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Dr. King’s Tour Through depiction Natural State
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Black History Month 2022 - Recent Books on History, the Arts, Literature & More
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To commemorate Black History Month in 2022, we present a selection of new releases and older books newly added that have landed on our shelves since our 2021 list. These books explore the depth and breadth of the immeasurable contributions made by Black people to the history and culture of the United States. The books below cover literature, art, politics, activism and protest, the performing arts, and more. Children's and Young Adult books selected by our children's librarians are featured below. This is just a very small fraction of what is in the Library's collection, so be sure to click subject links in our catalog records to explore other relevant books.
For more, see our lists from previous years: 2021 | 2020 | 2019. Also check this bibliography of books in our stacks related to the Library's current exhibition, Black Literature Matters. And in 2020, our blog featured "Books for Understanding, Books for Change," which includes still more crucial reading.
HISTORY
- The 1619 Project: a new origin story (edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein) (eboo
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The following works provide helpful information on individual historians and the development of historiographical debates.
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Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo, African American History Reconsidered (Urbana, Illinois, 2010).
Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo, What Is African American History (Cambridge, 2015).
Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo, Reclaiming the Black Past: The Use and Misuse of African American History in the Twenty-First Century (London, 2018).
Franklin, John Hope, ‘Afro-American History: State of the Art’, Journal of American History (75, 1988).
Harris, Robert L. Jr, ‘Coming of Age: The Transformation of Afro-American Historiography’, Journal of Negro History (57, 1982).
Harris, Robert L. Jr, ‘The Flowering of Afro-American History’, American Historical Review (92, 1987).
Hine, Darlene Clark (ed.), The State of Afro-American History: Past, Present and Future (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1986)
Meier, August, A White Scholar and the Black Community, 1945–1965: Essays and Reflections (Amherst, Massachusetts, 1992).
Meier, August, and ElliottRudwick, Black History and the Historical Profession, 1915–1980 (Urbana, Illinois, 1986).
Novick, Peter, That Noble Dream: The Objectivity Question and the American Historical Profession (Cambridge, 1988).
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