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Black History Month

An ever-expanding guide dedicated to Black History Month

VSU Gospel Chorale performing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and "The National Anthem."

Crash Course: Black American History

Historicizing Black Resistance in the U.S.

Left: With Ole Miss fraternity houses for a backdrop, US Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted US Marshals roll across the University of Mississippi campus in the wake of the Ole Miss riot of 1962. (Credit: Jerry Huff, United Press International, 3 October 1962 ) Center: Protesters outside the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, May 28, 2020. (Credit: Hungryogrephotos) Right: Candlelight memorial in honor of George Floyd, Astoria Park, Queens, New York, on June 1, 2020. (Credit: BlaueBlüte).

"Fire Reading"

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Call Number: E185.61 .B195 1995
ISBN: 9780679601517
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
The Fire This Time by Randall Kenan
Call Number: E185.615 .K3747 2007
ISBN: 9781933633244
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Black Fire This Time by Kim McMillon (Editor); Ishmael Reed (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS153.N5 B5355 2022
ISBN: 9781737987673
Publication Date: 2022-03-15