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History and Current Events February 2021 |
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eBooks and eAudiobooks are now in OverDrive! Download the Libby or OverDrive app to your mobile device to start reading right away. Click here for more information, or call us at 367-8700. |
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| Julian Bond's Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement by Julian BondWhat it is: an incisive collection of college course lectures delivered by professor, social activist, and civil rights leader Julian Bond (1940-2015).
Why you might like it: Photographs, intimate firsthand accounts, and detailed historical context enrich this detailed you-are-there chronicle of many of the civil rights era's pivotal moments.
Who it's for: This accessible work will enlighten and inspire history buffs, general readers, and activists alike. |
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| Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma OluoWhat it's about: how white male identity in America preserves a status quo that harms women and people of color.
Food for thought: "If white men are finding that the overwhelmingly white-male-controlled system isn’t meeting their needs, how did we end up being the problem?”
Author alert: Ijeoma Oluo is the New York Times bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race. |
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| Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer1594 Netherlands: Dutch navigator William Barents embarked on the first of three Arctic expeditions seeking a northern route to China.
But then... during the third expedition, Barents and his crew became icebound in Nova Zembla, where they spent a year battling the elements, hungry polar bears, and disease.
Read it for: a dramatic, vividly recreated survival story aided by journal entries, archival materials, and the author's own travels to the Arctic. |
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| Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett by James SullivanWhat it's about: the USS Plunkett, the United States Navy destroyer that played a crucial role in the Allied war effort.
Why you might like it: This richly detailed history chronicles daily crew life as much as it does the ship's more dramatic wartime exploits.
Featuring: well-researched accounts of five crew members' experiences, including those of John Gallagher, the author's great-uncle. |
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| Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong DunbarHow it began: In 1796, on the eve of being "gifted" to one of George and Martha Washington's granddaughters, lifelong Washington family slave and seamstress Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom.
What happened next: Pursued by Washington for years, Judge settled in New Hampshire, where she lived freely for the next half century.
Book buzz: This thought-provoking National Book Award Finalist offers an eye-opening perspective on the legacy of America's first president. |
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| Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.What it is: a sobering history of America's Reconstruction era and Jim Crow legislation that offers striking parallels to contemporary white supremacy movements.
Topics include: eugenics and scientific racism; mass produced stereotypes and blackface; the emergence of the "New Negro."
Reviewers say: "indispensable for understanding American history" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Siouxland Libraries
200 North Dakota Avenue
P.O. Box 7403
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57117
605-367-8700www.siouxlandlib.org |
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