Recommendations for Black History Month

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As Black History Month comes to a close, I think it's important that we remember that learning about Black history shouldn't be confined to the month of February; it is imperative that we continue to learn and understand the contributions Black Americans have made in the United States.

Here is a list of great books and videos to learn more:

Read

1. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs
2. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
3. Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
4. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 
5. Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
6. The 1619 Project, by The New York Times
7. Chocolate Me!, by Taye Diggs 
8. Becoming, by Michelle Obama
9. Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
10. Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin
11. I am Perfectly Designed, by Karamo Brown
12. 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World, by Charles R. Smith Jr.

1. The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History | David Ikard | TEDxNashville
2. Talks to celebrate Black History Month
3. BlacKkKlansman
4. Freedom Riders
5. Quincy