Celebrate Black History Month: Black Health and Wellness

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Black History Month is a time to reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. It’s also a time to share and learn about Black stories and history.

This year's theme is "Black Health and Wellness." Acknowledging medical practitioners, Black scholars, and others in the field of health and wellness, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History shares resources and is hosting a virtual festival all month (fee). 

Please check out our display in the main campus library lobby and join us in celebrating Black History Month. 

Here are some featured titles from our collection: 

Reclaiming our health : a guide to African American wellness by Michelle A. Gourdine ; illustrations by Catharine L. Love. (RA778.4.A36 G385 2011)








The black woman's breast cancer survival guide: understanding and healing in the face of a nationwide crisis by Cheryl D. Holloway ; foreword by Philip Agop Philip, MD, PhD, FRCP. (RC280.B8 H635 2017) 










Body and soul: the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination by Alondra Nelson. (RA448.5.N4 N45 2011) 











Trials, tribulations, and celebrations : African-American perspectives on health, illness, aging, and loss by Marian Gray Secundy, editor ; with the literary collaboration of Lois LaCivita Nixon (PS509.N4 T7 1992) 










Black LGBT health in the United States : the intersection of race, gender, and sexual orientation / edited by Lourdes D. Follins and Jonathan M. Lassiter (RA564.9.S49 B53 2017) 










The women who caught the babies : a story of African American midwives by Eloise Greenfield ; artwork by Daniel Minter. (IMC RG950 .G74 2019) 











Working the roots: over 400 years of traditional African American healing / by Michele E. Lee ; J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, editor. (GR880 .L42 2014)











Here are other resources/virtual events happening across Wisconsin


PBS Wisconsin is honoring Black History Month with a selection of programs airing in February and streaming anytime on the free PBS Video App.

The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus is hosting several virtual events honoring Black History Month, including two sessions on mental health. 



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