|  Why
Weed Black History?
Black
History Month, observed in February each year, will almost
certainly tax your resources. You may be reluctant to discard
any title. But the heavy usage is the very reason you must
weed to prevent the extensive exposure of inappropriate
or physically unattractive titles. And what a great time
to add some new resources!
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
 You
will have to check several areas of your collection to review
titles dealing with black history. Review the 300s from
general sociology (301) through political science (328).
Check the 700s for arts (750s), music (780s), and entertainment
and sports (790s). You may have some literature works specific
to black history in the 810s. The 900s will require checks
in the African history (960s) as well as the 973s for US
history. Biographies, both collective (920s) and individual
should also be included in your review. Finally, remember
to check your fiction section, reference, and AV.
 Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Weeding black history titles requires a certain amount of
knowledge of the beginnings of this observance. Carter Godwin
Woodson founded Negro History Week in 1926. It offically
became Black History Month in 1976. Political correctness
of terminology does not require you to weed such source
materials as The mis-education of the Negro, authored
by Woodson in 1933. But if you still have an edition of
this title published in the 30s or 40s you should consider
replacing it with an edition published in the 90s. Remember
that the purpose in establishing this observation was to
recognize African American contributions to society in all
fields of endeavors. Be sure that your collection reflects
a wide range of contributions and not just popular interest
figures in sports and entertainment. For example, do you
have a biography of Woodson? You should. Take a hard look
at any older title that implies current thoughts and attitudes.
Weed it if it is offensive or incorrect and purchase a replacement
title from the many highly reviewed titles today.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 100
amazing facts about the Negro : with complete proof, a short
cut to the world history of the Negro. 1963. LCCN 64000449
- An
American dilemma : the Negro problem and modern democracy,
1962. LCCN 62019706
- An
American traveler's guide to black history, 1968. LCCN 68014168
- Black
African literature in English since 1952, 1967. LCCN 67029100
- Black
America yesterday and today [picture], 1969.
- The
black athlete : emergence and arrival, 1968. LCCN 68056837
- Black
heroes in world history, c1968.
- Black
history : a reappraisal, 1968. LCCN 67019105
- The
black odyssey : migration to the cities [filmstrip], 1970.
- Black
protest : history, documents, and analyses, 1619 to the
present, 1968. LCCN 68020769
- An
introduction to black literature in America, from 1746 to
the present, 1968. LCCN 68056838
- Let's
face it : a guide to good grooming for Negro girls [1959].
LCCN 59006705
- The
Negro in contemporary American literature, 1928. LCCN 29001859
- The
Negro in the armed forces, his value and status, past, present,
and potential, 1945. LCCN 45006572
- Negro
musicians and their music, 1936. LCCN 36011223
- Neo-African
literature : a history of black writing, 1969, c1968.
- The
new Negro of the South: a portrait of movements and leadership,
1967. LCCN 67024259
- Pictorial
history of the Black American, 1968. LCCN 65018139
- The
status of the Negro, from a Negro's standpoint, in his own
dialect. A thrilling tragedy in the days of reconstruction.
Anniversary of my seventy-sixth birthday. Read before the
Little Rock medical society., 1900. LCCN 00002550
- Story
of the Negro, 1955. LCCN 56000142
- They
showed the way : forty American negro leaders, c1964.
- The
Tuskegee airmen; the story of the Negro in the U. S. Air
Force, c1955. LCCN 5311824
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