Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month in February through Library programming and events, book displays, or your choice of Library materials.
Book displays include books about Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Tracy Branch and Favorite African-American Writers at the Fair Oaks Branch.
Special events include The Meeting, a powerful drama, written by Jeff Stetson, about the lives, philosophies, and times of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, and an African American Dance Program by Mr. Curtis Campbell's Ordered Steps Dance Company, at the Maya Angelou Branch Library.
Events:
- African American Dance Program
- Tuesday, February 8 at 3:30 PM at the Angelou Branch Library
- The Meeting
- A drama Thursday, February 10 at 11:00 AM at Atherton Auditorium on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College and at 7:00 PM at the Bob Hope Theater, 242 E. Main Street, Stockton.
Additional Reading:
The following searches of the Library catalog retrieve lists of reading materials that may expand your knowledge of Black history on various topics:
- Art
- Athletes
- Authors
- Biography
- California History
- Fiction
- Genealogy
- History
- Musicians
- Religion
- Slavery
- Underground Railroad
On the Web:
The official theme of Black History Month 2005 is the Niagara Movement. This theme was established by the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH). A brief history of Black History month explains why February was chosen.
Launched this month at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, at New York Public Library, is the web site In Motion: The African American Migration Experience.
The Library subscribes to databases and electronic magazine resources that provide a wealth of information on this topic. Try InfoTrac OneFile or NewsBank. A free resource on biography, prepared for Black History Month is also available.
The emancipation proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863 is one milestone in a long march towards freedom. This march has been referred to elsewhere as the African American Odyssey. Other documents from that odyssey are available through the Freedmen's Bureau Online.