February is Black History Month. Come into the library for books and DVDs exploring African-American heritage.
Books
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
The Black History of the White House by Clarence Lusane
From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline Tobin with Hettie Jones
Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America by Jonathan Gill
Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance edited by Cary D. Wintz
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave by Jennifer Fleischner
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
Stories of Freedom in Black New York by Shane White
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
DVDs
The Color Purple
For Colored Girls
The Help
Killer of Sheep
Only the Ball Was White
Passing Strange: The Movie
