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Black History Month All Year Long: Upper School

Black Love

Cover of Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson

Cover of I Was Told There Would Be Romance by Marie Arnold

Contemporary Fiction

Cover of Cool. Awkward. Black, edited by Karen Strong

Cover of Tangleroot by Kalela Williams

Cover of Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emil

Cover of 145th Street by Walter Dean Myers

Black Graphic Novels

Cover of Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

Cover of Bunt!: Striking out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu

Historical Fiction

Cover of Swift River by Essie Chambers

Cover image for The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Black Voices in Horror

Cover of I Am the Dark that Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea

Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One, edited by Desiree S. Evans

Cover of Burn down, Rise up by Vincent Tirado

Afrofuturism & Black Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Cover of How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisen

Cover of The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Cover of Beasts of War by Ayana Gray

Nonfiction

Cover of Madness: race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum by Antonia Hylton

Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

Cover of Black Mercuries by David Wiggins

Cover of I Finally Bought some Jordans by Michael Arceneaux

Cover of This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: how guns made the civil rights movement possible by Charles Cobb Jr.

Databases

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.

African-American History Online (Infobase) This link opens in a new window Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

African American Studies Center (Oxford) This link opens in a new window

African American Experience (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window

Ebony Magazine Archive (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Ebony Magazine Archive covers African-American business, history & politics, education, entertainment, fashion, culture and much more between the years 1945-2014. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.** - NYPL description.
JET Magazine Archive (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Jet Magazine Archive provides access to issues from 1951 through 2014 covering politics, education, and other social topics with an African American focus. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.** - NYPL description.

Off-Campus Access

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