Events

Click here to see a this year's list of events to celebrate Black History Month. 

Organizations on Campus

• Black Student Alliance: The vision of the Black Student Alliance is to promote a sound foundation amongst all individuals who are focused on the “Black” culture at The Catholic University of America.
• Black Law Students Association: a national organization for the purpose of effectuating change in the legal system and sensitizing the legal profession to the ever-increasing needs of the black community.

Websites

• African American Athletes | Biographies and film clips of outstanding African American athletes. 
• African American History Month Exhibits & Collections | The Library of Congress. 
• African American Inventors | Videos and biographies of African American inventors.
• African Americans in Science & Technology | The Library of Congress. 
• Africans in America | PBS: America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts.
• Black Biographies | Biography Newsletter.
• Black Culture Connection | PBS: Films, facts, and more!
• Black Past | Explore the history of more than a billion people of African ancestry around the world. 
• Celebrating Black History Month | Poetry Foundation: Poems, articles, and podcasts that explore African American history and culture. 
• Connecting Black History Month to Current Events | Facing History and Ourselves. 
• History of Hip-Hop | NPR's Fresh Air features interviews with some of the greatest names in Hip-Hop history.  
• Separate is Not Equal | Smithsonian National Museum of American History. 
• Sports: Leveling the Playing Field | National Museum of African American History and Culture.  
• Representation of Black Voices in the Classroom | High school and college resources for Black History Month.
• 25 Black History Movies | A list of great films for Black History Month 

Books 

• The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs.
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent  by Isabel Wilkerson. 
• Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendy and Keisha N. Blain. 
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. 
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4th Edition by Cherrie Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa.  
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. 
• Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston. 
• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley.  
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.