BLACK HISTORY MATTERS

Celebrate this Black History Month with pride and remember that Black History is American History as we honor the past and work towards building an equitable future.  

LOCAL RESOURCES

• Black in Glendale - B.I.G.'s mission is to promote awareness and respect for Black culture through events that honor the heritage, creativity and contributions of Black people and builds community among Glendale neighbors and friends. Together we will provide a sense of community for people who live, work and play in Glendale.   

• YWCA- YWCA Glendale and Pasadena is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. 

• Pot LA Studio - The first pottery studio for and by people of color. Community ceramics studios that prioritize people of color, beginners, and LGBTQ+ communities. We offer FUN classes, private parties, memberships & more.  Our mission is to cultivate pleasure, community, and new career paths in pottery for BIPOC communities while breaking opportunity cycles in our industry.

• Black Women for Wellness - Standing on the rich history of the resilience and strength of our culture, we envision a future for Black women and girls where, in our full wellness, we use our power, beauty and intelligence, to pursue and attain healthy lives and families. We build and sustain healthy communities and within them, empower other women and girls to improve their own well-being. 

• Octavia’s Bookshelf- Octavia’s Bookshelf is Pasadena, California’s only Black Woman owned bookstore offering books and other literature by BIPOC writer. Our mission is to offer these magical and rich stories to readers of all backgrounds, interests and ages.    

• Reparations Club - Rep. Club is concept bookshop & creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. Black-owned. Woman-owned.   

• The Great Migration: Creating a New Black Identity in Los Angeles - In honor of Black History Month, this is the first in a three part series exploring the shifting Black communities of Los Angeles. 

• Community and Commerce: Oral Histories of African American Businesses in Los Angeles - Features a series of eighteen oral histories conducted by COHR that document long-term African American business ownership in the Los Angeles area. 

• California African American Museum - The first African American museum of art, history, and culture fully supported by a state.  

• California Cultures: African Americans - Historic photographs and artwork show the changing lives of African Americans from the Gold Rush Era and Statehood, through years of struggle to claim their civil rights. 

• Glendale Community College (GCC) Black History Month - GCC is hosting a variety of events and workshops throughout the months of January and February. 

GENERAL RESOURCES

• African American History Month - The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. 

• National Museum of African American History and Culture - It provides an opportunity for those who are interested in African American culture to explore and revel in this history through interactive exhibitions. It helps all Americans see how their stories, their histories, and their cultures are shaped and informed by global influences. 

• Library of Congress NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom Exhibit - A retrospective of the NAACP’s history during its first 100 years. 

• Slave Voyages - This digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them. 

• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 - 2,300+ first-person accounts of slavery & 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. 

• Black Women's Suffrage - The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is a collaborative project to provide digital access to materials documenting the roles and experiences of Black Women in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and, more broadly, women’s rights, voting rights, and civic activism between the 1850s and 1960. 

• African American History: American Memory from the Library of Congress - 16 collections ranging from music to baseball to slavery.

• The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture - 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere via the Library of Congress's books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. 

• Learning for Justice - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) was founded in 1991 to prevent the growth of hate. Learning for Justice provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. 

• She the People - She the People is activating and mobilizing women of color across the country to create a politics grounded in love, justice, and belonging. 

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Black Fae Day - Black Fae Day is committed to the expansion of High Fantasy through uplifting the artistry, voices, stories, and communal experiences of Black people. 

• Black Girl Gamers - Since its foundation in 2015, Black Girl Gamers (BGG) has grown from a small Facebook group into a thriving collective of 9,000+ black women around the globe. All with a shared passion for gaming and a shared ambition to make an impact on it. Evolving from a like-minded group of friends to a community- powered business, BGG has become an influential agent of change throughout the gaming industry. Partnering with brands to change gaming from the inside out. Across content, events, education, consulting, and talent, BGG partners with endemic and non-endemic brands throughout the gaming space (Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc.) and gaming communities to grow the influence, representation, equity and experience of black women in gaming. 

• Sistah Sci Fi - Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things Afro-Futurism-mythicism, science fiction, voodoo, magical realism, speculative fiction, and horror- casting spells to uplift literature written by Black and Indigenous women. 

• Hi Cuties - Cuties is a Black & queer-owned community space providing resources and events, both virtually and in-person, to the LGBTQIA+ community. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Cuties began as a coffee shop and safe space focused on providing queer community and a place to gather that wasn’t centered around alcohol. 

• Black N Animated - Black N Animated is an organization that strives to help provide information and access to black creatives seeking careers in the animation industry. Additionally, we work closely with animation studios and other advocacy groups to uplift those in this marginalized community and push for a more inclusive animation industry.