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Get to Know...Black History Month

at Murray State University Libraries

Get to Know...BlackHistory Monthat Murray State University Libraries
In honor of Black History Month 2024, we share with you a variety of resources on African-American/Black History (and more) available from University Libraries and beyond. This year's theme is African Americans and the Arts. As always, let us know if you have any questions or suggestions about our collections or any of the information provided in our newsletters.

Journals

Recently Acquired Books on Black History or by Black Authors

The quotes below are adapted from the book publishers' descriptions.

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Ordinary Notes

by Christina Sharpe / "Told through a series of 248 notes, this volume explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake of it, touching upon such themes as language, beauty, memory, history, and literature."

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The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace

by Kevin Woodson / "By examining the experiences of more than 100 Black professionals in elite corporate law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms, the author offers a revelatory assessment of workplace inequality in high-status jobs."
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Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World

by Dorothy Roberts / "In this book, an award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change."
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King: A Life

by Jonathan Eig / "In this revelatory portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the biographer gives readers an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement - but who was rarely at peace with himself."
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The History of Hip Hop

by Eric Reese / "From its birthplace in the South Bronx and Brooklyn of the 1970s, Rap has burgeoned to become one of the most powerful musical forces of the 21st century. In my rap history series, I decode the genre of hip hop for all audiences, from the curious beginner to the seasoned aficionado, kids, teens, and adults alike."
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Invisible Weapons: Infiltrating Resistance and Defeating Movements

by Marcus Board, Jr. / "This book...reveals contemporary practices of domination, as powerholding elites - from elected officials to welfare bureaucrats - are teaching oppressed people to internalize their grievances and silence their needs."
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An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America

by Edwin Raymond / "From the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the NYPD, a political memoir that exposes the brokenness of policing from both outside and inside the system."

Databases, Abstracts, and Online Collections

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Ebook Central

A search in our Ebook Central database for keywords related to Black or African American history will return a list of eBooks related to that topic, which you can filter by year published, subject, author, and book status.

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Race Relations Abstracts

Race Relations Abstracts, a database available via University Libraries subscription and part of the EBSCHOhost research platform, includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
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The Black Freedom Struggle Website

ProQuest's Black Freedom Struggle Website is a collection of freely-available "primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history, Black Freedom Struggle supports a wide range of students, as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it."

Additional Resources

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