The library has a African American History timeline display to help celebrate African American History Month. The timeline includes important events and people from 1619 thru the present. The timeline can be seen in the library's windows to the right of the main entrance.

A large selection of new books on African American history and experience are on display throughout the library this month. These are the first selections of books purchased through a generous $30,000 grant from the Roxbury Trust Fund Committee Trust to the RCC Foundation for the benefit of the library. Click here for a list of these items.

There are many good African American history websites on the Internet. To find more about African American history, click on the links below.

Biographies	Description
Black History Page	Black history biographies from Gale
Celebrating Black History	Black history/ biographies
Frederick Douglass	Information about Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X: a research site	A comprehensive site about Malcolm X
Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement	BSC biography gallery
Notable African Americans	Biography page of Information Please
W.E.B. Dubois Learning Center	W.E.B. Dubois website
Civil Rights Movement	Description
African American Odyssey: Civil Rights Era	Lots of information from the Library of Congress
Brown vs. Board of Education	Nice timeline
Civil Rights	Very good education site on the Civil Right Movement
Civil Rights Documentation Project	Oral history website from SMU
Civil Rights in Mississippi	Digital archive of the Civil Rights Movement
Greensboro Sit-ins	Website about counter sit-ins
Voices Civil Rights	Excellent website about the movement
We Shall Overcome	Historical places of the civil rights movement from the National Parks Service
Harlem Renaissance	Description
A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials	Good resources website from LOC
Art of the Harlem Renaissance	Artworks website
Drop Me Off in Harlem	Information and biographies
Harlem, 1900-1940	Excellent website about the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance	Good informational website
History	Description
African-American History & Cultures (database)	Library's database has primary documents, timelines and images
African American World	PBS guide to history and culture
African Genesis: Black History	Good general history site
Afro-American Almanac	African American history website
Black Facts Online	Search by date to discover facts
Black History Pages	Directory of African American history websites
Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History	Biographies, timelines and images
Museum of African American History	Links to resources
Say It Plain	Speeches by African Americans
The African-American Mosaic	LOC resource guide
Quilts	Description
African American Quilting Traditions	Pictures and brief descriptions of quilts
Slavery	Description
American Slave Narratives	Excellent slave narratives
Armistad America	History and Documents about the Amistad
DPLS Archive: Slave movement	Online archive of slavery documents
Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport	Good site about the Amistad
Slavery	Good educational website
Slavery and the Making of America	PBS website on slavery
Slavery Images	Slave trade images
The Face of Slavery	Images of slavery