Celebrate Black History Month With Infobase

Every February, we celebrate the many contributions that African Americans have made to our society and honor the many struggles and triumphs they have faced over the generations. Infobase has a wide range of educational content that is ideal for researchers and educators at all levels looking for solid sources on African-American history. K–12 students, homeschoolers, college-level researchers, and public library patrons will all find content that will teach them something new about African-American history with Infobase’s products.

Study African-American History with the Best in Reference—Including New Content

Infobase’s African-American History database covers more than 500 years of the African-American experience, making it the ideal place to start for Black History Month–related research. African-American History features a wealth of content, including primary sources, our proprietary maps and graphs, biographies of notable African Americans (including major musicians, influential writers, and Harlem Renaissance figures), and videos and slideshows.

Our latest additions to the database include new and revised titles from Facts On File, Indiana University Press, and the University Press of Kentucky such as:

African Americans in the Military, Fourth Edition
Africanisms in American Culture, Second Edition
A Brief History of the Caribbean, Second Edition
Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora
Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
Gold Coast Diasporas: Identity, Culture, and Power
Hine Sight: Black Women and the Re-Construction of American History
An Introduction to Black Studies

The popular Document-Based Questions in American History series also has numerous titles focusing on African-American history. Two new document-based question titles, Loving v. Virginia and The Wilmington Coup of 1898, were added to African-American History this past year.

African-American History additionally features a section specifically devoted to Black History Month that brings together keywords related to this year’s theme, “African Americans and Labor.” Find links in one convenient spot to articles, primary sources, images, videos, and more on African Americans’ roles in organized labor and fighting economic and social injustice throughout U.S. history.

Also, encourage researchers who are studying a specific subject or era to check out the Topic Centers, which bring together content specially selected by our editors—including articles, sharable slideshows, videos, primary sources, and more—on key topics including the Underground Railroad, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and much more.

Learn about African-American Authors and Their Works

If your patrons are looking for information on African-American literature, turn to Bloom’s Literature, where they can find:

A Topic Center on the Harlem Renaissance that brings together a wide range of content selected by our editors—including illustrated articles, videos, content on related writers and works, and more—to give users an easy starting point for research.
A Literary Movements section where users can easily find reference content, literary criticism, and more on Negritude, the Black Arts Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and other frequently researched movements.
A wealth of content on the most researched African-American authors—including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou—and the most studied works by African-American authors, including Beloved, The Color Purple, Invisible Man, and A Raisin in the Sun.
Publishers Weekly interviews and profiles covering contemporary African-American authors including Jacqueline Woodson, Kwame Alexander, and Angie Thomas.
And much more!

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Engage Researchers with African-American History Streaming Video Titles

Infobase’s streaming video and media platforms for all institutions—including Learn360 for K–12 schools and districts, Classroom Video On Demand for secondary schools, Just for Kids and Access Video On Demand for public libraries, and Films On Demand for colleges and universities—include a wealth of content on African-American history aimed at a wide range of audiences. Here is just some of the content you can find. We have included searchable item numbers for your convenience. (Not all titles are available on all platforms or in all countries. Some of these titles contain mature themes or content; viewer discretion is advised.)

All Grades:

Jim Crow Laws and the Birth of Civil Rights (History Kids: U.S. History series) (Wonderscape®, 2023, Item #291621)

Elementary School:

Notable Firsts in Black American History (History Kids: U.S. History series) (Wonderscape, 2023, Item #291622)
History Kids: Celebrating Black History Month (History Kids: World History series) (Wonderscape, 2023, Item #289504)
History Kids: 10 Most Influential U.S. Black Leaders—MLK, Harriet Tubman, Katherine Johnson, and More (History Kids: World History series) (Wonderscape, 2022, Item #289503)
Michelle Obama (Rebel Girls series) (Makematic, 2024, Item #294768)

Middle School:

Rosa Parks (DK Timelines series) (Makematic, 2022, Item #288559)
Amanda Gorman (Untold: Authors That Changed America series) (Makematic, 2023, Item #291448)
Dred Scott v. Sandford (Bill of Rights, Homework Help series) (Makematic, 2024, Item #293643)
African Americans in the Gilded Age (Bill of Rights, Homework Help series) (Makematic, 2024, Item #293397)

High School:

Linda Brown (Untold: Art That Changed America series) (Makematic, 2021, Item #238900)
Black Cowboys of the West (Untold: Wild Wild West series) (Makematic, 2021, Item #279961)
AP African American Studies (NewsHour, 2023, Item #291432)

Public Libraries and Higher Ed:

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (American Experience, 2024, Item #295803)
Gospel series (PBS, 2024, Item #293017)
The Big Payback (PBS, 2023, Item #290538)
South to Black Power (HBO®, 2023, Item #292027)
Talking Black in America series (NC State University, 2022, Item #281096)
Making Black America series (PBS, 2022, Item #282627; available on Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Films On Demand)
TEDTalks: David Ikard—The Real Story of Rosa Parks—And Why We Need to Confront Myths about Black History (TED, 2020, Item #209593)
Becoming Frederick Douglass (PBS, 2022, Item #283066)
Five Centuries: Taking the Knee series (3DD, 2021, Item #283526)