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• Kanopy Streaming Videos: Celebrating Black History Month

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  Kick off your Black History Month celebrations with incredible films streaming now on Kanopy, brought to you by WCCLS. Videos are available to stream anytime, anywhere. Kanopy is compatible with most devices.

• Tigard's 2nd Annual Black History Month Market & Celebration

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  Join us for the 2nd Annual Black History Month Market & Celebration in Tigard on Feb. 22, 2026. This event is a free, family-friendly community celebration of Black history, culture, and community. Enjoy live music, local vendors, food, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kings and Pawns

  Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America

  Bryant, Howard, 1968-

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  A path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, whose lives would forever be altered by the Cold War, and would explosively intersect before its most notorious weapon, the House Un-American Activities…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Get Custom Recommendations: Your Personal Librarian

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  Are you looking for more great ideas about what to read, watch, or listen to next? Let us help you find something you'll love! Fill out this form, and your personal librarian from the Tigard Public Library will email you a list of titles you may…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Eight

  a Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation

  Clyburn, James E., 1940-

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  Congressman Clyburn writes the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black congressmen from South Carolina who were elected in the aftermath of the Civil War. revealing why it took nearly a century before the ninth, James Clyburn himself, was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black in Blues

  Perry, Imani

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  The power of a color. Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that which lies beyond the current…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Trees Testify

  Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy

  Montgomery, Beronda L.,

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  Award-winning plant biologist Montgomery explores the ways seven trees--as well as the cotton shrub--are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Black Queer History of the United States

  Snorton, C. Riley,

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  Professors C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost unearth the often overlooked history of the Black queer community in the United States. Arguing that both gender and sexual expression have been an intimate and intricate part of Black freedom struggle,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Second Emancipation

  French, Howard W.

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  "French adeptly places the rise and fall of Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana, the first liberated African colony, within the context of anti-colonial movements in Asia and the Middle East, as well as Nkrumah's influence on racial justice in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trouble of Color

  An American Family Memoir

  Jones, Martha S.,

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  "A child of the civil rights era, Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But in Jones's first semester of college, a Black Studies classmate challenged her right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Without Fear

  Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

  Blain, Keisha N., 1985-

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  "Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were at the forefront of national and international…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Panther Woman

  Phillips, Mary Frances

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  "The first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party. In this groundbreaking biography, Mary Frances Phillips immerses readers in the life and legacy of Ericka Huggins, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• King

  Eig, Jonathan

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  Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Open Contempt

  Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space

  Weathersby, Irvin, Jr.,

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  Amid the ongoing reckoning over America's history of anti-Black racism, scores of monuments to slaveowners and Confederate soldiers still proudly dot the country's landscape, while schools and street signs continue to bear the names of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Escapes of David George

  An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution

  O'Malley, Gregory E.,

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  "In his latest book, O'Malley focuses his attention on the incredible life of David George. It's a story that reads like fiction but is amazingly real. George was born into enslavement on a plantation in Virginia in 1742. He escaped to South…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Toni at Random

  the Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship

  Williams, Dana A., 1972-

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  "An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon's profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and…Read moreRead more of this annotation