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
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
- The 1619 Project, by The New York Times
- Chocolate Me!, by Taye Diggs
- Becoming, by Michelle Obama
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
- Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin
- I am Perfectly Designed, by Karamo Brown
- 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World, by Charles R. Smith Jr.
- The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History | David Ikard | TEDxNashville
- Talks to celebrate Black History Month
- BlacKkKlansman
- Freedom Riders
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