Research Guides: Celebrate Black History Month: Resources from Delta Library

Books and eBooks available at Delta Library

eBook: Black History: More Than Just a Month by Mike Henry

Book on the Shelf: Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America by George Yancy

eBook: The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison

eBook: SOS Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader by James E. Smethurst

eBook: Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Taylor

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker by Bundles

eBook: Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? by Mumia Abu-Jamal

eBook: Sweet Tea : Black Gay Men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson

eBook: Dream a World Anew by Kinshasha Conwill

eBook: Contemporary African American Literature : The Living Canon by Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner

eBook: She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer by Diane Kiesel

eBook: Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

eBook: Black Power and the American People : The Cultural Legacy of Black Radicalism by Rafael Torrubia

Book on the shelf: The bone and sinew of the land : America's forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality by Anna-Lisa Cox.

eBook: Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County by David F. Allmendinger Jr.

eBook: Building the Black Arts Movement : Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s by Jonathan Fenderson

eBook: Loving Donovan fiction by Bernice L. McFadden

eBook: The White House fiction by JaQuavis Coleman

eBook: W.E.B. Du Bois : Revolutionary Across the Color Line by Bill Mullen

eBook: The Living Is Easy fiction by Dorothy West

eBook: The defender : how the legendary Black newspaper changed America : from the age of the Pullman porters to the age of Obama by Ethan Michaeli.

eBook: The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race essays edited by Jesmyn Ward.

eBook: Breathe : A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry

eBook: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad by Claude A. Clegg III

eBook: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (also available in physical format)

eBook: Freedom Faith : The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall by Courtney Pace

eBook: Bedrock Faith : A Novel by Eric Charles May

eBook: T. R. M. Howard : Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer by David Beito

eBook: Crusader Without Violence : A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by L.D. Reddick

eBook: Reframing Randolph : Labor, Black Freedom, and the Legacies of A. Philip Randolph by Andrew Kersten

eBook: Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by Carolyn Finney

eBook: From Every Mountainside : Black Churches and the Broad Terrain of Civil Rights by R. Drew Smith

eBook: The Warmth of Other Suns: The epic Story of American's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (also available on the shelf)

eBook: The Magnificent Mays : A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays by John Roper, Sr

eBook: Lost Treasures of R&B a mystery by George Nelson

Book on the Shelf: The Amistad rebellion - an Atlantic odyssey of slavery and freedom by Marcus Rediker

eBook: Strange Fruit, Volume I : Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History by Joel Christian Gill (also available on the shelf)

eBook: Whose Detroit? : Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City by Heather Ann Thompson

Book on the Shelf: Looking for Lorraine : the radiant and radical life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry

eBook: From Willard Straight to Wall Street : A Memoir

Book on the Shelf: The free state of Jones - Mississippi's longest civil war by Victoria E. Bynum

eBook: A Mayor for All the People : Kenneth Gibson's Newark by Robert C. Holmes

eBook: Skimmed : Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice by Andrea Freeman

eBook: Esteban : The African Slave Who Explored America by Dennis Herrick

eBook: Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett

Monumental Harm: Reckoning with Jim Crow Era Confederate Monuments by Roger Hartley

Black Life in America provides news coverage of events, people, and places significant to Black History from the first arrival of African captives in North America to the present day. You will be asked to log in if you're accessing the database from off campus.

Magazines and Journals

Search within these full-text journals and magazines for articles of interest through Delta Library.

Black Issues in Higher Education
Articles, news, and, reviews about issues in Afro-American education. Issues available from July 1996 to August 2005.
Black Renaissance
Publishes essays, poetry, fiction, photography, art and reviews that address the full range of contemporary Black concerns. Issues available from May 2008 to January 2019.
The Black Scholar
Presents African-American essays on a broad range of issues of concern to scholars in sociology, history, literature, political science, health, art, women's studies and ethnic studies.
The Crisis
Feature articles, commentary and profiles exploring the full spectrum of black thought and examining a wide range of critical issues of concern to blacks; founded by Dr. W.E.B. DuBois. Issues from November 1910 through December 1922 and June 1993 through February 1996 are available. Continues in the publication The New Crisis see below.
Ebony
World's largest black publication. Features articles on education, history, politics, art, business, personalities, literature, civil rights, sports, entertainment, music and social events.
Essence
America's leading media brand serving African American women.
Footsteps
Journal for young people concerning the scope, substance and facts of African American history from Cricket Media. Can be used as classroom resource for teachers and research tool for students. Issues available from January 1999 through May 2006.
Jet
Jet's goal is to provide a unique and engaging forum to explore the impact of the world on African Americans and the impact of African Americans on the world. This title ceased publication in 2014, but you have access to issues published between January 1996 and June 2014.
Journal of Black Studies
Articles containing full analytical discussion of economic, political, sociological, historical, literary and philosophical issues related to persons of African descent.
The New Crisis
Continuation of the publication The Crisis (see above). Issues available from July 1997 through March 2003.
Pathfinders Travel Magazine for People of Color
Articles and features for African American travelers interested in enjoying the good life.

Government Documents and Websites

Browse and Search these digital collections for material related to African-Americans and African-American history.

African American History Month site
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
African American History from the National Archives
The National Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the African American experience and highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.
Smithsonian Institution Events for African American History Month
Attend events from the Smithsonian Institution online for vibrant performances, lectures, and family activities that celebrate our nation's rich cultural heritage and history.
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The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a unique public-private partnership that has proven its value as a cultural and scientific resource for more than 170 years. The federal commitment provides the foundation for all we do, and is especially helpful in attracting private support. We leverage our federal funding to enrich the lives of the American people and advance our mission for “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

Popular Websites

Atlanta Black Star
Empowering narratives to change our world - News, Politics, Entertainment, Culture, and more from a Black perspective.
Because of Them We Can
Because of Them We Can® was started by Eunique Jones Gibson in February 2013 as a 28-day photo campaign where children appeared as iconic Black history figures of the past and present. Inspired by her sons, Chase and Amari, it was a way to teach and refresh Black history while connecting the dots between the past, present and future. BOTWC is your source for news and inspiration about Black excellence every day.
Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise is the premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans. Since 1970, Black Enterprise has provided essential business information and advice to professionals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and decision makers.
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter began as a call to action in response to state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism. Our intention from the very beginning was to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in their communities. The impetus for that commitment was, and still is, the rampant and deliberate violence inflicted on us by the state.
Black Past
Black Past is an independent non-profit corporation dedicated to bringing African American history to a global audience.
The Grio
The Grio is a video news community devoted to providing stories and issues that affect and reflect black America but may be underrepresented in traditional national news outlets.
Hello Beautiful
HelloBeautiful.com is where Black women go to talk about themselves shamelessly. We share, confess, indulge, encourage and celebrate each other.
Junteenth.com
JUNETEENTH.com promotes unity, freedom, achievement and self-esteem through the celebration of Juneteenth across the nation and beyond. Their mission is to inspire and support individuals, organizations and corporations in the hosting of Juneteenth celebrations. Through these celebrations, a greater understanding, appreciation and embrace of our nation's diversity will be achieved.
The Root
Delivers the latest news and commentary on politics, media, entertainment, music, sports, opinion and more. The Blacker the content, the sweeter the truth.