New Year, New You, New Hairdo?!
Check out these books to see how friends and their families use their hair and styles to tell a story about themselves.
Independence Day Nonfiction for Adults
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has a wide selection of print and digital titles to commemorate the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. Make sure to include some reading time in your 4th of July celebration plans.
Independence Day Reads for Kids and Teens
What’s blue and white and read all over? Books, of course! Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has a wide selection of print and digital titles to commemorate the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776.
Hear Me Out: What’s the Impact of Mass Incarceration on My Community?
The following titles will help to answer questions about mass incarceration and its impact on communities. If you’d like to have a conversation about the topic, check out the next ‘Hear Me Out’ Dialogue Series on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 from 5:30 PM–7:00 PM.
The Power of Story and Representation
It is essential for people of all backgrounds and experiences to learn the power of embracing their story and the importance of storytelling – no matter their niche.
Changing Classical Dance: Racial Diversity and Disparity
These titles for all ages celebrate and center the lives, voices, work and influence of BIPOC dancers.
Hear Me Out: Racial Histories
Systemic racism touches all parts of life and is linked to everything from poverty, to health, to education, to incarceration. It’s a racism that doesn’t rely on racist thoughts or actions from individuals, but rather on the laws, regulations, preferences and power structures that have built up over the centuries, and that continue to harm people of color. Check out these titles to learn more about systemic racism. And if you’d like to discuss these and related issues, the Library is co-hosting a virtual event on Wednesday, May 26 as part of the ‘Hear Me Out’ Dialogue Series.
Memoirs of Pittsburgh
In these memoirs we as readers can immerse ourselves in the lives of real people who are looking back on the Pittsburghs of their past and revealing how these personal versions of our city have shaped and changed them.
The Oscars, Race and Representation
In connection with Dr. Gooding’s talk, here is a list of films spanning almost 100 years, some nominated for or winners of Oscars, and some that are in the canon of Black film history but were not recognized by the Academy.
Pittsburgh Poets
In this list we celebrate poets that have lived in Pittsburgh, either growing up here or coming here later in life, and whose work is informed by this city. Whether the influence is obvious or more subtle, the crucial worlds that they spin with their words have the power to evoke these landscapes we live in every day.