Black History Month ~ February

image from U of Arkansas Libraries
Yes, we have fought for America with all her imperfections, not so much for what she is, but for what we know she can be.

~Mary McLeod Bethune, 1939 speech

African American History Month (Library of Congress)
Listen to speeches, see original photographs and other archives.

Black History Month on BET

NAACP - Celebrates 100 Years

National African American History Month 2010, White House

Notable African-Americans from Infoplease

United Negro College Fund


Books at St. Kate's Libraries

@ the St. Paul campus

Black history : a guide to civilian records in the National Archives (Reference) E185 .N576 1984

The African-American atlas : Black history and culture (Reference) E185 .A79 1998

The African-American mosaic (Reference) E184.6 .L47 1993

Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the Americas (Reference) E185 .E54 2006

@ the Minneapolis Campus

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America (Reference) E185.61 .E544 (1998)

The Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans (Reference) E185 .A8 1991


Minneapolis Library Display Case