Guides: Black History Month: Biographies & Movies At the Library

Library Materials: African Americans

Select a name to see library materials by or about the person.

DVDs about African American History
These DVDs contain a treasure trove of visual learning. Watch informational videos about Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tuskegee Airmen, the Underground Railroad, and a number of other topics.

Select the quotation to access biographies about the person.

"I Can't Accept Not Trying"
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." Michael Jordan
"A Call to Conscience"
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Color Purple"
"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." Alice Walker
"Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention"
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." Malcolm X
"My Bondage and My Freedom"
"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man." Frederick Douglass
"Conversations with Maya Angelou"
"There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet." Maya Angelou