Black History Month History • Culture • Perspectives
This month we honor and recognize the diverse and rich history of African Americans. We will be celebrating throughout February through in-person and online events, staff-curated booklists, and a collection of online resources and exhibits.
Black History Playlist
Upcoming Events
Recommended Books and Films
Black History in the Tampa Bay Area
Our Lives, Our Legacies: The Hillsborough Black Experience
The goal of this online collection is to record and preserve the stories of African American residents in Hillsborough County.
This project began when the library was awarded a grant from 'StoryCorps @ your library,' a national program designed to encourage multi-format public programming on broad themes of oral narrative, local history and heritage.
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Black Freedom Struggle
This curated selection of primary sources is designed for learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.
Black Freedom StruggleBlack Newspaper Collection
An archive of articles essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts, spanning 1893 to 2005.
Black Newspaper CollectionBlack Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
Black Life in AmericaAfrican American Heritage
A comprehensive mix of resources, records exclusively devoted to African American family history research, and tools was created in partnership with leading genealogists.
African American HeritageLearn More
Online Exhibitions
Digital Collections
Local History
“If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.”