Resources for Celebrating Black History Month
Find out the background of Black History Month
Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt African Americans are feeling today. His book, by the same title, is available from the library in print, audiobook, and download.
Nelson T. Gant was one of Zanesville’s most prominent African-American residents and was an important figure before, during, and after the Civil War. Pictured below, Gant contributed to the advancement of Zanesville as well as the abolitionist movement.
A conversation between Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, and Bryan Stevenson, the author of the award-winning book Just Mercy; both books are available from the library in either print or download.
Virtually explore the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Learn about Jesse Owens who went from Buckeye to National Hero
Facing History’s Black History Month Resource Collection – connecting Black History with current events.
The Nation’s largest African-American video oral history collection