Holman Library Outreach

Holman Library - Selected Displays

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos

Suggested resources from the GRC Latine Caucus

Videos

Source: " Día de los Muertos: A History " by WQPT PBS , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Source: " What is Day of the Dead? " by National Geographic , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Source: " Día de Muertos en Oaxaca " by VisitMexico , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Source: " La "muerteada", el otro Día de Muertos en Oaxaca " by EL PAÍS , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Source: " LA MUERTEADA | DOCUMENTAL | SAN AGUSTÍN ETLA OAXACA " by ENCUENTRO MUERTERO , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Podcasts

Articles

Events

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MUSIC

ARABIC LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

ADDITIONAL ARAB AMERICAN CULTURAL RESOURCES

Images from the 2024 Black History Month poster:

Promotional and souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson, 1954

Promotional and souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.66.153

Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947

Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947

https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.00151/

Photograph of Jacob Lawrence, 1959

Arnold Newman, Jacob Lawrence, 1959

https://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.91.89.73

Photograph of Langston Hughes, Chicago, December 1941

Gordon Parks, Langston Hughes, Chicago, December 1941

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.209207.html

Alvin Ailey in "Roots of the Blues," 1961. Photograph by Jack Mitchell

Alvin Ailey in "Roots of the Blues," 1961. Photograph by Jack Mitchell

https://nmaahc.si.edu/alvin-ailey

Phillis Wheatley by an unidentified artist  Engraving on paper, 1773

Phillis Wheatley / by an unidentified artist / Engraving on paper, 1773 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

https://npg.si.edu/blog/phillis-wheatley-her-life-poetry-and-legacy

 

Original photos from the poster

Clouds above field

Vorel, Martin (2015). Clouds Above the Field. Libreshot. https://libreshot.com/clouds-field/

Climbers on Mount Everest

Sansubba (2008). Climbing Everest. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t3tygvL7fFk/UfkF-wmkDEI/AAAAAAAAADk/GxBiwFjNgYs/s1600/Climbing+Mount+Everest,+The+World's+Highest+Mountain.jpg

elephants gathered around water

van Heerden, Frans (2017, November) untitled photograph. Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/big-5-elephant-safari-wild-animals-767135/

raindrops on leaves

Denyer, Circe. Rain. Public Doman Pictures. https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=142137&picture=rain

close up of waves

PublicDomainPictures (2014). untitled photograph. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/waves-sky-surf-blue-spray-sea-314779/

Shadows of Camels against sand

Queiroz, Thais R. (2016). untitled photograph. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/sahara-desert-sand-shadow-dromedary-1441613/

silhouette of bird on body of water during sunset

Flores, Charlie (2017). Silhouette of Bird on Body of Water During Sunset. Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-of-bird-on-body-of-water-during-sunset-4514694/

vegetables in crates at outdoor market

Tiburi (2016). untitled photograph. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/market-vegetables-food-fresh-1590830/

Bumblebee on purple flower

Clark, Brian, J. (2013). untitled photograph. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/bumblebee-bumble-bee-bumble-bee-141495/

River with mountains in background

Wheeler, James (2013). Leading River. Fine Art America. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/leading-river-james-wheeler.html

Sea turtle and divers at Great Barrier Reef

Australia: Great Barrier Reef. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_F-62iL6o7A/V5qYvzFhIEI/AAAAAAAAAJs/b24lz4qIVyUtTSc1urvBv--eTgDuqYamACKgB/s1600/australia_great_barrier_reef.png

Stand of trees

PublicDomainPictures. Stand of Trees. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/tree-trees-tree-trunk-line-tall-164635/

 

 

Suggested Online Resources:

Reading Recommendations from the GRC Latine Caucus

Available at Holman Library:

Discover additional Hispanic and Latine Heritage month reads at King County Library System:

Citations for works and images on infographic:

Gómez-Quiñones, J., & Morris, I. V. (2005). Chicano Movement. In M. C. Horowitz (Ed.), New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Vol. 1, pp. 305-309). Charles Scribner's Sons. 

Holman Library. (2022, September). Latinx heritage focus: The Chicano movement [Illustration]. Latinx Studies. https://libguides.greenriver.edu/Latinxstudies

Kovalchek, F. (2021, August). Street art at Chicano Park, Barrio Logan, San Diego [Photograph]. Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2mUKunu

Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project (n.d.). The creation of a community. El Centro de la Raza,1-2. http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/images/mecha/ docs/pdfs/elcentro.pdf

Telles, E. E. & Ortiz, V.. (2008). Generations of Exclusion : Mexican-Americans, Assimilation, and Race. Russell Sage Foundation.

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