Subject Week: “Black History Month”

 Black History Month began in 1926 as Negro History Week and transformed into Black History Month in 1970. It takes place in February, as this month coincides with the birthdays of two important figures in the abolitionist movement: Abraham Lincoln, the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, and writer, who escaped from slavery in 1838.

The purpose of this month is an observance and celebration of past and present achievements of African Americans. We’ve compiled a list of print and e-books by black authors below.

Print Books:

1. Abdurraqib, H. (2021). A little devil in America: notes in praise of Black Performance.(First edition). Random House. B53 A23 2022
2. Baldwin, J. (1980). Go tell it on the mountain.New York: Dial Press.A45 G62 1980
3. Butler, O. E. (2019). Parable of the sower. Headline Book Publishing. U827 P37 2019
4. Davis, A. Y. (1974). Angela Davis: an autobiography. Random House. 97.D23 A32 1974
5. Douglass, F. (1995). Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. Belknap Press. E449 .D749 1999
6. Everett, P., & Twain, M. (2024). James: a novel. PS3555.V34 J36 2024
7. Fanon, Frantz & Markmann, Charles Lam. (1967). Black skin, white masks. Grove Press. GN645 .F313 1967
8. Lorde, A. (1984). Sister Outsider: essays and speeches. Crossing Press. O75 S5 1984
9. Morrison, T. (1988). Beloved. Plume.O8749 B4 1988
10. X, M., & Haley, A. (1986). The autobiography of Malcolm X. Ballantine Books. BP223.Z8 L57943 1986

 E-books:

1. Burns, A. A. (2013). From storefront to monument: Tracing the public history of the black museum movement. University of Massachusetts Press. ProQuest Central.
2. Du, B. W. E. B., & Provenzo, E. F. (2004). Illustrated souls of black folk. Taylor & Francis Group. ProQuest Central.
3. Cheng, I., Davis II, C. L., & Wilson, M. O. (2020). Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History From the Enlightenment to the Present. University of Pittsburgh Press. EBSCOhost.
4. Edwards, B. H. (2017). Epistrophies : Jazz and the Literary Imagination. Harvard University Press. EBSCOhost.
5. Freeman, L. (2019). A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America. Columbia University Press. EBSCOhost.
6. Haensell, D. (2021). Making black history: Diasporic fiction in the moment of afropolitanism. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ProQuest Central.
7. Nottage, L. (2017). Sweat (TCG Edition)(First edition). Theatre Communications Group. EBSCOhost.
8. Roberts Jr, S. K. (2009). Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation. The University of North Carolina Press. EBSCOhost.
9. Swan, Q. (2010). Black power in bermuda: The struggle for decolonization. Palgrave Macmillan. ProQuest Central.
10. E. B. Du Bois, & Brent Hayes Edwards. (2007). The Souls of Black Folk. OUP Oxford. EBSCOhost.