Black History Month 2024 - Resources For Teachers
World War II Tuskegee Airmen - Photograph shows Col. Benjamin O. Davis presenting war bond for best kept A/C. Left to right: Crew chief Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, KY, 100th F.S.; James A. Walker, Manning, SC, 43-E; unknown airman; George S. "Spanky" Roberts; and Davis. Photographer: Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988
The Library of Congress:
- Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort
- Experiencing History from Behind the Scenes: Martha Morris and George Washington
- Frederick Douglass: Online Resources
- Slavery Resource Guide
- Sources for Images on African American History
Blog Posts:
- 12 Years a Slave: Primary Sources on the Kidnapping of Free African Americans
- African American History and Primary Sources
- Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Making Our Nation Whole
- Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln: The Writer and Abolitionist Remembers the President in Library of Congress Primary Sources
- Looking Behind the March on Washington: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and Labor in Primary Sources
National Archives:
- Analyzing a Letter to Congress About Bloody Sunday
- Black Soldiers in the Civil War
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Comparing Civil War Recruitment Posters
- Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War II Home Front
- The Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Coloring Book
- Examining Rosa Parks's Arrest Record
- Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat
- From Dred Scott to the Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change
- How Effective were the Efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau?
- The Impact of Bloody Sunday in Selma
- Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Annie Davis
- The Meaning and Making of Emancipation eBook
- Oh Freedom! Sought Under the Fugitive Slave Act
- Responding to the Murder of Harry T. Moore
- Twelve Years a Slave
- U.S. v. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction
- We Shall Overcome: March on Washington
- Find primary sources on DocsTeach
National Endowment for the Humanities:
- Afropop Worldwide
- August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (in cooperation with PBS)
- Colored Conventions Project (in cooperation with the University of Delaware)
- “Created Equal” Documentaries
- Grassroots Perspectives on Civil Rights: Focus on Women
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's “Learning to Read”
- Frederick Douglass's “Narrative:” Myth of the Happy Slave
- Loving Story and Slavery by Another Name
- Malcolm X: A Radical Vision for Civil Rights
- Man in the Middle: Thomas Day and the Free Black Experience
- "Their Eyes Were Watching God": Folk Speech and Figurative Language
- Scottsboro Boys and "To Kill a Mockingbird": Two Trials for the Common Core
- Solomon Northup's “Twelve Years a Slave” and the Slave Narrative Tradition
- Twelve Years a Slave: Analyzing Slave Narratives
- Twelve Years a Slave: Was the Case of Solomon Northup Exceptional?
- Visualizing Emancipation
National Gallery of Art:
- Browse online materials (PDFs, interactive lesson plans, and podcasts) and borrow free-loan resources (teaching packets, DVDs/VHS) on African American art and artists at NGA Learning Resources.
- The Art of Romare Bearden (Teaching Packet)
- The First African American Regiment (Grades: 5–8)
- Gordon Parks Photography
- In Memoriam: Honoring Heroes & Heroines through Sculpture (Grades 5–8)
- Pippin's Story (Grades: K–4)
- The Shaw Memorial (Teaching Packet)
National Park Service:
- National Park Service Education Portal
- Teaching with Historic Places uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
- Civil Rights and Racial Healing Feature
- African American History
- Discover the Jackie Robinson Ballpark Lightning Lesson
- Discover the Mary Ann Shadd Cary House Lightning Lesson
- Discover Colonel Young’s Protest Ride for Equality and Country Lightning Lesson
- Discover the African Burial Ground National Monument Lightning Lesson
Find More Information Here: https://www.AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth.gov/