{"id":26,"date":"2010-02-22T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/02\/22\/national-african-american-history-month\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T20:11:40","slug":"national-african-american-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/02\/22\/national-african-american-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National African American History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/02\/blackhistorymonth2.jpg\" title=\"Book Cover\u2013Justice Older Than the Law\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/02\/blackhistorymonth2.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\u2013Justice Older Than the Law\" align=\"left\" height=\"180\" width=\"121\" \/><\/a>In February we celebrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov\/\">National African American History Month<\/a>, recognizing the contributions that African Americans have made to U.S. history.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-obama\">President Obama<\/a> issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/presidential-proclamation-national-african-american-history-month\">proclamation<\/a> on National African American History Month, \u201ccall[ing] upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.\u201d\u00a0 So from the library, we share with you some sources of legal information in the spirit of this special month.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/\" title=\"Law Library of Congress home page\">Law Library of Congress<\/a> has an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/commemorative-observations\/african-american.php\" title=\"Law Library of Congress Guide to African American History Month\">guide to African American History Month<\/a> with links to Congressional and Presidential documents.\u00a0\u00a0 The continuing legal struggles and achievements of African Americans are well documented by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naacp.org\/home\/index.htm\" title=\"NAACP home page\">NAACP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And just a few of the books on this topic you will find at Cornell Law Library include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.library.cornell.edu\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6479549&amp;DB=local\" title=\"Cornell Law Library Catalog record\">Legacy and Legitimacy: Black Americans and the Supreme Court<\/a>, by Rosalee A. Clawson and Eric N. Waltenburg. Call number KF8748 .C425x 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.library.cornell.edu\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6665368&amp;DB=local\" title=\"Cornell Law Library catalog record\">Justice Older than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree<\/a>, by Katie McCabe and Dovey Johnson Roundtree. Call number KF373.R686 M34x 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.library.cornell.edu\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6361249&amp;DB=local\" title=\"Cornell Law Library Catalog record\">Critical Race Realism : Intersections of Psychology, Race, and Law<\/a>, edited by Gregory S. Parks (Cornell Law \u201908), Shayne Jones, and W. Jonathan Cardi. 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