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Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month 2021 with selections from the St. Mary's collection and beyond!

Books

A Black Women's History of the United States

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

Between the World and Me

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Voices of Rondo: Oral Histories of Saint Paul's Historic Black Community

From Somalia to Snow: How Central Minnesota Became Home to Somalis

Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound

The Souls of Black Folk

Sister Outsider

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity

Streaming Videos

DVDs

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement

Mighty Times: The Children's March

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Quilts of Gee's Bend

Minnesota Resources

Suggestions Welcome!

Please email us at lib@smumn.edu if there is a resource that you think should be included in this guide or added to our collections.

Thank you to the St. Catherine University library for inspiring us with your Black Joy Guide!