February is Black History Month. Here are a few stories about what authors and libraries around the country are doing in recognition of the event:
San Francisco Chronicle (on literature by black people but not about black people)
Business Week (about collecting African-Americana)
Hendersonville Star News (about tracing your roots)
Florida Today (about the need for black historians)
Tell us what your library is doing…
Libraries Recognize and Celebrate Black History
Thanks for starting the thread to put these useful links in one place!
Celebrate African-American Culture …we paid homage to many many many African Americans …Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Friedrick Douglas, Rosa Parks, Harriett Tubman, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Virgina Hamilton, on and and on…and ancestors… …We heard the folktale, How turtle got his cracks on his shell ..they are wonderful storytellers! …coffee containers, etc and the children each had a drum…they learned several different beats and rhythms …different sections played differnt ones and they joined them it was great! …had so much fun learning! ….the crowd was mostly African American children and parents but not everybody … very nice turn out..about 95; the mayor made it as well… Each child took a special book home to keep. (mostly tradtional folktales … Anansi stories and Zomo… … they are professional, talented, beautiful, educators! Very family oriented…wonderful for children and family programs. I’ve had them at our library for several occassions and always a meaningful & successful program. They are so excellent!
As part of the Sundays at 2 for families series at our library, we celebrated African American Culture / Black History yesterday…and it was so beautiful
Joshua and Vanya SA Ray retold, When people could fly… spellbinding…they did this with the inclusion of just a touch of musical sound effects from their traditional instruments.
Children learned about their drums and how they were made…
Library staff saved tub like containers for the past month
They played a traditional group game in a big circle, learned dance steps