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Virtual displays featuring eBooks from UNO Libraries.

Black History Month

Black History Month takes place in February of each year. It is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada, and more recently has been observed in Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Black History for Beginners
Our History has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies
African American History
American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World
Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900
Africa and the African Diaspora in the Development of the Global North: the American Story
The Story of the Negro
After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South
Freedom by Force: The History of Slave Rebellions
The Tulsa Race Riot
Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom
Making a Place for Ourselves the Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945
Escape from New York: The New Negro Renaissance Beyond Harlem
Heart of Atlanta : Five Black Pastors and the Supreme Court Victory for Integration
To Make Our World Anew. Volume One, A History of African Americans to 1880

In this display:

  • Baker, Bruce E., and Brian. Kelly. After Slavery : Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South. 1st ed. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013. Print.
  • Chapman, Erin D. “Escape from New York: The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem.” Journal of American History 2014: 541–543. Web.
  • Dennis, Denise., and Susan. Willmarth. Black History For Beginners. Cork: Red Wheel Weiser, 2007. Print.
  • Gamble, Vanessa Northington. Making a Place for Ourselves the Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Print.
  • Gordon, Jacob U. Africa and the African Diaspora in the Development of the Global North : The American Story. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2020. Print.
  • Greene, Ronnie. Heart of Atlanta : Five Black Pastors and the Supreme Court Victory for Integration. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2022. Print.
  • Harasymiw, Therese. Freedom by Force : The History of Slave Rebellions. New York: Lucent Press, 2018. Print.
  • Harris, Duchess., and A. R. Carser. The Tulsa Race Riot. 1st ed. ABDO Publishing Company, 2019. Print.
  • Kaepernick, Colin, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, eds. Our History Has Always Been Contraband : In Defense of Black Studies. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books, 2023. Print.
  • Kelley, Robin D. G., and Earl. Lewis. To Make Our World Anew. Volume One, A History of African Americans to 1880. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Print.
  • Knight, Frederick. Black Elders : The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom. First edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. Print.
  • Mack-Shelton, Kibibi, ed. African American History. Amenia, New York: Salem Press, 2017. Print.
  • Proenza-Coles, Christina. American Founders : How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2018. Print.
  • Sluyter, Andrew. Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. Print.
  • Washington, Booker T. The Story of the Negro. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc, 2011. Web.