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The celebration of Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an endorsement of American values and an opportunity to recognize and honor the accomplishments of Black Americans. Black History Month 2013 also marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Ever wondered about the contributions of people of African descent around the world? Visit your nearest American Library to explore more.

King's dream

By Eric J. Sundquist, Yale University Press, ©2009
“I have a dream”—no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., fifty years ago, in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. Check out this title @American Library this February, which is marked as Black History Month in the United States.
Simple justice : the history of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's struggle for equality

By Richard Kluger, Knopf, ©2004
The famous U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education, which outlawed school segregation, remains a testimony of the long social and legal struggle to establish black equality in the U.S. Read more about it in February, which is marked as the Black History Month in the United States.
To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells

By Mia Bay, Hill and Wang, ©2009
Before Rosa Parks, there was Ida Wells. Bay vividly captures the life and legacy of Ida B. Wells, born to slaves in 1862, who rose up to fight against prevailing racial and gender injustice in 1883. After being denied her seat on a train on account of her race, she sued the railroad because she wouldn’t compromise on racial inequality. Read this book for more details.