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Check out "Be the Bridge" for some awesome articles on Black History Month!

Resources on Black history you may not have heard of yet:
  • ​A collection of excellent articles by "Be the Bridge"
  • "The Lesser Known History of African-American Cowboys" Article
  • "Black Wall Street" - Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.
  • "The Great Migration" Article
  • "How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans" Article
  • "20 Successful Companies Founded or Owned by Black Entrepreneurs" Article
  • "Ruby Bridges" Disney movie - how faith helped a young black girl stay strong during school segregation
  • "John Lewis: Good Trouble" documentary - really highlights his work as a pastor and man of faith as well as the civil rights work he's done. 
  • "Reconstruction: America After the Civil War" PBS Documentary - has a whole bunch of history I didn't know and really showed how this period still shapes race relations and systemic injustice in our world. 
  • "Family of God" podcast by the Bible Project - really talks a ton about the Bible and diversity. Goes through the whole biblical narrative. Really great. 

​Recommendations for general learning of Black history, perspective, and culture:

Podcasts
  • The Urban Perspective
  • The Jude 3 Project
  • Pass the Mic

Books
  • A collection of books by Black authors on sale at IV Press
  • Reading While Black by Esau McCully
  • Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
  • Renewal by Jerome Gay

Museums
  • International Civil Rights Center & Museum
  • National Museum of African American History  & Culture Releases "Talking About Race" Web Portal
  • National Museum of African American History & Culture (virtual)
  • The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
  • Click here for a full list of Museum & landmarks

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