Black History Month Turns 100! Top Ten NYLI resources to help you celebrate…

Black History Month is now a one hundred year tradition! Carter G. Woodson, who in 1915 formed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, stated in a 1926 press release that his newly formed group was declaring mid February to be Negro History Week.

In honor of its hundredth birthday, here’s a list of New York Law Institute resources to help you celebrate!

1. Three great eBooks on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall…..

2. Fifty Superseded state statutes — before and after the Civil War — for primary resources of changing state laws regarding election law, voter rights, emancipation and equal rights…

3. ProQuest Congressional — ready-made history and topics... including one on the 1964 Act…..

4. eBook Resources on the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr……

5. Congressional Hearing…. many involving Civil Rights Heroes…..

6. Can’t help but be a little New York centric… don’t let Black History month go by without learning about Brooklyn’s own Shirley Chisholm….

7. …. And a shout out to the Harlem Renaissance and the librarian who held famous salons…. Regina Anderson Andrews….

8. Citizenship and voting rights ….. part of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement — and we’ve got Supreme Court analysis and Constitutional law books for you….

9. Let’s not overlook Entrepreunership and the economic freedom it brings….

10. I saved the best for last; Professor Gates and Professor Higginbotham’s comprehensive encyclopedia — both a starting point for any Black History research and the type of book you can just browse and learn from.

Librarianship is all about learning more and providing access to the materials that allow you to dig deeper into your subject areas . NYLI membership gives you the resources; print (current and superseded), eBooks, ProQuest Congressional, Records & Briefs, LLMC, and skilled librarians to guide you…..