Tattered Cover Hue-Man Experience at CU Boulder Libraries: Monthly Themes and Titles

April 2022

Books by Environmentalists and about Environmental Justice and Nature (Earth Day)

From Hue-Man curators: "What does nature and the natural environment mean to us as Black individuals? The answer is a journey of reliance, resistance, resilience and reconciliation. It is a history of Black peoples' deep connection to the land -- this relationship an integral part of our story, our culture, our belonging. Our people have always worked with the land, agriculture deeply entrenched in our livelihoods. We find deep connection to the earth through food, whether grown in abundance or for survival. We followed the stars to freedom, our music -- jazz, blues, soul -- narrates the sounds of the trees, the movement of water and the feeling of sunlight on our bodies. Land has been taken from us, we have been dispersed across continents, regularly navigating environmental racism, having language of nature being used to oppress, and vice versa. And yet, so much of our continued fight for liberation is based out of our access to nature, the attainment of our own spaces, cultivating deep relationships and learnings from the soil, plants, and animals -- finding freedom together."