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FREE YOUR MIND-GET THE FACTS

 "We must continue to tell our story, history, our truth. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."      

Dr. Maya Angelou  

cultural awareness

ASALH

National Museum of African American History & Culture

National Museum of African American History & Culture

   Est. Sept. 9, 1915 by 

Dr. Carter G. Woodson    


ASALH’s mission is to carry forth the work of their founder, to create & disseminate knowledge about Black History. 

Upcoming events

National Museum of African American History & Culture

National Museum of African American History & Culture

National Museum of African American History & Culture

   TALKING ABOUT RACE, ALTHOUGH HARD,

 IS NECESSARY 


  We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation.

let us help

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

National Museum of African American History & Culture

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture advances the knowledge of the global black experience through dynamic programs and exhibitions. 


Online Events & Classes Calendar

  “Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.” ― Cesar Chavez  

OUR HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music for the lyrics. 

Seba Enrichment Academy

Seba Enrichment Academy provides all youth, teens and adults a place to learn about, experience and gain a deeper understanding of African & African American History & Culture. Click the image to visit our website!  

   

   

What Is blackness?

 We know we're not a monolith, but what exactly does 'Blackness' mean to you? Who exactly is "the community"? How do we define 'Blackness'?

Led by : Kiddada Asmara Grey

ICYMI

YOUNGER READERS

 

  • Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juan Martinez-Neal
  • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States - For Young People* by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz  
  • The 1619 Project: Born on the Water* by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
  • Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman & Loren Long
  • Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose*

 

 

  • Dreamers* by Yuyi Morales
  • Eyes That Kiss in the Corners* by Joanna Ho 
  • I Am Brown* by Ashok Banker
  • I Am Enough* by Grace Byers
  • I Have a Question by Sonia Sotomayor (English and Spanish) 
  • Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor

 

  • Our Skin by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas  
  • Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family* by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
  • Separate is Never Equal* by Donald Tonatiuh  
  • The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh* by Supriya Kelkar
  • The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi

 

  • The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz
  • The Year We Learned to Fly* Jacqueline Woodson 
  • We Are Water Protectors* by Carole Lindstrom 
  • Who Are Your People? (Audio)* by Bakari Sellers (Author), Reggie Brown  

yOUNG ADULT AND ADULT READERS

  • The 1619 Project : a new origin story / edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein. 
  • An African American and Latinx History of the United States* - Paul Ortiz
  • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States* by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz    
  • Black Reconstruction In America- by W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Call Us What We Carry: Poems* by  Amanda Gorman  
  • Caste* by Isabel Wilkerson  
  • Dispatches from the Race War* by Tim Wise
  • Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy* by  Rachel Ricketts  
  • How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America*. by Clint Smith      (April selection for Diversity Book Group Unitarian Congregation of WC)
  • Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City* by Andrea Elliott
  • It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America by Reniqua Allen
  • Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture by Ed Morales  

  • Lies My Teacher Told Me* by James Loewen
  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by   Resmaa Menakem 
  • Nice Racism How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm* by Robin DiAngelo ·  
  • Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads by  Al Sharpton 
  • South to America* by Imani Perry*
  •  Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You* by Jason Reynolds &  Ibram X. Kendi 


  • “Surviving Racism: a Memoir of Life, Love and Faith – The Charles and Alice Thomas Story,” by Alice Thomas
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. 2017 by Michael Eric Dyson
  • The Black Friend: On Being A Better White Person* by Frederick Joseph
  •  The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
  •  The Racial Healing Handbook* by Anneliese A. Singh 
  • You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation* by Julissa Arce.
  • We Are Called To Be A Movement* by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

 The books marked with an *asterick are available free of charge via Libby, as part of the Chester County Library system.  

libby

Books by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This resource guide is divided into 10 different categories. Each is designed to give the researcher ideas on how to track down material relating to King's legacy. In the first category is a rare video clip from a 1967 interview with King on the civil rights movement  

Cornell University Library

Providing support for each other in efforts to raise & guide children who are inclusive, informed  & brave when it comes to race. 

Embrace Race

Sesame Street in Communities is building stronger, smarter, and kinder children by training parents, caregivers, and providers.  Providing free tools & resources to enhance the work they do with children and families. 

Bringing us together for over 50 years

 "Learning from—and with—one another is the first step to making justice real."


Learning Together

  "Do the best you can until you know better. 

Then when you know better, do better."   

                                                                   Dr. Maya Angelou  

America Made Lady Liberty a Hypocrite

In 1865, Édouard de Laboulaye, "Father of the Statue of Liberty," proposed creating a monument for the United States. As the president of the French Anti-Slavery Society, de Laboulaye believed that the passage of the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery in the U.S., 1865) was a milestone and it proved that justice and liberty for all was possible. 

Too often we hear, “This is not who we are. We are better than this.” The 2nd part of this statement is aspirational. The 1st part raises the question, "If this is not who we are, then who are we?" Civil Rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson

the who we are project

Feb. 1, 1901 - May 22, 1967

James Mercer Langston-  Hughes

 was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  

He sought to honestly portray the joys and hardships of working-class black lives, avoiding both sentimental idealization and negative stereotypes. 

JUNETEENTH Becomes a Federal Holiday 2021

“What to The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”

“What to The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”

  Juneteenth Celebrations

 2021  & 2022

“What to The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”

“What to The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”

“What to The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”

 The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not shared in common." July 5, 1852 

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act-HR 25

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, makes lynching a federal hate crime. 

MARCH 29, 2022

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act was passed by both houses of Congress this year -- first by the House in February and the Senate early this month. 

The bill passed the Senate unanimously, but three, Republicans opposed it in the House -- 

Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Chip Roy of Texas.

  "Southern Trees bear a strange fruit,.."

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