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Black History Month
Underground Railroad - National Geograph...
This is an interactive exhibit from National Geographic. A terrific way for students to gain insight into the hardship faced by African American slaves during this horrific period in American history. This site also provides an interesting point of study ...
Black History - Interactive Timeline
Created by the History Channel, this timeline is a phenomenal resource for students seeking to explore significant moments in African American history. With interactive timelines, images and video, this site will enlighten learners in powerful ways. Be ...
Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversar...
This webiste contains information on the integration crisis that centered around Little Rock Central High School in 1957-58. Highlights include an interview with student Ernest Brown as well as excerpts from the student newspaper published during that t ...
Celebrate African American Heritage
These proven strategies help teachers teach African American History. A great deal of information for teachers and students on Black History including sections on Slavery and Freedom (the Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc), Arts and Culture (includin ...
Little Rock 1957 Pages from History
Created by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, this site has primary source information on the Little Rock Central High School Crisis of 1957. There are copies of the front pages the pages from two local newspapers (the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazett ...
Black History Month from the History Cha...
This site contains videos and other resources for students and a teachers guide. The long nightmare of the trans-Atlantic slave trade had multiple dimensions and phases, from the first forced arrivals of Africans in the New World in the 17th century thr ...
Eyewitness to History
First hand accounts of historical events, illustrated with vintage photos and includes original radio broadcasts.
Black History Month from Biography.com
Learn about the civil rights struggle and honor the pioneers who overcame discrimination. Includes an interacitve timeline, quotes, notable people, aceivements in Black history and video clips. The classroom section has teacher guides for studying famou ...
African-American World
An resource for students and teachers about African American history and culture. Four "channels" include information on History, Arts and Culture, Race and Society as well as Profiles of famous African Americans. There is also a timeline of African Amer ...
Front Page News Articles from the NY Tim...
This page houses a list of significant moments in Black History as seen on the front page covers of the New York Times throughout the years.
In Motion: The African American Migratio...
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience presents a new interpretation of African-American history, one that focuses on the self-motivated activities of peoples of African descent to remake themselves and their worlds. Of the thirteen defining ...