Today In Black History / This Day In Black History / Black History Facts Calendar. S Resources for Black History. AwesomeStories is a one stop shop of primary source materials.
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Black History Month 2014. Rosa Parks Biography. Black History Month Activities, History, Timeline, Ideas, Events, Facts & Quizzes. The HistoryMakers. Black History Month — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts. The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by black Americans and other peoples of African descent. Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures. In the decades that followed, mayors of cities across the country began issuing yearly proclamations recognizing Negro History Week. Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History.
The story of African Americans in the United States is one of both immeasurable suffering and soaring hope.
Two and a half centuries of slavery and segregation prevented black men and women from exercising the rights of citizenship taken for granted by their white counterparts. African Americans who fought for freedom from tyranny abroad, helping to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany in World War II, for example, returned to the United States and were denied the right to register to vote—and some were beaten or killed while attempting to do so. In much of the country, blacks were forbidden to share the same spaces—including schools, public transportation, and recreational facilities—as whites.
And measures were taken to prohibit African Americans from living near whites. Nevertheless, African Americans persevered, building universities and achieving heights in all spheres of activity, from arts and entertainment to aviation and science. On August 28, 2008, precisely 45 years after Dr. EDSITEment's Guide to Black History Month Teaching Resources. For Black History Month 2015, EDSITEment offers a revised and updated version of our Guide to Teaching Resources a comprehensive collection of free NEH-supported, vetted websites and EDSITEment-developed lessons on African American history and literature arranged roughly by historical period.
These resources help bridge the gap between the expanding academic scholarship of the black experience and the need for this history to be more widely taught at the K–12 level. While African American history should be taught throughout the year as part of American History, February’s Black History Month is the perfect time to investigate more deeply the struggles, challenges and achievements of African Americans. In this special listing, teachers, parents, and students will find a range of vetted multimedia resources to understand and appreciate the 400 year long history of African Americans. From Africa to Colonial America — Back to Top —
Culture & Change: Black History in America. Black history month. Lesson: Black History Month Rap. Black History. Black Baseball. Biographies of Famous African Americans. African American World. African American Artists at the National Gallery of Art: Collection Highlights. AAME : Home. View non-Flash version of this site New societies, new peoples, and new communities usually originate in acts of migration.
Someone or ones decide to move from one place to another. They choose a new destination and sever their ties with their traditional community or society as they set out in search of new opportunities, new challenges, new lives, and new life worlds. Most societies in human history have a migration narrative in their stories of origin. All communities in American society trace their origins in the United States to one or more migration experiences.
But until recently, people of African descent have not been counted as part of America's migratory tradition. The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress) This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. African American History Month 2013. Smithsonian Natural History Web: African Voices. 47 English & Social Studies Guides for Black History Month 2010 on Shmoop. 20 Great Websites to E-Learn About Black History. Posted by Mark on February 18th, 2010 It’s Black History Month, and it’s never been easier to discover the richness of African-American history.
(Those of you old enough to remember having to comb through 20-plus volumes of encyclopedias in the school library know what I’m talking about.) Whether you’re researching a project for class or are just trying to broaden your horizons, these 20 fantastic websites cataloging a wealth of information on black history are available with just a few taps of your fingers.