African-American History Month

Black History Month honors the past achievements and ongoing contributions of African-Americans and people of African descent.  Negro History Week was created by the talented African-American, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, the son of ex-slaves.  In 1926, while attending Harvard University, he established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.  He created "Negro History Week" as a way to spread knowledge about black people around the world.  His work helped to raise awareness of Black History.  Today, as a national and international observance, African-American History Week has expanded to the entire month of February.  

Publications on Display

U.S. Documents

The Negro in American Agriculture, 1940,  A 1.2:N 31

Records of Military Agencies Relating to African Americans from the post-World War I period to the Korean War, 2000,  AE 1.124:105

Black Family Research: records of post-Civil War Agencies at the National Archives,  2001,  AE 1.124:108

The Determinants of the Growth of Black Owned Businesses: a preliminary analysis, 1984,  C 1.2:B 96/8

For the Dignity of Humanity: 2nd annual commemoration of Black History, 1979
C 55.2:H 88

Historically Black Colleges and Universities: an assessment of networking and connectivity, 2000,  C 60.2:H 62

Equal Opportunity in Farm Programs: an appraisal of services rendered by agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1965, CR 1.2:F 22

Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation, 1991, D 1.2:B 56/991

Road Map to Success, 1993, D 103.2:SU 8/3

Black Americans in the Navy, 1977, D 208.2:B 56

Separate and Unequal: race relations in the AAF during World War II, 2000,
D 301.82/7:R 11

Black Contributors to Science and Energy Technology, 1979, E 1.25:0035

Black History Month, 1989, HE 22.2:B 56

The African American Mosaic: a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black history and culture, 1993, LC 1.6/4:AF 8

National Center of Afro-American History and Culture Act: hearing before th Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on S.1814, 1980, Y 4.G 74/9:Af 8

Michigan Documents 

Key Dates in Michigan's Black History, 1983-1989, E185.93.M5 K4 1983

Profiles of Leadership: the past reclaimed, the future promised, 1995, HE 20.2P 94/4

Notable Black Women, 1984, HQ 1.412.M62 1984

African American Legislators in Michigan 1893-2000, 2000, JK1012.A37 2000

African American Legislators in Michigan 1893-1999, 2000, JK5866.Y68 2000