The February eResource of the Month is the African American Experience. This database has a wide-ranging collection of African American history and culture. It gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day. It covers history, biographies, literature, arts, music, popular culture, folklore, business, slavery, the struggle for civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, medicine, and more. Topics include Africans in Colonial North America, the rise of Jim Crow, and the Black Power Movement.
You can access all this wonderful information from home with your library card or at any of the library’s Internet computers. Find the African American Experience on the library’s website on the Research & Homework page (https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework). Scroll down the alphabetical list looking for African American Experience.
