Government Resources on Anti-Racism: Home
Overview
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Take a look through this LibGuide to learn more about Black History Month and National Black American Inventors Day.
Black History Month: February
National Inventors Day: February 11
National Black American Inventors Day: March 27
Events
The exhibition "Citywide African American Artists Exhibition" is on view at the African American Library at the Gregory School
February 11, 2023 – May 4, 2023.
Click here to learn more about the exhibition
Click here to see more events at the African American History Research Center
2022 Black History News
The 45th USPS stamp in the Black Heritage series honors sculptor Edmonia Lewis (c.1844-1907), the first African American and Native American Sculptor to earn international recognition.
Essential Government Resources
- Our Documents The Our Documents initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps.
Anti-Racism Government Resources
- Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal GovernmentExecutive Order by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on January 20, 2021
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Efforts to Combat Systemic RacismReleased on March 21, 2021, this statement addresses what the current administrtaion is doing to address systemic racism.
- Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence
- Race in America - U.S. Government Accountability OfficeSince the 1970s, GAO has provided Congress with analysis of racial inequalities in several areas. This is a broad look at the challenges minorities continue to face in the nation.
Additional LibGuide Resources
Also Try
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available.
- HeinOnline HeinOnline is a premier online research platform that provides more than 198 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more.
- ProQuest Congressional ProQuest Congressional is the only site anywhere that offers a comprehensive collection of congressional documents from 1789 to the present.
Government Information Coordinator, Subject Liaison/Sociology
Credit
Thanks to Lauren Lovings-Gomez, Kelley Center Student Staff, PhD student of 19th-Century European and American Art at Rice University, who has created this LibGuide, under the supervision of Government Information Coordinator Anna Xiong.