Index: Teaching Resources

African American History

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African-American Mosaic Black History Month 2005 Feature Stories Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from Federal Writers' Project Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site From Slavery to Freedom, 1824-1909 Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans During WWI Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925 The Frederick Douglass Papers

African-American Mosaic

"African-American Mosaic" is a guide for studying black history & culture. Topics include colonization & Liberia, abolitionists & slavery, western migration & homesteading, Chicago & Nicodemus (Kansas), & ex-slave narratives. (LOC) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

Black History Month 2005 Feature Stories

"Black History Month 2005 Feature Stories" offers 28 public service announcements for radio. Each 60- second sound clip tells the story of one African American who made significant contributions in architecture, art, automobile manufacturing, dance, chemistry, drafting, engineering, fashion design, law, medicine, military service, ophthalmology, physics, poetry, teaching, or another field or profession. (USCB) http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/radio/bhfeb.html

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from Federal Writers' Project

"Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from Federal Writers' Project" presents 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery & 500 photographs of former slaves. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site

"Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site" features two schools that played a role in the 1954 Supreme Court decision stating that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." (NPS) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ka1.htm

From Slavery to Freedom, 1824-1909

"From Slavery to Freedom, 1824-1909" presents nearly 400 pamphlets written by African-Americans & others about slavery, emancipation, African colonization, Reconstruction, & related topics. Materials range from personal accounts & public orations to reports & legislative speeches. Authors include Frederick Douglass, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, & others. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html

Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field

"Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field" includes telegrams, letters, & photos showing how Robinson, the first African American to play in the big leagues in the 20th century, pressed for civil rights. (NARA) http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/jackie_robinson/jackie_robinson.html

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site

"Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site" features Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, the neighborhood where King was raised & which became the center of African American life in Atlanta between 1910 & 1930. (NPS) http://www.nps.gov/malu/

Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans During WWI

"Photographs of the 369th Infantry & African Americans During WWI" tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters," an all-black regiment that was one of the most highly decorated regiments during a time of segregation in the Army & other parts of society. (NARA)

http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/wwi_369th_infantry/wwi_369th_infantry.ht ml

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

"Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" reflects on the life & legacy of this mediator & U.N. diplomat who was the first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. (NEH) http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/

The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925

"The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925" traces how Southern African-Americans experienced Protestant Christianity & transformed it into the central institution of community life. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/ncuhtml/csbchome.html

The Frederick Douglass Papers

"The Frederick Douglass Papers" presents the papers of the 19th-century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery & risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, & publisher. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html