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United States Postal ServiceThe USPS honor African American achievements through commemorative stamps and providing beautiful instructional resources for teachers. Explore their educational kits and resources.
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PBS Black Culture Connection
Explore profiles of important African-Americans. Read and watch videos about important events and movements that have shaped the history of our nation. Learn about the people and organizations that have worked to improve civil, social, and political rights throughout our history. Use a video to start your discussion on where do we go from here and what work is still to be done. |
African American History Month
"The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society." |
The American Experience: Freedom Riders
Watch this powerful documentary online. Explore the issues. Meet the riders. |
Facing History and Ourselves
"Find compelling classroom resources, learn new teaching methods, meet standards, and make a difference in the lives of your students." |
Bio Channel - Celebrating Black History
Watch videos and read short articles on African-Americans. |
Black America Since MLK
"Explore educational materials from the series Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Embark with professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Travel from the victories of the Civil Rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America—and our nation as a whole." |
Smithsonian Jazz Mixer
Create your own composition using this interactive tool. Learn about some of jazz's greatest musicians and travel the map and timeline to track the growth and movement of the influence of jazz in America. . |
New York Times: Unpublished Black History
Browse and read about photographs pulled from the depths of the New York Times' archives. Look back at milestone events and groundbreaking individuals from the perspectives of world-class journalists. |
The History Channel
Explore the History Channel's collection of videos, images, and speeches to widen your knowledge of African American leaders of past and present. |
UR Digital Scholarship Lab
Peruse these interactive maps to visualize social change in the US over time. Visualize Richmond's slave market, Civil War patterns, redlining Richmond, and patterns of emancipation. |
Teach Rock
Expose your students to the major role that African Americans played in shaping American music. Watch performances that cover the blues, jazz, rock, hip hop eras with guiding questions, accompanying images, and student handouts. Warning - not all content is appropriate for all age levels. Some songs presented within the site contain explicit lyrics and graphic images. |
In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
Journey throughthe following migrations via maps, texts, and videos: The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Runaway Journeys, The Domestic Slave Trade, Colonization and Emigration, Haitian Immigration: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, The Western Migration, The Northern Migration, The Great Migration, The Second Great Migration, Caribbean Migration, Return Migration to the South, Haitian Immigration, African Immigration |
Did you know....In 1985, MOVE occupied row home with 11 occupants - including two children - burned along with an entire city block. The fire was ignited by a block of C-4 explosive dropped by the Philadelphia Police Department.
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