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PORTLAND, Ore. — February 1, 2024 — Multnomah County Library invites the community to join in celebrating and honoring Black History Month. Visit a library location through February 29 to learn about events, book displays and activities.

Black-owned newspapers date back to before the Civil War. Even after Black people began publishing newspapers, there were areas of the country where people still communicated in secret to avoid violence and suspicion. In much of the country, Black people, especially enslaved Black people, lived under governments that made it illegal for them to read or write. When Black people wrote, read and published their own newspapers, it was an act of vital resistance against oppression.

Black Resources Collection библиотеки округа Малтнома предлагает более 7000 наименований книг, фильмов, периодических изданий, музыки и многого другого, относящихся к жизни афроамериканцев, а также произведения, созданные афроамериканцами и другими авторами африканского происхождения.

Multnomah County Library’s Black Resource Collection offers a variety of materials that are primarily written by African Diasporic authors. Ranging from the latest fiction title to out-of-print newspapers, this collection also has materials for all ages that focus on the experience of the African Diaspora.

Located in North Portland in a historically Black neighborhood, Albina Library has been a beloved part of the community.