African American History Month at QPL

Black History Month is in the process of wrapping up but the Quincy Public Library Month serves to be representative of the entire community the entire year long. Yes, we highlight things around Martin Luther King Day & Juneteenth (because those pay tribute to points in time that have not only earned but deserve recognition) & throughout Black History Month (as it is a moment to celebrate the experiences & contributions of the Black community). As those opportunities cycle through the calendar year, the information & materials remain available & QPL is happy to provide. Black history happens all year long.

As always, the Children's department has a wide variety of stories, ranging from picture books to chapter books & to nonfiction. Options from children's includes Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes, Saturday by Oge Mora, Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges, & Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison.

For the teenagers among us (or for those of us more interested in or more comfortable using young adult books), QPL has a diverse mix within its YA Fiction collection, including Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro & For All Time by Shanna Miles. The YA Nonfiction collection also includes a variety of representation, including the books Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Lif of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger & Lesley Younge and Michelle Obama in Her Own Words, edited by Martha Evans.

Of course, there are also the adult level books. Fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels. This runs the gamut - W.E.B du Bois's Souls of Black Folk in graphic novel form & a graphic novel biography of Frederick Douglass to Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar by Kevin Cook & Paying Freedom's Price: A History of African Americans in the Civil War by Paul D. Escott to The After Party by A.C. Arthur & In Love and Trouble by Alice Walker.

Lastly, books are not the only thing that the Quincy Public Library carries. The library disc related materials, as well. QPL has a wide variety of movies, tv shows, & documentaries that showcase Black actors, stories, & history. This includes The Black Church & John Lewis: Good Trouble in documentary, as well as Lawman: Bass Reeves & the tv show Black-ish. There is also an audiobook collection at the Quincy Public Library, which includes I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byass, Maya Angelou's Letter to My Daughter, & King by Jonathan Eig, all as book on cd.

Displays for Black History Month will be up through the end of the month. Feel free to peruse those & check things out. The collections are available all year long.