The lists below include print books, eBooks, podcasts, websites, and more.
These lists have been professionally curated by RHPL librarians for Black History Month 2022.
Youth Resources for Black History Month
Youth Resources Biography for Black History Month
Adult References for Black History Month
RHPL TItles in the Catalog
Online Resources:
African American History Month
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States (Primary Sources for Students)
Charles R Wrights Museum
History Channel
Museum of the African Diaspora (a Smithsonian affiliate)
PBS Black Culture and little known facts
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Streaming Films on Kanopy (free to use with your RHPL card)
African American/Black History Black Rap
In Black and White: Six Profiles of African American Authors
Newspaper of Record: the Pittsburgh Courier, 1907-1965
Race or Reason: the Bellport Dilemma
Digital Offerings on Hoopla
Black Fortunes: the Story of the First Six African Americans who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
Black History Activators
Black History in Its own Words