In 2014, the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta declared April as Black Women’s History Month. Pratt Library staff have highlighted related texts in the Humanities Department, Fine Arts and Music Department, and African American Department. Please enjoy the major contributions black women have made to religion, theatre, poetry, writing, political thought, activism, and art. Check out the first and second post for more suggested reading.
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Black Feminism
Included here are works by seminal scholars that consider black women’s historical contributions to the feminist movement. Several texts reflect on intersectionality- the theory that race, class, gender, and other social categorization creates overlapping identities that shape black women’s experiences in ways often very different from white women.
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Highlighted here are works by and about influential but lesser known black women, including early suffragists, Civil Rights leaders, Black Panthers, and contemporary cultural critics.
ESSAYS
Additional anthologies, essays, and speeches reflecting on race, gender, feminism, and popular culture.
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Several public service departments that are currently on the first floor will move to the second and third floors. Here are a few pictures of the second floor to give you a preview. New light fixtures line the 2nd floor hallway. The paintings on the ceiling have been restored. At the end of the hallway, you’ll see a large glass wall with a door. That’s where the new Teen Wing will start in 2019, giving young adults their own space. That space will temporarily house the Children’s Department as downstairs is now under renovation. 
Here’s a peek at the rosettes in the ceiling of Central Hall. Plaster workers have painstakingly restored them, so they look like the day they were created.
The Central Library is closed for renovations this week. Pratt Chat is giving you an inside look at some of those renovated spaces. Today, we’re going inside the new Creative Arts Center. 
