This Black History Month we have selected a few key titles from our collection that highlight the role of black people in history and science. We have also selected a few titles that show some of the impact of racism in these fields. Please browse our digital display and let us know if you have any recommendations.
Black History Month Collection
Tweedy, D. (2015) Black man in a white coat : a doctor’s reflections on race and medicine. Picador.
This print book is usually available on our open shelves. You can find it on SOLO.
Cover design by Henry Sene Yee Cover Photograph by Vstock/Alamy
Sowemimo, A. (2023) Divided : racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare. Profile Books.
This print book is usually available on our open shelves. You can find it on SOLO.
Harper, M. (2021) The beauty in breaking : a memoir. First Riverhead trade paperback edition. Riverhead Books.
This print book is usually available on our open shelves. You can find it on SOLO.
Cover Design by Lauren Peters-Collaer Cover image: Alan King engraving / Alamy Stock PhotoAdegoke, Y & Uviebinené, E. (2018) Slay in your lane the black girl bible. 4th Estate.
This title is available as an ebook or as a print book on our open shelves.
Love, P. B. & Kundu, R. V. (Eds.). (2016) Clinical Cases in Skin of Color Adnexal, Inflammation, Infections, and Pigmentary Disorders. 1st edition. Springer International Publishing.
This title is available as an ebook.
Clare, N. (2007) An Oscar for my troubles : a life working for better understanding and treatment of sickle cell disorder. N. Clare in conjunction with Writersworld.
This print book is usually available in the Offsite storage collection. You can order it to the RSL from SOLO.
Winegarten, & Kahn, S. (2021) Brave Black Women : From Slavery to the Space Shuttle. University of Texas Press.
This title is available as an ebook.
Design by Elizabeth Towler Menon. Cover photos, clockwise from top right: Mae Jemison (NASA); Ethelyn Taylor Chisum (Texas/Dallas History Archives Division, Dallas Public Library); Anne Lundy (photo by Jeff St. Mary, courtesy Anne Lundy); Barbara Jordan (Houston Chronicle); Bessie Coleman (Smithsonian Institution); Phylicia Rashad (Adept New American Museum, Mount Vernon, N.Y.); chopping cotton (photo by Dorothea Lange, Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations). Center: Carlette Guidry (copyright Susan Allen Camp, Women’s Athletics Division, University of Texas at Austin).