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Black History Month


The PCC Library continuously selects materials related to African American history as well as contemporary Black American culture. Explore our collection, and suggested materials from the web, to learn more about the contributions and achievements of Black Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.

About Black History Month

2026 marks a century of national commemorations of Black history. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, George Cleveland Hall, William D. Hartgrove, Jesse E. Moorland, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination, and commemoration of Black history when they founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) on September 9, 1915. The 2026 Black History Month theme is .

Cascade Festival of African Films

In celebration of Black History Month, PCC Cascade is hosting the 36th Annual from February 6- March 7, 2026. These films celebrate Africa’s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. Visit the for additional information.

PCC Multicultural Centers

  • Wednesday, January 21st: Southeast Campus / Mount Tabor Great Hall from 10 am – 4 pm
  • Thursday, January 22nd: Rock Creek Campus / Building 5 Room 122 from 10 am – 4 pm
  • Monday, January 26th: Cascade Campus / Technology Education Building (TEB) 1st Floor Lobby from 10 am – 4 pm
  • Tuesday, January 27th*: Sylvania Campus / Porch area between the Multicultural Center and the Women’s Resource Center from 10 am – 4 pm
    *Dr. Khalid el-Hakim will lecture at the Sylvania Campus on Tuesday, January 27th from 1 pm – 2:20 pm in the Health Technology (HT) Building Room 319.


Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 3:30PM – 6:00PM PST
Cascade Campus – Multicultural Center – Cascade Hall, Room 103


Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 3 PM – 4 PM PST
Online Event

Recommended books

(ebook)
A. Philip Randolph’s career as a trade unionist and civil rights activist fundamentally shaped the course of black protest in the mid-twentieth century.


Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of America as we know it.


For years, the American public education system has neglected to fully examine and discuss the rich history of people of African descent, who have played a pivotal role in the transformation of the United States. The establishment of Black studies departments and programs represented a major victory for higher education and a vindication of Black scholars such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Nathan Huggins. This emerging field sought to address omissions from numerous disciplines as well as myriad distortions, stereotypes, and myths.


Black Hair in a White World is a groundbreaking, serious study of the cultural history, perceptions, and increasing acceptance of Black hair in broader American society. Editor Tameka N. Ellington brings together a varied group of scholars who together make an important contribution to ongoing discussions about race, gender, sociology, and self-expression.


A chorus of extraordinary voices tells one of history’s great epics: The four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619– a year before the Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod, when the White Lion disgorged “some 20 and odd Negroes” onto the shores of Virginia– to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history.


Black Studies founder and movement veteran Abdul Alkalimat offers a comprehensive history of the discipline that will become a key reference for generations to come. Structured in three broadly chronological sections – Black Studies as intellectual history; as social movement; and as academic profession – the book demonstrates how Black people themselves established the field long before its institutionalization in university programs.


This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century.

Recommended websites about Black History Celebrations

Recommended videos


This film was released in 1984 on the 75th anniversary of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. This historic saga chronicles the oppressive and violent era following Reconstruction, the birth of the NAACP, and its accomplishments in providing equal opportunity in housing, employment, education, and voter participation.


The chronicles of Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Lewis Latimer, just to name a few of the greatest innovators and inventors of Black history. This is their legacy, their inventions, and their story.

Recommended general websites


An online reference center with a wealth of materials on African American history. Maintained by the University of Washington. Includes a section on African American History in the West.


Reveals the stories and struggles of Oregon’s African-American communities.


Includes this day in history, TV shows, video clips, interactive timeline, important speeches and more.


Includes speeches, images, collections, and audio/video of outstanding African-Americans who have helped pave the way for ethnic multiculturalism.


Includes exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams and selected external links for research on the global black experience.


Not Even Past is a digital magazine that serves as a robust platform for public history with a global reach.