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