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Campus Invited to Explore Resources in Honor of Black History Month

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By News Staff
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As a way of celebrating Black History Month, the campus community is invited to explore a list of resources developed by faculty, staff, students and administrators to provide a window into the Black experience.

graphic with words Celebrating Black History MonthBlack History Month, originally known as Negro History Week, was created by Carter G. Woodson in February 1926. The celebration was initially intended to teach students and young people about African Americans’ contributions. Today, we celebrate Black achievement, provide a fresh reminder to take stock of where systemic racism persists and give visibility to the people and organizations creating change.

The following list includes videos, books, podcasts and more:

  • “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” (book), Richard Rothstein
  • “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lorde” (excerpt from a book), Audre Lorde
  • “The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America” (book), Marcus J. Moore
  • “Assata: An Autobiography” (book), Assata Shakur
  • “Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela” (book), Nelson Mandela
  • “Between The World and Me” (book), Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • “The Man Who Relives Slave History Through Food” (video), Michael Twitty
  • “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” (book), Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
  • “The History of Black History Month” (video), Michael Hines
  • “Black Is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics” (book), Paul C. Taylor
  • “The Gay Civil Rights Activist Nearly Erased From History” (video), The Great Big Story
  • “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” (book), Nikole Hannah-Jones
  • “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” (book), Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
  • “Black Futures” (book), Kimberly Drew
  • “The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations” (book), Toni Morrison
  • “A Seat at the Table” (album), Solange
  • “To Pimp a Butterfly” (album), Kendrick Lamar
  • “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” (documentary), HBO
  • “Question Bridge: Black Males” (film project), Question Bridge
  • “The Humanity Archive” (podcast), Jermaine Fowler
  • “Historically Black” (podcast), APM Reports and The Washington Post
  • “Noire Histoir” (podcast), Natasha McEachron
  • “We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” (book), Natalie Baszile
  • “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred” (book), Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
  • “Music Is History” (book), Questlove
  • “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship” (book), Deborah Willis
  • “Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre” (book), Brandy Colbert
  • “Call Us What We Carry: Poems” (book), Amanda Gorman
  • “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” (book), Isabel Wilkerson

For additional information, Syracuse University Libraries published a blog post on the topic with resources and links, as well as a Research Guide for Black History Month with materials from our collections.

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