Black History Month is an annual celebration in February of the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. This guide provides links to resources for exploring this national observance.The Thomas G. Carpenter Library houses a plethora of resources on Black History including: fiction, non-fiction, and even children's books. Take time to explore the library's databases, suggested links, special collections, and online streaming music and documentaries.
Eartha Mary Magdalene White, a prominent African-American resident of Jacksonville, Florida, was widely known for her humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors in northeast Florida. Born on November 8, 1876, and reared by her adoptive, altruistic mother, Clara English White, Eartha White displayed a lifelong commitment to helping others.
Photograph: In front of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Eartha White on right.
William R. Cole, Photographer 1925 Market St. Jacksonville, Fla. Phone: 2869-J.
Homemaking and service training class. No date given.
Victory girls and Eartha White in Parade. November 11, 1942. Eartha White in foreground.
Eartha White with delegates of the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Jacksonville, State Meeting, Palatka, Florida. May 16, 1915. Eartha White center first row.
Exploring Our Black History
Friday, February 23, 2018
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Thomas G. Carpenter Library, 1 st. Floor, Special Collections & University Archives
Your R.S.V.P. is appreciated: s.parks@unf.edu
More on the Clara White Mission
More on the Ritz Theatre & Museum
More on Jacksonville Historical Society
Books
In Search of Eartha White, Storehouse for the People by 
It Was Never about a Hotdog and a Coke by 
Unless We Tell It ... It Never Gets Told! by Tuesday, February 20, 2018
11 am – 1:30 pm
Building 58W Room 3804
Join the LGBT Resource Center for brunch while we watch and discuss the documentary film “I Am Not Your Negro” based on James Baldwin unfinished novel that explores race in America.
Sponsored by the UNF LGBT Resource Center and the Thomas G. Carpenter Library.
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
Watch: "I am Not Your Negro"
Books
James Baldwin's Later Fiction by Documentaries
Watch: "Rise"
"Rise" examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. Beginning in World War II, African Americans who helped fight fascism abroad came home to face the same old racial violence. But this time, mass media -- from print to radio and TV -- broadcast that injustice to the world, planting seeds of resistance. And the success of black entrepreneurs and entertainers fueled African-American hopes and dreams.
Watch: "Martin Luther King, Jr: We Shall Overcome"
This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Watch: "America After Ferguson"
This PBS town hall meeting, moderated by PBS NEWSHOUR co-author and managing editor Gwen Ifill, explores events following Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. The program, recorded before an audience on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, will include national leaders and prominent thinkers in the areas of law enforcement, race and civil rights, as well as government officials, faith leaders and youth.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou by 
Brown Girl Dreaming by Oral History Projects
Digital Archives
Other Resources
Watch: "Martin Luther King Jr. I have a Dream"
This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Watch: "Shirley Chisholm: First African American Congresswoman"
Shirley Chisholm was born 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. She is the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first to campaign for the Presidency. She was an outspoken advocate for women and minorities during the seven terms she serves in the House. Her legacy of political and social activism laid the foundation for the rise of women and Blacks in American politics…
Watch: "Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: The First American Trade Union"
The story of the organizing of the first black trade union—The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters-provides an account of African American working life between the Civil War and World War II…
Streaming Music
