Black History Month 2006: Celebrating a Heritage of Speaking Out
The Library and Media Services Center will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with the following events, resources and displays:
Media Services Center Drop-in Documentary Film Festival
Library Databases
Library Book Display
Media Services Center Drop-in Documentary Film Festival
The Media Services Center will be hosting a drop-in documentary film festival exploring the theme Black History Month 2006: Celebrating a Heritage of Speaking Out. Documentaries will be shown on Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Media Services Center. All Emersonians are invited to attend, to sample or to preview videos during breaks between classes, lunch hour, or other free time. Refreshments will be available.
Friday, February 3, 2006
Speaking Out: African American Oratory
9:30 a.m. - Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
10:30 a.m. - Selected Speeches by Jesse Jackson and Barbara Jordan
11:30 a.m. - I Have a Dream: The Nature of Great Speaking
12:30 p.m. - Malcolm X: Make It PlainFriday, February 10, 2006
Speaking Out in Hollywood9:30 a.m. - Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
10:30 a.m. - Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the History of Race Movies
11:30 a.m. - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
12:30 p.m. - In Black and White: Black CinemaFriday, February 17, 2006
Speaking Out Together: Community9:30 a.m. - Girls on the Move/African Vibrations
10:30 a.m. - Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street
11:30 a.m. - Anchor of the Soul: A Documentary About Black History in Maine
12:30 p.m. - Four Little GirlsFriday, February 24, 2006
Speaking Out, Reaching Out9:30 a.m. - Family Across the Sea
10:30 a.m. - In Search of Our Fathers
11:30 a.m. - Family Name
1:00 p.m. - When We Were Kings
Library Databases
Return to topBiography Resource Center
This database has over 26,000 narrative and thumbnail biographies of African-Americans. It also includes articles from magazines and newspapers.Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press such as African Times, Afro-American Red Star, Black Enterprise, Black Issues Book Review and Black Professional.In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives
Indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history from around the world, including African American History, African American Life and Culture, Black Involvement in Politics, Black Journalists, Black Military Oral History Project, Black Thought and Black Women Oral History Project.JSTOR
This databases features the full-text of back issues of several African American Studies journals including African American Review, Black American Literature Forum, Negro American Literature Forum, Callaloo, Journal of African American History, Journal of Negro History, Journal of Black Studies, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Journal of Negro Education, and Transition.Thompson Gale: Black History Month
This website features several learning resources, including historical facts and figures and teaching tools. Of special interest are quizzes with weekly prizes, activities, a timeline and biographies.
Library Book Display
A selection of books on African Americans and Black history and studies will be on display in the Presidents Room of the Library throughout the month of February.
