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February is Black History Month!
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
Whether it be the traditional agricultural labor of enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies, debates among Black educators on the importance of vocational training, self-help strategies, and entrepreneurship in Black communities, or organized labor’s role in fighting both economic and social injustice, Black people’s work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora.
To learn more about Black History Month, visit our Library Guide.
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- Submit a question by emailing the library.
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The Digital Library is conducting usability studies, and we need your input.
- Each 30-minute session involves completing tasks on the library website while the facilitator observes.
- Session will be either in-person or virtual
- Participants receive a small gift for their time.
- There are no wrong answers!
Learn more and volunteer at our Library Usability Study guide.
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The Davenport University Library connects the DU community with the resources needed to excel in the knowledge-driven environment of the 21st century.