{"id":2390,"date":"2012-02-15T13:48:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T21:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2012-02-15T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T21:48:04","slug":"february-is-african-american-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/february-is-african-american-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"February is African American History Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Booker_T._Washington_Lecture,_1906.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2391  alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 7px;margin-right: 7px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/02\/africam_blog-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Booker T. Washington delivering his Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary lecture in  1906\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/02\/africam_blog-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/02\/africam_blog.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The celebration of African   American history began in 1925 with African American History Week.\u00a0 Fifty years later in 1976 African American   History Month began and is now celebrated each February.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/commemorative-observations\/african-american.php\">Library of Congress has a good overview<\/a> of the beginnings and development of African   American History Month, including links to President Ford\u2019s address in 1975,   the first Public Law in 1986, and subsequent congressional resolutions and   Presidential messages and Proclamations.\u00a0\u00a0   Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/01\/31\/presidential-proclamation-national-african-american-history-month-2012\">Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 Proclamation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are many ways to explore African American History: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Collins Library Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Collins Library subscribes to a rich array of resources related to African American History.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/alacarte.pugetsound.edu\/subject-guide\/78-African-American-Studies-Subject-Guide\">African American Studies Subject Guide<\/a> is a great place to start to discover important resources that document the African American experience.\u00a0 The Collins Library subscribes to a number of electronic subject encyclopedias (including Encyclopedia of Black Studies, Encyclopedia of African American popular culture, and Encyclopedia of African-American Culture) as well as periodical databases where you can find relevant journal articles.\u00a0 The library also has many current relevant <a href=\"http:\/\/alacarte.pugetsound.edu\/subject-guide\/78-African-American-Studies-Subject-Guide?tab=675\">books as noted in the subject guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Oxford <a href=\"http:\/\/ezproxy.ups.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordaasc.com\">African American Studies Center<\/a> is another good starting point for information and includes biographies, timelines, subject entries and primary sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em> For remote access to Collins Library subscription resources, please login with your Puget Sound email username and password.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library of Congress <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov\/index.html\">Library of Congress<\/a> and the National Archives recognizes African American History with this year\u2019s theme &#8220;Black<strong> <\/strong>Women in American Culture and History&#8221;.\u00a0 The web site honors African American women and the myriad of roles they played in the shaping of our nation. The theme, chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History urges all Americans to study and reflect on the value of their contribution to the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypl.org\/locations\/tid\/64\/node\/65914\">The Schomburg Center<\/a> is a research unit of The New York Public Library.\u00a0 Two ways you can use their resources remotely are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypl.org\/locations\/tid\/64\/node\/65914\">digital resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.nypl.org\/site\/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&amp;SURVEY_ID=2280\">Sign up for the Schomburg Center Black History Pearls of Wisdom<\/a>.\u00a0 During Black History Month in February, the Center\u00a0will\u00a0share with you one of these pearls with you each week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nImage caption: <\/strong>Booker T. Washington delivering his Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary lecture in\u00a0 1906<strong>.<br \/>\nWant to know more about Booker T. Washington? <\/strong>Check out the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7hs8oy7\">books in the Collins   Library<\/a><strong> <\/strong>and the<strong> <\/strong>Library of Congress Guide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/program\/bib\/btwashington\/\">Booker T. Washington:   Online Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The celebration of African American history began in 1925 with African American History Week.\u00a0 Fifty years later in 1976 African American History Month began and is now celebrated each February. 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