All year, African-American scholars and political leaders echoed the contributions African-Americans have made to the development of the United States and the world in general. Black history month celebrates the struggles that African Americans withstood throughout history. It is a month that brings out heroes and shows people how hard it is to fight for freedom. Celebrate this national holiday all year by watching popular African American leading films and TV shows and reading the most exhilarating books:

Movies

Hidden Figures

The Help

Sister Act

12 Years a Slave

Malcolm X

The Color Purple

Hotel Rwanda

Barbershop

Akeelah and the Bee

Sparkle

Dreamgirls

Fences

TV Shows

Empire

Star

Black-ish

Sister Sister

The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air

Everybody Hates Chris

Books

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper