CADL has released a curated Black History Month reading list featuring diverse voices and stories. The books explore themes of justice, identity, resilience and joy in the Black experience. Featured ...

Opened in 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., tells America’s story ...

February is Black History Month, and this year's this is "African Americans and Labor." Here are three books I recommend: 1. Robert Higgs, Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American Economy 1865 ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...

Works from an environmental activist, a legal scholar, a renowned historian, and a debut novelist provide a range of paths to learning about Black History Black History Month is more important than ...

In recognition of Black History Month, we have gathered a selection of books by Black authors and about Black lives that were published this February and reviewed in Publishers Weekly. Among the ...

President Abraham Lincoln, in his Emancipation Proclamation, declared, “…all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State… shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…” The ...

Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, celebrating voices, stories, and legacies that continue to shape our world. From ...