UCD Library Collection Spotlight: Black History Month 2025

In October 2025 we are celebrating Black History Month. Join us as we highlight books from our collection on Black art, history, literature and political and social discourses on the Black experience.

Explore our Spotlight display bookshelves in the James Joyce Library, and find out more about a selection of some of the books (with links to our catalogue) here.

Black Thought and Culture

This primary source collection is published by Alexander Street Press and is described as "a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history.

In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of over 1,000 authors present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America. Go to database