Black History Month

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Here, Spencer interview Marquise Adeleye, Class of 2020.

Scope and Contents Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to Middlebury College's Director of Admissions Nicole Curvin talk about her background and make recommendations of library resources. In her interview, Nicole highlights the Netflix series Dear White People directed by Justin Simien, the novel The Leavers by Lisa Ko, the film Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi and Life in...

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Here, Spencer interview Kyle Dudley, Class of 2009 and Assistant Head Men's Basketball Coach (2013-).

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Librarian and Cultures Librarian, Katrina Spencer, engages members of the Middlebury community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to Political Science Professor Kemi Fuentes-George share his thoughts in his own words. Kemi recommends A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James.

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Digitized recordings of interviews with members of the Middlebury College community by Literature and Cultures Librarian, Katrina Spencer. Through these interviews, Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad Black diaspora(s) of the world.

Scope and Contents Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to senior Kizzy Joseph share her thoughts in her own words. Kizzy recommends The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, Audre Lorde, bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins for readers who are interested in learning more on race and ethnicity. The documentary Kizzy references is the BBC's The Story of...

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to sophomore undergraduate Shenisis Kirkland, Class of 2020, share her thoughts in her own words.

Scope and Contents Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to third year undergraduate Clark Lewis share her thoughts in her own words. Clark recommends various library resources including audio cd 21507 "Malibu" by Anderson Paak, use of the go.middlebury.edu/requests form that allows community members to request purchases, the use of Kanopy, a streaming service to which the library...

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Listen to Middlebury College junior Sarady Merghani talk about her background and make recommendations of library resources. Sarady highlights the works The Ideology of Slavery edited by Drew Giplin Faust, Against Slavery by Mason Lowance and An Appeal by David Walker.

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In this interview, Jade Moses, Class of 2020, speak about her impressions of race and ethnicity here. One of the books she references with the character "Buddy" is Richard Wright's Native Son; it was Ralph Ellison who wrote Invisible Man. Other library resources Jade recommends include Whistling Vivaldi by Claude M. Steele, works by bell hooks, Richard Wright's Black Boy, the documentary 13th directed by Ava DuVernay and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Here, Spencer interview Madu Udeh, Class of 2021.

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Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their origins to the broad black diaspora(s) of the world. Here, Spencer interview Pele Voncujovi, Class of 2019.