For Black History Month, the Patchogue Medford Library Adult Reference Department and the Local History Department have compiled a list of resources to help you learn more about Black culture and history.

Did you know that Crispus Attucks, a free African-American Dockworker, was the first casualty of the American Revolution?

Did you know that in 1917, 10,000 marchers protested silently against the lynching and race riots that were taking place in East St. Louis in New York City?

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