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BLACK HISTORY MONTH Lone Star College-University Park Student Learning Resource Center presents – A Tribute to the “Unsung Heroes of the Struggle” Background image: display depicting the Mexico Olympic protest at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Via Reuters.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH Lone Star College-University Park Student Learning Resource Center presents –

A Tribute to the “Unsung Heroes of the Struggle”

Background image: display depicting the Mexico Olympic protest at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Via Reuters.

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Destini’s Brother[Mass Incarceration]13 year old Destini Riley's Sept 19, 2013, statement for Mayor Bell and The Durham's City Council, in defense of her brother Carlos:

[VIDEO]

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The Green Books[Jim Crow] The Libraries Stories Project, New York Public Library“…The books are a travel guide series for African Americans living in the Jim Crow era with detailed listings about businesses that African Americans could feel safe using while traveling. …”

[VIDEO]

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Katherine Johnson[Hidden Figures]• Rocket Science! (A Paper)“Remember that time we sent the first American into space? You should thank black mathematician and NASA genius Katherine Johnson for that.”

[VIDEO]

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Behold the Dreamers[Novel, African Immigrants]“Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel, "Behold the Dreamers," is the story of one immigrant family from Cameroon whose fates collide with the collapse of financial markets in 2009. ... Here she discusses the illusion of the American Dream and her personal inspiration … with veteran journalist Lola Ogunnaike.”

[VIDEO]

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Mildred & Richard Loving[Loving v. Virginia] Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture“According to the 1924 Virginia Act to Preserve Racial Integrity, only minorities can marry one another. But based on the United States Constitution, this policy violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the 14th Amendment, which ultimately helped the Lovings win their case.”

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Black Ballots MixTapeSpeeches on VotingMoving Image and Recorded Sound Division – Schomburg Center

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BibliographyVideo Destini’s Brother – NY Times https://

youtu.be/Z_qnnjuAQNU

The Green Books – NY Public Libraries Stories Project

https://youtu.be/X2C_RcFc58A

Hidden Figures – Katherine Johnson https://youtu.be/-2gCsxUGkNs

Behold the Dreamers https://youtu.be/dC7SU-H_Cv4

Articles, Papers, Audio

“How a museum reckons with black pain” (The Atlantic)

Articles, Papers, Audio (Con’t) “

Woodson's 'The Beginning of Miscegenation of the Whites & Blacks” by Ralph Ellison

Wyatt T. Walker : “He tried to check out a Robert E. Lee book from the library. He got jailed instead.” (Washington Post)

NASA Archive Technical Note D-233 by T. H. Skopinski

and Katherine G. Johnson (pdf)

Black Ballots MixTape - NYPL https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/11/07/schomburg-playlist-blackballots

Created by Reference Librarian

John Powell