New @ the Library: Black History Month
What is New or on Display at the library
New to You @ the Library
This page features topical lists of items from our print books, ebooks, and DVD collections. Ebooks are accessible to all Central Penn students, faculty, and staff--any time, anywhere you have an internet connection. If you have questions/problems accessing the ebooks, please contact the Library.
Black History Month - Books & DVDs on Display
42: The Jackie Robinson Story by Call Number: DVD 791.43 42ISBN: 0883929316526Publication Date: 2013
100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Call Number: 920.0092 ASAISBN: 1573929638Publication Date: 2003
Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery by Call Number: 306.362 DREISBN: 9780521841023Publication Date: 2009
The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country by Call Number: 920 GATISBN: 9780684864143Publication Date: 2000
The African American Experience During World War II by Call Number: 940.5308 WYNISBN: 9781442200166Publication Date: 2010
African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album by Call Number: 973.7415 CODISBN: 9781421406251Publication Date: 2012
African Americans of Harrisburg by
African Americans of Harrisburg documents the history of the African American community in this town. Harrisburg served as a refuge and passageway for many African Americans fleeing the South via the Underground Railroad and moving north in search of freedom and a better way of life. African Americans of Harrisburg opens the door to this culturally diverse city of the wealthy, middle class, and poor with every possible race, religion, ethnicity, and lifestyle, which makes the fabric of the community so rich.
Call Number: 974.8 SCOISBN: 9780738536682Publication Date: 2005
America's Black Warriors: Two Wars to Win by Call Number: DVD 940.54 BlackISBN: 0767067363Publication Date: 1998
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr by Call Number: 323.092 KINGISBN: 0446676500Publication Date: 2001
Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary by Call Number: 796.357 LOM 1860-1901ISBN: 9780815607861Publication Date: 2003
Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues by Call Number: 796.357 LOM 1902-1931ISBN: 9780815610397Publication Date: 2014
The Black History of the White House by Call Number: 975.322 LUSISBN: 9780872865327Publication Date: 2011
Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement by Call Number: 973 ABDISBN: 9780380813414Publication Date: 2000
The Buffalo Soldiers: Their Epic Story and Major Campaigns by Call Number: 355.0089 SHEISBN: 9781440829826Publication Date: 2015The nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" was used to refer to African-Americans serving in the U.S. military, starting after the Civil War until racial integration of the armed forces in 1948.
Children of Fire: A History of African Americans by Call Number: 973.049 HOLISBN: 9780809034178Publication Date: 2011
Civil Rights Chronicle: The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Call Number: 323.1196 CARISBN: 9780785349242Publication Date: 2003
Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama by Call Number: 323.119 JOSISBN: 9780465013661Publication Date: 2010
Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950 by Call Number: 303.484 GILISBN: 9780393335323Publication Date: 2009
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective by Call Number: DVD 323.092 KingISBN: 1578297478Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of African American Business by Call Number: REF 338.709 SMITH v. 1-2ISBN: 9780313331091Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century by Call Number: REF 973.0496 Fin v. 1 - v. 5ISBN: 9780195167795Publication Date: 2009
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Call Number: REF 810.989 AbeISBN: 9780816045396Publication Date: 2003
The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors by Call Number: 338.642 SLUISBN: 9780313363351Publication Date: 2011
Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy by Call Number: 174.2809 REVISBN: 9780807833100Publication Date: 2009
Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War by Call Number: 940.5412 HERISBN: 9780062313799Publication Date: 2015
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by Call Number: 973.049 FRA 9thISBN: 9780072963786Publication Date: 2010
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Call Number: 973.7115 FONISBN: 9780393244076Publication Date: 2015
George Washington Carver: A Life by Call Number: 630.92 VELISBN: 9780807160749Publication Date: 2015
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Call Number: 510.9252 LEEISBN: 9780062363596Publication Date: 2016
The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (Vol. I: To 1865) by Call Number: 338.642 WALISBN: 9780807859100Publication Date: 2009
I Am Not Your Negro by
"To compose his documentary film 'I Am Not Your Negro,' filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin's published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from his books, essays, letters, notes, and interviews that are every bit as incisive and pertinent now as they have ever been. Weaving these texts together, Peck imagines the book that Baldwin never wrote. In his final years, Baldwin had envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. His deeply personal notes for the project have never been published before. Peck's film uses them to jump through time, juxtaposing Baldwin's private words with his public statements in an examination of the tragic history of race in America."--Publisher's summary
Call Number: 323.1196 BALDISBN: 9780525434696Publication Date: 2017
I Am Not Your Negro (DVD) by
"I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is an examination of racism in America through the lens of James Baldwin's unfinished book, REMEMBER THIS HOUSE. Intended as an account of the lives of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr., each of whom James Baldwin personally knew, only a 30-page manuscript of the book was ever completed. Combining Baldwin's manuscript with footage of depictions of African-Americans throughout American history, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO uses Baldwin's words to illuminate the pervasiveness of American racism and the efforts to curtail it, from the civil rights movement to #BlackLivesMatter. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO explores the continued peril America faces from institutionalized racism."
Call Number: DVD 323.1196 I AMISBN: 0876964011891Publication Date: 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Call Number: 616.0277 SKLISBN: 9781400052172Publication Date: 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (DVD) by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 IMMOISBN: 0883929600977Publication Date: 2017
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Call Number: 921 CARISBN: 9781250121974Publication Date: 2018
Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball by Call Number: 796.35 SIMOISBN: 9780471261537Publication Date: 2002
The Jim Crow Encyclopedia by Call Number: REF 305.896 Bro vol. 1 - 2ISBN: 9780313341816Publication Date: 2008
Life upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 by Call Number: OVR 973.049 GATISBN: 9780307593429Publication Date: 2011
Martin Luther King: "I Have a Dream" by Call Number: DVD 323.422 KingISBN: 0788605992Publication Date: 2005
Notable African American Writers by Call Number: REF 810.98 NOTA v. 1-3ISBN: 9781587652721Publication Date: 2006
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by Call Number: 338.7668 BUNISBN: 9780743431729Publication Date: 2002
Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson [1896-1907] by Call Number: 323.1196 KELISBN: 9780807833544Publication Date: 2010
Sarah's Long Walk: The Free Blacks Of Boston And How Their Struggle For Equality Changed America by Call Number: 305.896 KENISBN: 9780807050187Publication Date: 2004
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves by Call Number: 973.711 WARDISBN: 9780618634002Publication Date: 2008
Voices of Civil Rights by Call Number: DVD 323.0922 Voices v. 1-2ISBN: 9780767076685Publication Date: 2006
Yes We Did?: From King's Dream to Obama's Promise by Call Number: 323.119 FLEISBN: 9780813125602Publication Date: 2009
Black History Month - Ebooks
The African American Almanac: 400 Years of Triumph, Courage and Excellence by Call Number: Credo ReferenceISBN: 9781578593231Publication Date: 2011
Ain't Scared of Your Jail: Arrest, Imprisonment, and the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780813042411Publication Date: 2012
An Army of Lions: The Civil Rights Struggle Before the NAACP by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780812243758Publication Date: 2011
Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780231545211Publication Date: 2019
Between Slavery and Freedom: Free People of Color in America From Settlement to the Civil War by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780742551145Publication Date: 2014
Black Business and Management History (Journal of Management History, Vol. 26 No. 3) by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781800439276Publication Date: 2020
A Black Women's History of the United States by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780807033555Publication Date: 2020
The Black Women Oral History Project by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9783598413506Publication Date: 2003
Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780252041426Publication Date: 2017
The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington: Its Development and Implementation by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780813034737Publication Date: 2010
A Companion to African American History by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 0631230661Publication Date: 2005
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780593134054Publication Date: 2021
Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780252038044Publication Date: 2013
Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience by Call Number: Credo ReferenceISBN: 9781578591923Publication Date: 2009
From du Bois to Obama: African American Intellectuals in the Public Forum by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780809329793Publication Date: 2010
From Edward Brooke to Barack Obama: African American Political Success, 1966-2008 by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780826219770Publication Date: 2012
From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781625340344Publication Date: 2013
Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780810860643Publication Date: 2014
Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780759122802Publication Date: 2014
Knights of the Razor: Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780801892837Publication Date: 2009
Long Is the Way and Hard: One Hundred Years of the NAACP by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781557289094Publication Date: 2009
Making Black History: The Color Line, Culture, and Race in the Age of Jim Crow by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780820351834Publication Date: 2018
Milestone Documents in African American History by Call Number: Credo ReferenceISBN: 9781682175798Publication Date: 2017
My Father's War: Fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780817317683Publication Date: 2012The nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" was used to refer to African-Americans serving in the U.S. military, starting after the Civil War until racial integration of the armed forces in 1948.
Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy V. Ferguson by
From publisher's summary: "Right to Ride chronicles the litigation and local organizing against segregated rails that led to the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896 and the streetcar boycott movement waged in twenty-five southern cities from 1900 to 1907. The book forces a reassessment of the timelines of the black freedom struggle, revealing that a period once dismissed as the age of accommodation should in fact be characterized as part of a history of protest and resistance."
Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780807871010Publication Date: 2010
Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980 by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780813054322Publication Date: 2017
W. E. B. du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781616897062Publication Date: 2018"The colorful charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition by famed sociologist and black rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois."
Words of Witness: Black Women's Autobiography in the Post-Brown Era by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780299305048Publication Date: 2015
