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Black History Month

Check out these highlights from our collections!

Book cover for Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Book cover for Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Book cover for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Book cover for The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club) by Nathan Harris
Book cover for Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Book cover for The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Book cover for Kindred: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler
Book cover for The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Book cover for Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Book cover for Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Videos

Podcasts

 

Want to learn more about Black history or contemporary resistance but not much of a reader? Worry not! We have compiled for you some fantastic (and free) podcasts that take a deep dive into topics ranging from empowerment to adversity and racial disparity, some set in the present day and others covering essential aspects of history.

Simply click on the podcast icon of your choice and start listening!

Podcast cover for Black History Year by PushBlack
Podcast cover for The Coin: Black History On The Other Side by Brittany Wilkins
Podcast cover for One Mic: Black History by Countryboi
Podcast cover for African American Studies by New Books Network
Podcast cover for Noire Histoir by Natasha McEachron
Podcast cover for The Nod by Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings
Podcast cover for GirlTrek's Black History Bootcamp
Podcast cover for The Stoop: Stories From Across The Black Diaspora

More Interesting Content

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