Welcome! Middlebury Libraries are highlighting books, music, film, and related podcasts that help us celebrate and reflect on black history. Below you will find books, e-books, films and other text-based resources from our collection. For recommended podcasts and music, click on the "Podcasts" tab to the left of this box.
If you wish to recommend a resource, please email library@middlebury.edu.
While we at the Middlebury Institute Library believe in the power of books to open minds and hearts, we acknowledge that reading isn't enough. Check out these local events for ways to get involved and celebrate with the local Monterey community.
Not in Monterey? The "Websites and Databases" and "Films" tabs provide broader resources.
Keep the conversations going:
Click on the play button to play directly from this page, or click the link below to watch them from their original pages.
"Juneteenth: Lift Every Voice" - Partnership between the BlkFreedom Collective & T-Mobile. From https://www.blkfreedom.org/. (2021)
"The Juneteenth Book Festival Symposium on Black Literature & Literacy" From the Library of Congress (2015)
"Race in America: Jason Reynolds & Jacqueline Woodson" From the Library of Congress (2020)
A special thank you to former Middlebury librarian Katrina Spencer, who created this guide, and all the other hands that shaped these efforts!