Black History Month: Recommended Books & Movies
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman, abolitionist
Happy Black History Month! We should celebrate black history all year, but Black History Month can remind us to give some of our attention and respect to events, places, and people that have changed the course of history. In order to look forward and understand our future potential, we must first look toward the past to understand what came before us.
There will be a blog post every Monday this month highlighting different ways to celebrate Black History Month.
Books
Fiction & Poetry
Nonfiction
Movies
PBS Black Culture Connection
Your resource and guide to the films, stories and voices across public television centered around Black history and culture. Explore. Watch. Connect!
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Two years after the court ordered public school integration, tensions came to a head. The National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, North Carolina. The “Wilmington 10” were arrested, which sparked an international campaign for their release. In 1980 their convictions were overturned.
February 4, 1971
Upcoming Virtual Events
- All Month
- Music of Florence Price (DIA @Home)
- Films of Reverend Solomon Sir Jones (DIA @Home)
- February 1
- The British Black Panthers and the Making of Anti-Imperial Space (University of Leeds)
- Community + Conversations with a Docent, Creative Griots (Smithsonian)
- February 2
- Historically Speaking: Four Hundred Souls – A Conversation with Ibram Kendi and Keisha N. Blain (Smithsonian)
- The Impact of History Untold (Sharon Racial Equity Alliance)
- February 3
- Good for Your Soul: A Cooking Show (Langston Hughes Library)
- February 4
- Black History Month Brain Health Webinar (UH Otis Moss Jr. Health Center)
- Black Lives Matter Panel Discussion (OU Center for Multicultural Initiatives)
- February 5
- Friday Night Live! Chantae Can (DIA @Home)
- February 6
- African-American Geneaology: Representation, Identity, and Diversity (Hayward Area Historical Society)
- February 7
- The Black Body’s Connection to its Environments (DIA @Home)
- February 8
- February 9
- All the Songs We Sing Author Readings (University Libraries)
- Mr. Soul! Online Screening & Discussion (NET Nebraska)
- February 10
- Good for Your Soul: A Cooking Show (Langston Hughes Library)