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Movies, Books, and Music to Celebrate During Black History Month

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Claire Wozniak
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Indigo Baloch
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter.

February is African American History month, and in the light of the current political climate of the U.S. it’s more important than ever to support black artists and black business. Here’s a quick list:

Films:

Moonlight

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc

 

Dear White People

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwJhmqLU0so

 

For Colored Girls

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIDrfLIjnLo

 

Fences

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2m6Jvp0bUw

 

Hidden FIgures

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK8xHq6dfAo

 

Literature

Amiri Baraka: Un Poco Low Coup

 

Richard Wright: Native Son

 

Alice Walker: The Color Purple

 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah

 

Patricia Smith: Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah

 

Music

Solonge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy9W_mrY_Vk

 

Childish Gambino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8

 

FKA Twigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jhTiLuGezI

 

Earl Sweatshirt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRkutaPS9w

 

Andy Allo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FhxVietXo8

 

 

 

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Indigo Baloch is the HC Chatham Campus Correspondent. She is a junior at Chatham University double majoring in Creative Writing and Journalism and double minoring Graphic Design and an Asian Studies Certificate. Indigo is a writer and Editorial Assistant at Maniac Magazine and occasionally does book reviews for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She is also the Public Relations Director for The Mr. Roboto Project (a music venue in Pittsburgh) and creates their monthly newsletter. During her freshman and sophomore year, Indigo was the Editor-in-Chief of Chatham's student driven newsprint: Communique. Currently, on campus, Indigo is the Communications Coordinator for Minor Bird (Chatham's literary magazine), the Public Relations Director for Chatham's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, and a Staff Writer and Columnist for Communique. She has worked as a Fashion Editorial Intern for WHIRL Magazine, and has been a featured reader at Chatham's Undergraduate Reading Series and a featured writer in Minor Bird. She loves art, music, film, theater, writing, and traveling.