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Katie Murrell Archived Library Displays: Black History Month

Some previous displays at the Katie Murrell Library

Selection of Materials

Prince by Matt Thorne

Call Number: ML 420 .P974 T46 2016

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Call Number: LT PS 3573 .A425 C6 2003

W. E. B. du Bois by David Levering Lewis

Call Number: E 185.97 .D73 L48 2000 1

Fighter of equality

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon

Call Number: E 185.2 .B545 2009

A sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.

Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King

Call Number: E 185.615 .K5 2012

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America

Sojourner Truth by Nell Irvin Painter

Call Number: E 185.97 .T8 P35 1996 1

Ex-slave and a fiery abolitionist of the mid-nineteenth century.

Ain't Scared of Your Jail by Zoe A. Colley

Call Number: E 185.615 C6434 2013

Arrest, imprisonment, and the civil rights movement

African American Childhoods by Wilma King

Call Number: E 185.86 .K57 2005

A look into the lives of African American Children growing up in the South during the Civil War, Great Depression and beyond.

Daybreak of Freedom by Stewart Burns (Editor)

Call Number: F 334 .M79 N39 1997 1

An in-depth look at the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Civil Rights Movement by Sanford Wexler; Julian Bond (Introduction by)

Call Number: E 185.61 .W548 1993 1

With first-hand accounts from prominent civil rights activists

Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges: A Real American Hero (DVD)

Call Number: PN 1995.9 .N4 R8 2004

Life upon These Shores by Henry Louis Gates

Call Number: E 185 .G27 2011

Looking at African American History 1513-2008

Black History Month Displays

A display board featuring notable figures in Black History.
Black History Month Board with Influential persons and descriptions.
Book display for Black History Month featuring women of color
Black History Month handouts with puzzles & word searches
Handouts a closer look word search and puzzles for Black History Month
Black History Month board display featuring well known persons of color done in black and white
Black History Month display done in rainbow colors featuring prominent persons of color
Student worker working hard to create Black History Month display in rainbow colors
African American History Month book display with black and  red lettering
Juvenile Literature display for Black History Month
Black History Month Board with quotes from influencial Black leaders