Celebrating Black History Month

February is Black History Month, and we wanted to share some of the ways that we will be celebrating this year.

1. Watching movies and television shows that depict the Black experience, such as the first all-Black miniseries, Alex Haley’s Roots, which came out in 1977. You can check it out on HBO Max or Amazon Prime Video.

2. Reading books by Black authors is another great way to honor Black History. For example, our first Black president, Barack Obama wrote three books: Dreams from My Father (1995), The Audacity of Hope (2006) and A Promised Land (2020). Kids can check out picture book by Black authors, like The Snowy Day (1962) by Ezra Jack Keats.

3. Learning about Black history is also important. Read up on the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil Right Movement, read Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech from 1963 or watch a documentary, like Eyes on the Prize (1987) narrated by Julian Bond. 

4. Keeping up with current events, like the Black Lives Matter movement and criminal justice reform.