CSN Libraries invites students, staff, and faculty to celebrate Black History Month by perusing items available in its collection of electronic resources, a few which are listed below. For more information on the history of Black History Month check out the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Also visit the CSN African American Heritage Committee’s website for a calendar of monthly events at the college.
Title: Jackie Robinson: A Life in American History
Author: Courtney Michelle Smith
Location: EBSCOhost database
Details: Captures Jackie Robinson’s life from 1919 to 1972.
Title: Black Panther/San Francisco State on Strike
Publisher: California Newsreel
Location: Kanopy database
Details: Two short films that capture the development of the Black Panther Party and the strike at San Francisco State University which led to the first ethnic studies program at an American university.
Title: An Introduction to Black Studies
Author: Eric R. Jackson
Location: Oxford Scholarship Online database
Details: Covers the origin and development of Black Studies as a field of study.
Title: Color Adjustment
Director: Marlon Riggs
Location: Kanopy database
Details: Documentary that examines race relations through the lens of prime-time television across a 40 year time span.
Title: 50 Events that Shaped African American History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic
Editor: Jamie J. Wilson
Location: EBSCOhost database
Details: Two volume encyclopedias highlighting 50 substantial events in African American history.