{"id":10458,"date":"2023-01-31T16:41:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/?p=10458"},"modified":"2023-02-13T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T13:48:23","slug":"black-history-month-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/2023\/01\/31\/black-history-month-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10458\" class=\"elementor elementor-10458\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93d33d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93d33d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ac22ec\" data-id=\"6ac22ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-365e4bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"365e4bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97b7e33\" data-id=\"97b7e33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cba4966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cba4966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black History Month<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d80e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09d80e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black History Month is February 1-28, and Mercer University Libraries (MUL) is proud to celebrate this month on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff. During the month of February, check out the list of films to watch, books to read, and web resources. Also, view the videos on the libraries\u2019 YouTube channel. The videos feature interviews with Mercer University\u2019s faculty and staff members, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QdMI9xgC_Ls\">Dr. Chester Fontenot, Myron Randall<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xiatYX-DC3A\">Dr. Olivia Boggs<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FHyjp5a1pZs\">Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III<\/a>. They discuss the history and experiences of black Americans in the space of education. The videos will also be streamed at the Swilley Library in Atlanta and on the Digital Information Screens at Douglas and Henry.<\/p><p><strong>Films<\/strong><\/p><p>The films below are available to watch through the Mercer Libraries in <a href=\"https:\/\/mercer.kanopy.com\/\">Kanopy<\/a>. Also, check out Kanopy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mercer.kanopy.com\/category\/40898\">Black History Month collection<\/a> for more suggestions.<\/p><ul><li>The Road to Brown<\/li><li>Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.<\/li><li>Moonlight<\/li><li>Daughters of the Dust<\/li><li>The Last Black Man in San Francisco<\/li><li>Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story<\/li><li>The Color of Beauty: Racism in the Fashion Industry<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p><p>Check out these books available through the library.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991005358190705956\">After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004882234205956\">Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004879292705956\">The World of Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004985473405956\">Can Anything Beat White: A Black Family&#8217;s Letters by Elisabeth Petry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004906257205956\">The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004909445905956\">Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991004905676805956\">Black Music: Essays by Amiri Baraka<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/galileo-mum.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01GALI_MUM\/4koebd\/alma991005121051305956\">Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Web Resources<\/strong><\/p><p>Here\u2019s a list of resources to explore during Black History Month.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorymonth.gov\/\">Library of Congress<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dlg.usg.edu\/collection\/dlg_aaed\">Auburn Avenue Research Library Historic African American Education Collections<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/archives\/#gsc.tab=0\">Mercer University Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchablemuseum.com\/\">National Museum African American History and Culture<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2963372\">JSTOR<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/project\/black-history-and-culture\">Google Arts &amp; Culture <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/news\/topics\/african-american-history\">National Archives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8f0d81\" data-id=\"a8f0d81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3126fb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3126fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10459\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month Black History Month is February 1-28, and Mercer University Libraries (MUL) is proud to celebrate this month on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff. During the month of February, check out the list of films to watch, books to read, and web resources. Also, view the videos on the libraries\u2019 YouTube [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023.png",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-75x75.png",75,75,true],"medium":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023.png",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/black-history-month-2023.png",1280,720,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Christian Pham","author_link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/author\/cspham\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Black History Month Black History Month is February 1-28, and Mercer University Libraries (MUL) is proud to celebrate this month on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff. 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