Black History Month

In celebration of Black History Month, PCC Cascade is hosting the 36th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films from February 6- March 7, 2026. These films celebrate Africa’s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. Visit the festival website for additional information.

Black History 101 Mobile Museum

• Wednesday, January 21st: Southeast Campus / Mount Tabor Great Hall from 10 am – 4 pm
• Thursday, January 22nd: Rock Creek Campus / Building 5 Room 122 from 10 am – 4 pm
• Monday, January 26th: Cascade Campus / Technology Education Building (TEB) 1st Floor Lobby from 10 am – 4 pm
• Tuesday, January 27th*: Sylvania Campus / Porch area between the Multicultural Center and the Women’s Resource Center from 10 am – 4 pm
  *Dr. Khalid el-Hakim will lecture at the Sylvania Campus on Tuesday, January 27th from 1 pm – 2:20 pm in the Health Technology (HT) Building Room 319.

Hair Care Series Event: Part One: Portland Art Museum!
Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 3:30PM – 6:00PM PST
Cascade Campus – Multicultural Center – Cascade Hall, Room 103

BIPOC Healing Group
Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 3 PM – 4 PM PST
Online Event

A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights (ebook)
A. Philip Randolph’s career as a trade unionist and civil rights activist fundamentally shaped the course of black protest in the mid-twentieth century.

An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the “Global South” was crucial to the development of America as we know it.

An Introduction to Black Studies (ebook)
For years, the American public education system has neglected to fully examine and discuss the rich history of people of African descent, who have played a pivotal role in the transformation of the United States. The establishment of Black studies departments and programs represented a major victory for higher education and a vindication of Black scholars such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Nathan Huggins. This emerging field sought to address omissions from numerous disciplines as well as myriad distortions, stereotypes, and myths.

Black Hair in a White World (ebook)
Black Hair in a White World is a groundbreaking, serious study of the cultural history, perceptions, and increasing acceptance of Black hair in broader American society. Editor Tameka N. Ellington brings together a varied group of scholars who together make an important contribution to ongoing discussions about race, gender, sociology, and self-expression.

Four Hundred Souls : A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
A chorus of extraordinary voices tells one of history’s great epics: The four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619– a year before the Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod, when the White Lion disgorged “some 20 and odd Negroes” onto the shores of Virginia– to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history.

The History of Black Studies (ebook)
Black Studies founder and movement veteran Abdul Alkalimat offers a comprehensive history of the discipline that will become a key reference for generations to come. Structured in three broadly chronological sections – Black Studies as intellectual history; as social movement; and as academic profession – the book demonstrates how Black people themselves established the field long before its institutionalization in university programs.

Let Nobody Turn Us Around : Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal ; An African American Anthology
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century.

National Museum of African American History and Culture

100 Years of Black History

Black History Month at the Portland Art Museum

Journey of Black History Month

Black Studies Channel on Alexander Street Database

From The Library of Black History : The Longest Struggle
This film was released in 1984 on the 75th anniversary of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. This historic saga chronicles the oppressive and violent era following Reconstruction, the birth of the NAACP, and its accomplishments in providing equal opportunity in housing, employment, education, and voter participation.

Innovators of Black history. Vol. 1
The chronicles of Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Lewis Latimer, just to name a few of the greatest innovators and inventors of Black history. This is their legacy, their inventions, and their story.

Black Past
An online reference center with a wealth of materials on African American history. Maintained by the University of Washington. Includes a section on African American History in the West.

A Hidden History: Oregon Black History Timeline
Reveals the stories and struggles of Oregon’s African-American communities.

History.com – Black History
Includes this day in history, TV shows, video clips, interactive timeline, important speeches and more.

Library of Congress: African-American History Month
Includes speeches, images, collections, and audio/video of outstanding African-Americans who have helped pave the way for ethnic multiculturalism.

New York Public Library Digital Schomburg Collection
Includes exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams and selected external links for research on the global black experience.

Not Even Past: Resources for Teaching Black History
Not Even Past is a digital magazine that serves as a robust platform for public history with a global reach.