in American politics and culture―and why it matters―is the common theme of the thirteen essays in this unprecedented collection.” ~Amazon.com
Black Leaders: Then and Now. Thomas Rose and John Greenya. Garrett Park, MD: Garrett Park Press, 1984. Main Library Call Number: L323 .40922 R797b
The Selling of Civil Rights: The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and the Use of Public Relations. Vanessa Murphree. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. Main Library Call Number: 323 .1196 M978s “The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed in April 1960 to advance civil rights. With a tremendous human rights mission facing them, the founding SNCC members included communication and publicity as part of their initial purpose. This book provides a broad overview of these efforts from SNCC's birth in 1960 until the beginning of its demise in the late 1960s and examines the communication tools that SNCC leaders and members used to organize, launch, and carry out their campaign to promote civil rights throughout the 1960s.”- Google Books
Foot Soldiers for Democracy: The Men, Women, and Children of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. Eds. Horace Huntley and John W. McKerley. Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009. Main Library Call Number: 323 .1196 F687 “Drawn from the rich archives of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, this collection brings together twenty-nine oral histories from people of varying ages and occupations who participated in civil rights activism at the grassroots level. These highly personal narratives convey the real sense of fear and the risk of bodily danger people had to overcome in order to become the movement's foot soldiers.” - Amazon.com Freedom’s Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969. Gilbert Jonas. New York: Routledge, 2005. Styberg Library Call Number: E 185.5 .N27 J65 “From its pivotal role in overturning the Jim Crow laws in the South to its twenty- year court campaign that culminated with Brown v. the Board of Education, the NAACP has been at the forefront of the struggle against American racism. Gilbert Jonas, a fifty-year veteran of the organization, tracks America's political and social landscape period by period, as the NAACP grows to 400,000 members and is recognized by both blacks and whites as the leading force for social justice.” – Amazon.com Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 1st ed David J. Garrow. New York: W Marrow, 1986. Styberg Library Call Number: E 185.97 .K53G36 “Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's personal papers and tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents, this is a towering portrait of a man's metamorphosis into a legend.” – Amazon.com Personal Narrative of the Sufferings and Escape of William A. Hall. William A. Hall. Cardiff: James Wood, 1862. Styberg Library Call Number: E 450 .H3
Where I Must Go: A Novel. Angela Jackson. Evanston, Ill. : TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2009. Main Library Call Number: 813.54 J118w “Lyrical, penetrating, and highly charged, this novel displays a delicately tuned sense of difference and belonging. Poet Angela Jackson brings her superb sense of language and of human possibility to the story of young Magdalena Grace, whose narration takes readers through both privilege and privation at the time of the American civil rights movement.” -Amazon.com
The Black Revolution on Campus. Martha Biondi. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Main Library Call Number: 378.19829 B615b “The Black Revolution on Campus is the definitive account of an extraordinary but forgotten chapter of the black freedom struggle. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Black students organized hundreds of protests that sparked a period of crackdown, negotiation, and reform that profoundly transformed college life.” – Amazon.com
The Civil Rights Revolution: Events and Leaders, 1955-1968. Frederic O. Sargent. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004. Main Library Call Number: 323 .1196 S245c “From the Supreme Court’s decision of Brown v. Board of Education in 1955 to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 African American students, lawyers, ministers and communities conducted a successful nonviolent campaign against the system of American apartheid in eleven states.” – Amazon.com
Day of Tears Julius Lester. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. Main Library Call Number: 370. 002 L642d
“On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, Georgia. More than 400 slaves were sold. On the first day of the auction, the skies darkened and torrential rain began falling. The rain continued throughout the two days, stopping only when the auction had ended. The simultaneity of the rain storm with the auction led to these two days being called "the weeping time." Master storyteller Julius Lester has taken this footnote of history and created the crowning achievement of his literary career.” African American Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Kwando M Kinshasa. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Main Library Call Number: 973. 0496 K56a
“Where were the first African American churches founded? When did Frederick Douglass deliver his first anti-slavery speech? Who de-segregated Major League Baseball? The turbulent history of African Americans unfolds in historical waves, through rights and injustices, migration, inventions and art, protests, legislation, and accomplishments. From the first recorded arrival of Africans in the New World to the death of Rosa Parks, a chronology of events ties history together for the reader, giving a greater sense of the struggle, alienation, and triumph of blacks in America. The African American Chronology introduces the student researcher to the most impactful events in African American history, drawing from such categories as: Abolitionism, civil rights, economics, marriage, religion, media, literature, science, crime and war. Organized by date and including entries through 2005, the Chronology is one of the most accessible and current of its kind. The fascinating historical record is illuminated through primary source sidebars, illustrations, a glossary, print and online bibliography, and index.” The African-American Mosaic: A library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture Debra Newman Ham (ed). Washington, DC: Library of Congress 1993 “This guide lists the numerous examples of government documents, manuscripts, books, photographs, recordings and films in the collections of the Library of Congress which examine African-American life. Works by and about African- Americans on the topics of slavery, music, art, literature, the military, sports, civil rights and other pertinent subjects are discussed. Profusely illustrated, many in full color. Index to names, topics and illustrations. xviii, 300, 2 pages.”
Children’s Books Howard Thurman’s Great Hope. Kai Jackson Issa. New York: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom BX 6495 .T53 J33 2008 “Growing up in Florida in the early twentieth century, Thurman was an excellent student but had little hope of progressing beyond seventh grade. Fortunately, a principal, a town doctor, and a total stranger gave him a chance to continue his schooling, and Thurman later became a college man. This picture-book biography describes the bone-weary working conditions and unfair educational situation for African Americans in the segregated South as well as the uphill struggle of escaping poverty through education.” ~Booklist & Amazon.com
Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World. Jane Breskin Zalben. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2006. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom CT 107 .Z35 2006 “Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez,Aung San Suu Kyi, and the most recent Nobel Prize winner, Dr.Wangari Maathai, are some of the people she chose to represent different eras and parts of the globe. Many started down their path to peace during childhood, and all challenge us to think about improving the lives of others. Also included in this beautiful volume are art notes, a glossary, a bibliography, further reading, and an index, making it an excellent resource.” ~Amazon.com
Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation. Doreen Rappaport. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2004. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.2 .R272 2004 “True stories and traditional songs shed light on a lesser known era in African- American history - the crucial decades between Emancipation and the start of the Civil Rights movement.” ~Amazon.com
Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made it Happen. Casey King & Linda Barrett Osborne, Foreward by Rosa Parks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.61 .K523 1997 “A personal look at the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s told through dozens of interviews conducted by Washington, D.C., fourth graders with their parents, grandparents, neighbors, and others who helped fight the battle against segregation and changed the course of history.” ~Amazon.com
Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey. Suzanne Slade. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 2010. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.61 .S618 2010 “Change. It happens slowly. One small step at a time. Important moments in African American history have occurred at the Lincoln Memorial: Marian Anderson's concert in 1939; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in 1963; and a visit in 2009 from the first black president and his family. This book interweaves these key events with the story of black Americans' struggle for equality.” ~Amazon.com
Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks. Carole Boston Weatherford. East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, Inc., 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom VK 1430 .A1 W43 2008 “Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.” ~ Amazon.com
Lillian’s Right to Vote: A celebration of the voting rights act of 1965. Jonah Winter. New York: Schwartz & Wade books, 2015. Styberg Library Call Number: PZ 7 .W75477 Lil 2015 “As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a ‘long haul up a steep hill’ to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great- grandfather voting for the first time. She sees her parents trying to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery.” ~Amazon.com
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins. Carole Boston Weatherford. New York: Penguin Books, 2007. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PZ 7 .W3535 Fr 2007 “Set in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, this picture book tells a story of desegregation from the viewpoint of one little girl…. An author's note gives background information about the events in Greensboro that year.” ~Booklist on Amazon.com The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2015. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PZ 7 .N43773 Boo 2015 “In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch a book itch. How to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore. …People from all over came to visit the store, even famous people Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, to name a few. … Read the story of how Lewis Michaux Sr. and his bookstore fostered new ideas and helped people stand up for what they believed in.” ~Amazon.com
When I Get Older: The Story Behind ‘Wavin’ Flag.’ K’naan & Sol Guy. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 2012. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PZ 7 .K702 Whe 2012. “Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, and songwriter K’NAAN tells his own story. Born in Somalia, he grew up in Mogadishu. His grandfather was a renowned poet who passed on his love of words to his grandson. When the Somali Civil War began in 1991, K’NAAN was just thirteen. His mother made the difficult decision to move her family so that they could grow up in safety. First in New York and then in Toronto, K’NAAN faced many challenges.” ~Amazon.com Light in the Darkness: A Story About How Slaves Learned in Secret. Lesa Cline-Ransome. New York: Disney, Jump at the Sun, 2013. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PZ 7 .C622812 Lig 2013 “Illuminating a little-known aspect of American history, Cline-Ransome dramatizes a tale of a "pit school," a hidden and disguised ditch where literate slaves skipped sleep to pass learning on to others at enormous risk. Told from the perspective of Rosa, a girl who makes the dangerous nighttime journey to the lessons with her mother.” ~Booklist on Amazon.com
Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color. Poems by Elizabeth Alexander & Marilyn Nelson. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong, 2007. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PS 3551 .L3494 M57 2007 “The story of Prudence Crandall and her black students, who endured the cruelty of prejudice and hateful actions for the sake of their education…. From March of 1833 to September of 1834, when persecution forced the school to close, these African American women learned that they deserved an education” ~Amazon.com
When Marian Sang. Pam Muñoz Ryan. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom ML 3930 .A5 R93 2002 “Marian Anderson is best known for her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of 75,000 people in pre- Civil Rights America. While this momentous event showcased the uniqueness of her voice, the strength of her character, and the struggles of the times in which she lived, it is only part of her story.” ~Amazon.com When the Beat was Born: DJ Kool Hero and the Creation of Hip Hop. Laban Carrick Hill. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2013. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom ML 3930 .K68 H55 2013. “From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.” ~Amazon.com
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage. Selina Alko. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom HQ 1031 .A45 2015 “This is the story of one brave family. It is the story of how Mildred and Richard fell in love, and got married in Washington, D.C. But when they moved back to their hometown in Virginia, they were arrested (in dramatic fashion) for violating that state's laws against interracial marriage. … They fought the unfair law, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court - and won!” ~Amazon.com
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Kadir Nelson. New York: Disney, Jump at the Sun, 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom GV 875 .N35 N45 2008 “The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century.” ~Amazon.com
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole Boston Weatherford. New York: Disney, Jump at the Sun, 2015. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 444 .T82 W43 2015 “This poetic book is a resounding tribute to Tubman's strength, humility, and devotion. With proper reverence, Weatherford and Nelson do justice to the woman who, long ago, earned over and over the name Moses.” ~Amazon.com
Celebrate! : Connections Among Cultures. Jan Reynolds. New York: Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2006. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom GT 3933 R49 2006 “A photo-essay explores the similarities among celebration rituals in several indigenous cultures around the world and compares them with celebrations in the United States.” ~Amazon.com
Barack Obama : Out of Many, One. Shana Corey. New York: Random House, 2009. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 908 .C67 2009 “Learn how the lessons and love from Obama’s mother and grandparents shaped him; how the places he lived influenced him; and how he turned his childhood feeling of being an outsider into a positive driving force that propelled him into the history books!” ~Amazon.com
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation. Pat Sherman. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 453 .S56 2010 “A self-taught young slave astonishes his fellow prisoners by reading aloud the newspaper account of Lincoln’s new emancipation proclamation. Based on actual events.” ~Amazon.com
Voice of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer : Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. Carole Boston Weatherford. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2015. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.97 .H35 W43 2015 “Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson’s interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.” ~Amazon.com
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids : A History with 21 Activities. Mary C. Turck. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.61 .T925 2000 “Students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. They will relive the fear and uncertainty of Freedom Summer and learn how northern white college students helped bring national attention to atrocities committed in the name of segregation, and they’ll be inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X.” ~Amazon.com
I Have a Dream : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Kadir Nelson. New York: Schwartz & Wade, 2012. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.57 .K5 A5 2012b “On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. His words, paired with Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make for a picture book certain to be treasured by children and adults alike.” ~Amazon.com
You Are There! : March on Washington—August 28, 1963 Torrey Maloof. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 2017. Styberg Library Call Number: F 200.M335 2017 “This intriguing nonfiction book builds literacy skills while immersing students in subject area content. You Are There! March on Washington, August 28, 1963 brings this historic day to life, and highlights the critical details of the march and explores its aftermath and effects. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this high-interest book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, detailed images, and in-depth Reader's Guide require students to connect back to the text and promote multiple readings. The Think Link and Dig Deeper! sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading.” ~Amazon.com
Cracking the Wall : The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine Eileen Lucas. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 1997. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom LC 214.23.L56 L83 1997 “A brief introduction to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.” ~Amazon.com
A Kid’s Guide to African American History Nancy I. Sanders. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2007. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.S19 2007 “For parents and teachers interested in fostering cultural awareness among children of all races, this book includes more than 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games that teach kids about the people, experiences, and events that shaped African American history. This expanded edition contains new material throughout, including additional information and biographies. Children will have fun designing an African mask, making a medallion like those worn by early abolitionists, playing the rhyming game "Juba," inventing Brer Rabbit riddles, and creating a unity cup for Kwanzaa. Along the way they will learn about inspiring African American artists, inventors, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few..” ~Amazon.com
As Good as Anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom Richard Michelson. New York: Dragonfly Books, 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom E 185.97.K5 M44 2008 “MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Their names stand for the quest for justice and equality.Martin grew up in a loving family in the American South, at a time when this country was plagued by racial discrimination. He aimed to put a stop to it. He became a minister like his daddy, and he preached and marched for his cause.Abraham grew up in a loving family many years earlier, in a Europe that did not welcome Jews. He found a new home in America, where he became a respected rabbi like his father, carrying a message of peace and acceptance.Here is the story of two icons for social justice, how they formed a remarkable friendship and turned their personal experiences of discrimination into a message of love and equality for all..” ~Amazon.com
Martin Rising : Requiem for a King Andrea Davis Pinkney. New York: Scholastic Press, 2018. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom PS 3616.I574 A6 2018 “In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning.”~Amazon.com
Henry Aaron’s Dream Matt Tavares. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2010. Styberg Library Call Number: Freedom GV 865.A25 T38 2010 “Before he was Hammerin' Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn't have a bat. He didn't have a ball. And there wasn't a single black ball player in the major leagues. But none of this could stop Henry Aaron. In a captivating biography of Henry Aaron's young life — from his sandlot days through his time in the Negro Leagues to the day he played his first spring training game for the Braves — Matt Tavares offers an inspiring homage to one of baseball's all-time greats..”~Amazon.com
Internet Resources The Library of Congress – loc.gov
The Library of Congress website is a treasure trove of resources for individuals, families, and teachers. Of particular interest is their exhibition guide The African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/ . Primary source materials from the library’s collection about the topics of Colonization, Abolition, Migration, and the WPA can be viewed.
There is an excellent timeline with clickable headings here https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/civil- rights/ Clicking on the headings calls up links to primary documents such as letters and photographs in the Library of Congress collection, as well as links to other presentations and bibliographies on the site.
The May/June 2018 issue of the Library of Congress’s magazine LCM is titled “Building Black History” and features articles about two men who were key in establishing and promoting the study of African-American history in the United States, Find Your Roots—how the library’s resources make it easier for African-Americans to trace their genealogy, and the discovery of an unknown photograph of Harriet Tubman. http://www.loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2018_0102.pdf
African American History Month - https://africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. There are links to many resources and presentations created by the partner institutions, including former Chicago Sun-Times photographer and Pulitzer Prize-winner John H. White’s Portrait of Black Chicago from the National Archives https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/portrait_of_black_chicago/introduction.html
PBS History Programs http://www.pbs.org/shows/?genre=history&title=&station=false&alphabetically=false&layout=g rid This list contains links to full episodes of many documentaries, including DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis http://www.pbs.org/show/dusable-obama- chicagos-black-metropolis/ Slavery by Another Name http://www.pbs.org/show/slavery-another-name/ The March http://www.pbs.org/show/march/ Underground Railroad: The William Still Story http://www.pbs.org/video/underground-railroad-william-still-story-underground- railroad-william-still-story/
Films
American Cultural History, Racism: It’s Time to Join Hands! United States War Department, Andover Productions, New York. Board of Education, and A2ZCDS.com, 2005. Styberg Library Call Number: Media HT 1523 .R26 2005 “Witness the self-sacrificing efforts of stalwarts like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their struggle for gaining equal rights for all American citizens. Learn how the Nazi ideology destroyed Germany and many lives during World War II, and witness how the efforts of a few concerned citizens brought about a remarkable reform among school children in New York.” ~Amazon.com
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. Browne, Katrina. Ebb Pod Productions, LLC, 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Media HT 985 .T73 2008 “Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide” ~Tracesofthetrade.org
1968 with Tom Brokaw: The Year that Changed Everything. Tom Brokaw & Elizabeth Fischer. Peacock Productions. History Channel, Arts and Entertainment Network, 2008. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E847.2 .N56 2008 “1968 was a year of extraordinary tragedy, triumph, and transformation. The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy failed to halt the juggernaut of the Civil Rights Movement…. From music to politics to issues of feminism, race, and war, 1968 left almost no facet of American life unchanged.” ~Amazon.com
Underground Railroad. Hosted by Alfre Woodard. Stephen Kroopnick, Stu Schreiberg, and Susan H Michaels. Triage, Inc. & The History Channel, 2002. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E450 .U53 2002 “Alfre Woodard hosts this inspiring journey to freedom, with historical documents and interviews with descendants telling the tale of the history, heroes and villains of the Abolitionist movement.” ~Amazon.com
Slavery and the Making of America: Volumes 1-4. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. Dante J. James. Ambrose Video Publishing. New York: WNET, 2004. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E441 .S642 2004 “[It] examines the history of slavery in the United States and the integral role it played in shaping the new country's development. Underscoring how slavery impacted the growth of this country's Southern and Northern states; the series examines issues still relevant today.” ~Amazon.com
The Rosa Parks Story. Directed by Julie Dash. Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. CBS Television Network. Xenon Pictures, 2002. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E 185.97 .P3 R68 2002 “Many people believe Rosa Parks' simple refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus was her contribution to the Civil Rights Movement, but this engrossing look at her life tells the whole story.” ~Amazon.com
Martin Luther King: “I Have a Dream.” The Black History Collection. MPI Home Video, 2005. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E 185.97 .K53 M325 2005 “This program frames his inspirational [speech,] which appears in its entirety, with background on the movement demonstrated through rare footage of early incidents, excerpts from King’s final speech and Robert Kennedy’s words of consolation following the great leader’s untimely death.” ~Amazon.com
Voices of Civil Rights. History Channel. Arts and Entertainment Network. New Video Group. 2006. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E185.61 .V64 2006 “From the fearless resolve of a single man to the remarkable voices of thousands marching, Voices of Civil Rights provides a stunning overview of one of America's greatest defining moments.” ~Amazon.com
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films, Thirteen Productions LLC, with Ark Media, 2014. Styberg Library Call Number: Media E185 .A39 2014 “Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.” ~Amazon.com
Nelson Mandela: Man of Forgiveness. Great Souls Series. Directed by Tom Ivy. Worcester, PA: Gateway Films, 2003. Styberg Library Call Number: Media DT1949.M35 N34 “This program, filmed on location across South Africa, follows Nelson Mandela from his idyllic childhood to young freedom fighter against the injustice of Apartheid in South Africa, 27 years in prison, and his remarkable ascendancy to become South Africa s first multi-racial president.” ~Amazon.com
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement. Directed by Christina Voros. Time Life, TV One, Brainstorm Media and Rhythm Mass, 2009 Styberg Library Call Number: Media M1977.C47 L38 2009 “Let Freedom Sing powerfully retells one of the greatest stories in American history, the Civil Rights Movement, in a compelling new way... through the singers and songwriters who fought for change through their music.” ~Amazon.com