Government Resources on Anti-Racism: Black History and Black History Month

Advertisements from the Southwestern Christian Advocate
A database of more than 2,500 advertisements placed in the decades following the Civil War chronicles individuals searching for loved ones lost in slavery.

Last Seen is recovering stories of families separated in the domestic slave trade. Formerly enslaved people placed these ads hoping to reconnect with family and loved ones for decades following emancipation. The ads serve as testaments to their enduring hope and determination to regain what was taken from them.

“the story of freedom in Texas is bigger than Juneteenth, and it started well before June 19, 1865,” says Daina Ramey Berry, chair of the University of Texas at Austin History Department

A Smithsonian magazine special report

This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. Moreover, the African-American Mosaic represents the start of a new kind of access to the Library's African-American collections, and, the Library trusts, the beginning of reinvigorated research and programming drawing on these, now systematically identified, collections.

Online version of an exhibition held at the Library of Congress from February 9 to August 29, 1994. Covering nearly 500 years of the Black experience in the Western hemisphere, surveys the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound.

This book presents a broad survey of the Library of Congress's holdings concerning the history and culture of black Americans in the United States. It provides titles of bibliographies, other guides, aids to finding materials, and individual items. This guide, which is arranged chronologically, discusses Library of Congress collections in three main parts: Part 1, "African-Americans in the Antebellum Period," includes materials about: slavery; free blacks; and abolitionists' antislavery movements, and sectional controversy. Part 2, "Emancipation and Beyond," begins with the Civil War, moves into the Reconstruction era, (which includes materials dating to approximately 1880), and ends with what is called the Booker T. Washington era, which spans the years from 1880 to approximately 1915. Part 3, "And the Pursuit of Happiness," discusses: World War I and Postwar Society; the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II; and the Civil Rights era.

Welcome to the African American History Research Center (AAHRC) Digital Archive! Here you will find some of our digital holdings of curated and highly requested photographs, papers, and oral histories that represent the Black experience in Houston and Texas.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts and nearly 100,000 individuals have become members. The Museum opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the 19th museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

Includes three parts, The Legacy Museum (the history of enslavement, racial terrorism, codified segregation and mass incarceration), National Memorial for Peace and Justice (the nation's first memorial dedicated to the victims of racial terror lynchings), and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park (explores the lived experience of enslaved peoples in America).

The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

Teacher's guide from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM), is dedicated to exploring and displaying the stories and contributions of African Americans in the military by way of performing and visual arts, educational programming, and exhibitions.

At Rice University, we are enthusiastic about creating a dynamic and vibrant celebration that goes beyond traditional narratives, showcasing the diverse facets of Black culture.

Jan. 7th -- Feb. 28th
Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy
Freedman's Town Visitor Center
1204 Victory Street
Houston, TX 77019

Saturday, Feb. 1st
12-1:30pm
Houston Public Library Central,
Jesse H. Jones Building

John M. O'Quinn Law Building
Thursday, February 6, 2025
6:30 PM
Reception and Book Signing to follow
In Person and Virtual
4170 Martin Luther King Blvd
Houston, TX 77204-6060

Feb. 7th
6-8pm

Feb. 8th
1-4pm
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Feb. 8th
11am-2pm
Houston Holocaust Museum
Celebrate Black History Month at the Museum as the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter explores the invaluable records for researching formerly enslaved and free persons of color in the immediate post-Civil War period.

This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Check-in begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Museum. Attendees are invited to join us from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 15th
10am-3pm
Children's Museum Houston

Feb. 21st
6-8pm

Friday, Feb 23rd; 5–7 pm
Jazzy Sundays in the Parks kicks off with custom-curated show of some of Houston’s most extraordinary talent performing an “Evolution of Jazz” showcase.

Feb. 25th
10am
Community Park
1700 Glenn Lakes Ln
Missouri City