I wanted to make this post sooner and I don’t really have a good reason for why I didn’t. But today is the final day of Black History Month, so I figured I’d better do it now.
I want to start off by saying that as a white person who has never been black a day in their life, I don’t know what its like to live life as a black person. Even though I have friends and family who are black and I’ve seen what they’ve gone through, I haven’t experienced it first hand.
That being said I do know the importance of keeping black history alive and passed down with just as much importance as other history topics get passed down. The problem is that there is so much I was never taught about until I became an adult, like why black history month started being celebrated on the shortest month of the year. So this year I looked it up and was very surprised by the results.
While preparing for this post I was thinking about making a list of influential black people throughout history, but I realized that’s been done before by far more qualified people than myself, so I decided to make a list of 29 resources I used this month to learn more about black history and current influential black leaders, celebrities, businesses, and resources for the black community that I will be adding to my resource page very soon.
So without further ado, here is a list of the 29 resources I used this month to learn more about black history and the black experience.
29 websites in 29 Days
https://www.voanews.com/a/february-is-black-history-month-in-the-us/7466915.html
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/g25954127/african-american-historical-figures/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones
https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/harlem-renaissance.html
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/145704/an-introduction-to-the-harlem-renaissance
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/40-years-human-experimentation-america-tuskegee-study
https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458979/tuskegee-airmen/
https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/
February is Black History Month.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-history-taught-historians-share-lesser-moments-uss/story?id=106826076
via ABC News App
https://www.nga.gov/features/black-artists.html
https://gladstone.org/news/highlighting-african-american-scientist
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/black-inventors-and-pioneers-of-science
https://www.vibe105to.com/tuned-in/5-music-genres-you-didnt-know-were-created-by-black-people
https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/black-owned-business-guide-ncna1258948
https://themamanotes.com/20-childrens-books-with-african-american-characters/
https://www.social-current.org/2022/03/dynamics-of-color-whitewashing-in-social-work-history/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/blogs/racism-and-mental-health
https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g35181270/civil-rights-leaders/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/23-black-leaders-who-are-shaping-history-today.html
https://aalbc.com/top_black_websites/
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans
https://www.verywellmind.com/mental-health-resources-for-the-black-community-5181656
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