Join over a million
readers
in the 16th Annual National African-American Read-In
on
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005, from 3:30-4:30pm,
in the Reading Area of the A.C. Buehler Library.
Established in 1926 by noted scholar and author,
Dr. Carter G Woodson, African-American History month is celebrated
every February. Dr. Woodson chose February because it contains the
birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. It is
a time to learn more about African-American history and culture
in the United States, to discover African-American achievements
and contributions to American society and to promote greater understanding
about African-Americans in our nation and our communities.
In that spirit, the librarians at Elmhurst College have assembled
a collection of books about and written by African-Americans and
supplemented it with a collection of web sites. Please stop by the
library in the month of February to view the African-American History
Month display.
