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View a collection of resources, curated by Rutgers, in celebration of Black History Month.
National Museum of African American History & Culture: Smithsonian
Invisible changemakers of industry: African American and Labor.
Unsung Black women heroes of the labor movement.
Boss: The Black Experience in Business
This film "examines more than 150 years of African American men and women who have embodied the qualities that are the heart of the American entrepreneurial spirit." - Available on Kanopy - 1 hr. 57 min.
Pullman Porters Helped Build the Black Middle Class
7 minute listen, produced by NPR.
Issued by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1926
Five Things to Know About Pullman Porters
The Smithsonian reflects on the proud legacy of these African-Americans.
"Historic images of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca." by Missy Sullivan for The History Channel.
Stop by the Library to check out these featured titles currently on display.
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Virtually browse our curated collection of LLCC Library books related to African American experience.
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ASALH Virtual Events
Black American History Crash Course
Chicago Stories: Pullman Porters
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Available for purchase on Amazon Prime
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
The Six Triple Eight
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All Labor Has Dignity by Martin Luther King (Edited by Michael K. Honey)
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley
Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole
Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built A Movement by Premilla Nadasen
No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era by Jacqueline Jones
Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century by Jasmine Brown
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré
Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America by Joe William Trotter
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