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Black Heritage Month

In honor of Black Heritage Month, which pays tribute to and celebrates the achievements of Black Americans and acknowledges the central role of African Americans in United States history, please enjoy these reading and viewing recommendations.

All materials are available as e-books or online resources through the NEIU Libraries. And check out the Black Heritage Month events led by faculty, staff, and students that celebrate, honor, and recognize the work and culture of Black people.

Celebrate Black Heritage Month in 2023 by viewing Dr. Scott's Book Reviews!

E-books available for download

African American Women Chemists in the Modern Era by Jeannette E. Brown
ISBN: 0190615176
Publication Date: 2018-10-12
Distributed Blackness by André Brock
ISBN: 1479820377
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
An African American Dilemma by Zoë Burkholder
ISBN: 9780190605131
Publication Date: 2021-08-11
Making Black History by Jeffrey Aaron Snyder
ISBN: 9780820352831
Publication Date: 2018-02-01
Living Black History by Manning Marable
ISBN: 9780465043897
Publication Date: 2006-01-03
Milestone Documents in African American History by Salem Press Editors; Echol Nix (Editor)
ISBN: 9781682175798
Publication Date: 2017-10-31
Help Me to Find My People by Heather Andrea Williams
ISBN: 9781469628363
Publication Date: 2016-02-01
From the Bullet to the Ballot by Jakobi Williams
ISBN: 9781469622101
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
Black Power by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
ISBN: 9780801882753
Publication Date: 2005-07-01
After the Rebellion by Sekou M. Franklin
ISBN: 9780814764817
Publication Date: 2014-07-11
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
ISBN: 9781640322677
Publication Date: 2020-09-30

Streaming video

Judas and the Black Messiah
FBI informant William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback). Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) commands?
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FBI informant William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback). Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) commands?
Interview with John Lewis (50th anniversary of March on Washington)
Fifty years ago, 23-year-old John Lewis raised his voice to a crowd of more than 200,000 people at a protest march that would come to represent 'the best of America.' Gwen Ifill talks to the congressman about what motivated him to become a young civil rights leader and the current state of civil rights and equality in America.
The Museum That Saved Chicago's History
In this edition of Tony Brown's Journal, Tony Brown interviews Margaret Burroughs about the DuSable Museum of African-American History.

Online collections

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
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Provide access to U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
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Search more than 170 African American Periodicals published between 1825 and 1995
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
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This collection features award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States, many from producers California Newsreel and Filmmakers Library. At present, the collection includes 145 videos, totaling 141 hours, going back to 1969. Many of the videos also have transcriptions.
Black Thought & Culture This link opens in a new window
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More than 1,300 non-fiction published works of 1,210 authors, including leading African Americans. Includes complete non-fiction works, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, and letters.

Other library resources

Chicago Renaissance Digital Collection
Chicago Public Library's digital archival materials of the South Side 1930-1950.
Black History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Origins of Black History Month
Celebrating Black History Month
JSTOR Daily editors pick their favorite stories for Black History Month.