Malcolm X (motion picture)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by This link opens in a new window
Hidden Figures (motion picture) This link opens in a new window
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The Color Purple (motion picture) This link opens in a new window
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The Great Gatsby (motion picture) This link opens in a new window
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Silver Linings Playbook (motion picture) This link opens in a new window
The Silver Linings Playbook by This link opens in a new windowMeligha Garfield, Director, U of U Black Cultural Center
Sara Cody, Coordinator, U of U Black Cultural Center
tagged list of Meligha and Sara's picks
BHM Movie List
Malcom X
Moonlight
One Night in Miami
12 Years a Slave
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix-only film that libraries can't buy or license, sad face)
Fences
Dope
The Princess and the Frog
Akeelah and the Bee
Waves
Hidden Figures
Meligha’s Personal list that is not just Black
MIB Men in Black
Django Unchained
Truman Show
Malcom X
Life
Coming to America
Toy Story
Soul
The Dark Knight
Get Out
BHM Book List
Color Purple by Alice Walker
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson
The Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
Sara’s personal list of books
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Before You Leap: A Frog's-Eye View of Life's Greatest Lessons by Kermit the Frog
The Rebound by Kwame Alexander
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
