February Is Black History Month

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson and the (what is now known as) Association for the Study of African American Life and History sponsored a national Negro History Week in February. Since then, the event has grown to a month-long celebration of the achievements of Black Americans and recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Since 1976, every U.S. president has designated it Black History Month.

Read

• “The 1619 Project”
  Nikole Hannah Jones, The New York Times
• “All About Love: New Visions”
  bell hooks
• “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X”
  Les Payne and Tamara Payne
• “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America”
  Gilbert King

Watch

• All American
  The CW | Netflix
• Dear White People
  Netflix
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  HBO Max
• Insecure
  HBO Max
• Pose
  Netflix

Listen

• Earn Your Leisure
  Podcast
• The Limits with Jay Williams
  Podcast
• The Morgan Harper Nichols Show
  Podcast
• The Roxane Gay Agenda
  Podcast
• Well-Read Black Girl
  Podcast