Honoring Black History Month

Nassau Suffolk Law Services is observing Black History Month throughout the month of February. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has announced this year’s theme is Black Resistance: A Journey to Equality. Learn more about the journey to equality for African Americans with a reading list compiled by scholars from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture:

“For Black Girls Like Me” By: Mariama J. Lockington,
“M is For Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child” By: Tiffany Rose,
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” By: Frederick Douglass,
“She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman” By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar,
“The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” By: Isabel Wilkerson,
“Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America” By: Peniel E. Joseph,
and “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” By: Carol Anderson

We are proud to honor and celebrate the efforts and accomplishments of Black Americans in our local communities and beyond. For more events and programs related to Black History Month and Black Resistance, visit the NMAAHC’s website here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/celebrating-black-history-month

As First Lady Michelle Obama once stated, “History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.”