Explore African American Heritage
February is National African American History Month, popularly called Black History Month, and has been observed nationally since 1976 when President Ford "urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”" source For more about the proclamations and legislation related the Black History Month, visit the :aw Library of Congress' Black History Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide.
The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings," since the nation's earliest days.
Online Resources
The National Museum of African American History & Culture
Florida Humanities' African American History Archive: An Audio, Print, and Video Bibliography
The official African American History Month site features online exhibits and collections, videos, and images
National Black History Milestones from the History Channel
African American History at the National Archives
African American History collections online at the Library of Congress
Images of Florida's Black History from the Florida Memory Project
Florida's African American History Trail
10 National Parks that Honor Black History
Florida's African American History - Resources from the State Library of Florida
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross - Website intended to support the PBS series of the same name, it provides videos and 100 essays
poet.org's Black History Month page features poems about the Black experience by both classic and contemporary poets, videos, essays on black history and poetics & letters
30 Films that Celebrate Black Joy and Resilience
We Out Here is "a space that celebrates the breadth and diversity of Black women year-round" with content provided by Black influencers.
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Now Streaming: A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
"For decades, trailblazing photographer Gordon Parks brought the human struggle of the Black community out of the shadows and onto the pages of LIFE magazine. This documentary explores Parks' enduring legacy through the lens of three contemporary photographers, and spotlights his visionary work and its impact on the next generation of artists. An HBO Production."
Current students and employee can stream this movie for free from Films on Demand.
