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BHM African Americans & the Arts

The national theme for Black History Month 2024 is African Americans & the Arts. This is a curated list of books focusing on African Americans & the Arts.

Multnomah County Library

18 items

  • The Come Up

    An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-hop

    Abrams, Jonathan P. D., 1984-
    Also available as an ebook.
    Book, 2022New York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, 2022. — 782.42164 A1615c 2022
  • A Little Devil in America

    Notes in Praise of Black Performance

    Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983-
    Also available as an ebook and as a downloadable audiobook.
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — 791.089 A136L 2021
  • Black Artists in America

    From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

    Jenkins, Earnestine,
    Book, 2021Memphis, TN : Dixon Gallery and Gardens ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2021] — 704.0396 J523b 2021
  • Also available as an ebook
    Book, 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] — 700.8996 E756i 2022
  • Blk Art

    the Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art

    Ware, Zaria,
    Also available as an ebook
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — 700.8996 W273b 2023
  • Also available as an ebook
    Book, 2021London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2021. — 700.8996 P885b 2021
  • The Soul of a Nation Reader

    Writings by and About Black American Artists, 1960-1980

    Book, 2021New York, NY : Gregory R. Miller & Co., [2021] — 704.03 S722 2021
  • Black Refractions

    Highlights From the Studio Museum in Harlem

    Choi, Connie H.,
    Book, 2019New York, New York : American Federation of Arts ; Harlem, New York : The Studio Museum in Harlem ; New York, New York : Rizzoli Electa, [2019] — 708.1471 C5457b 2019
  • Black American Portraits

    From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

    Book, 2023Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023. — 704.0396 B6271 2023
  • A Century of African American Art

    the Paul R. Jones Collection

    Book, 2004Newark, Del. : University Museum, University of Delaware ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2004. — 704.0396 C397 2004
  • Also available as an ebook and downloadable audiobook
    Book, 2020New York : One World, [2020] — 305.896 B6274 2020
  • Black TV

    Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television From Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond

    Butler, Bethonie,
    Also available as an ebook
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2023] — 791.45652 B9852b 2023
  • Black

    a Celebration of a Culture

    Book, 2004Irvington, New York : Hylas Publishing, 2004. — 770.8996 B627 2004
  • Soul of a Nation

    Art in the Age of Black Power

    Book, 2017London : Tate Publishing, 2017. — 700.8996 S722 2017
  • Book, 2019New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2019] — 704.0396 E584a 2019
  • Book, 1998Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. — 709.73 P322a 1998
  • Young Gifted and Black

    a New Generation of Artists : the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art

    Book, 2020New York, NY : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Inc., [2020] — 700.411 Y724 2020
  • Black Hollywood

    Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments

    Augustus, Carell,
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Ebony Magazine Publishing, [2022] — 770 A9238b 2022