February is Black History Month

• Reading list – All ages: Scholastic
• California Teachers Assoc. Reading/Activities: CTA.org
• Reading List: Reading Rockets
• Reading List – YA: Epireads
• Reading List – younger to +12: Family Education
• Reading List: Working Mother
• Free online books, printables, crafts, Black History guides: Indianapolis Public Library

For Adults:

Help remember the past by helping the Boston Public Library transcribe 12,000 abolitionist manuscripts from the mid-1800s. Many hands make light work. Get started here.

• Articles
  • Why I teach a course called “White Racism”
  • What Colin Kaepernick can teach us about Citizenship (Good)
  • Black History Article Archive: https://timeline.com/black-history/home
  • Smithsonian Archives – Rosa Parks: New archive 
  • This year’s theme for Black History Month is “African Americans in Times of War”
  • Open Letter to Women Making Black History (Kamala Harris)
  • 18 Incredible Women Making Black History (Brittney Stephens)
  • Trump isn’t. Here and here
• Books
  • State of White Supremacy
  • “So You Want to Talk About Race”: Ijeoma Oluo
  • Reading List: Penquin Random House list,
  • Reading List: bustle.com
  • Reading List: Essence
  • Reading List: Good Reads
  • Reading List: Guardian

Go see a play: “The Colored Museum”

Review: https://www.vcreporter.com/2018/01/skewering-stereotypes-clu-presents-satirical-play-the-colored-museum-during-black-history-month/

The Colored Museum is presented Feb. 7-11 at Cal Lutheran University’s Black Box Studio Theatre, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. For schedule, tickets and more information, call 493-3452 or visit www.callutheran.edu/college-arts-sciences/theatre-arts.

• Historic sites, including one in CA
• More on Allensworth State Historic Park
• African Dance Competition LA 2018
• Black History Month Calendar – LA https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca–los-angeles/black-history-month/
• Discover Los Angeles – Black History Month Calendar
• LA Public Library – Celebrate African American History Month

Post or tweet:

Post or tweet about a black woman who has inspired you and use this hashtag: #womenmakeblackhistory.

Have we missed a great activity, especially ones close by? A great reference? Tell us at indivisibleventura@gmail.com and we’ll update this list!