Each year, there is a designated theme for Black History Month. The theme for 2021 is "The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity." For more information on this and previous/future years' themes, please visit the website for ASALH (The Association for the Study of African American Life and History).
ASALH's description of this year's theme is as follows:
"The black family has been a topic of study in many disciplines—history, literature, the visual arts and film studies, sociology, anthropology, and social policy. Its representation, identity, and diversity have been reverenced, stereotyped, and vilified from the days of slavery to our own time. The black family knows no single location, since family reunions and genetic-ancestry searches testify to the spread of family members across states, nations, and continents. Not only are individual black families diasporic, but Africa and the diaspora itself have been long portrayed as the black family at large. While the role of the black family has been described by some as a microcosm of the entire race, its complexity as the “foundation” of African American life and history can be seen in numerous debates over how to represent its meaning and typicality from a historical perspective—as slave or free, as patriarchal or matriarchal/matrifocal, as single-headed or dual-headed household, as extended or nuclear, as fictive kin or blood lineage, as legal or common law, and as black or interracial, etc. Variation appears, as well, in discussions on the nature and impact of parenting, childhood, marriage, gender norms, sexuality, and incarceration. The family offers a rich tapestry of images for exploring the African American past and present."
The Black Experience at Garrett Theological Seminary by 
The Black Who’s Who, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary by 
Theological Statement on Parity, Covenant and Grace by 
Balm for Gilead: Pastoral Care for African American Families Experiencing Abuse by 
Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience. Second Edition by 
The Black Family: The Church's Role in the African American Community by 
Breaking Barriers: An African American Family and the Methodist Story by 
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by 
Brown, White, Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion by 
Building up Zion's Walls: Ministry for Empowering the African American Family by 
Mothering While Black by 
Slavery's Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation Author by “African American Families in Diversity: Gay Men and Lesbians as Participants in Family Networks”
“Dementia‐friendly Faith Village Worship Services to Support African American Families"
“A Qualitative Exploration of Why Faith Matters in African American Marriages and Families”
“Weathering the Storm: The Shelter of Faith for Black American Christian Families”
Several Garrett-Evangelical BHM events are happening throughout the month. Check the links below for more information.
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World by 
The African Methodist Episcopal Church: A History by 
The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History by 
Jim Crow Sociology: The Black and Southern Roots of American Sociology by 
A Kid's Guide to African American History by 
Life upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 by 
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by