Instructional Video4:46
Wonderscape

The Rise and Fall of Freedmen's Towns and the Red Summer

K - 5th
Discover the history of all-Black towns established after the Civil War, offering hope and refuge for newly freed Black Americans. Explore how events like D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" and the Red Summer of 1919 led to a...
Instructional Video6:05
Wonderscape

The Struggle for Equality During Reconstruction

K - 5th
Explore the contrasting philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois during the Reconstruction Era and their approaches to challenging Jim Crow laws. Learn about the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case and how the NAACP emerged...
Instructional Video8:26
Curated Video

Why Do We Say "African American"?

12th - Higher Ed
Language is constantly changing and ethnonyms are no exception. From "Negro" to "Colored" and "African American" to "Black," the people and cultures of African origin living in the United States have had many names. Today Danielle looks...
Instructional Video2:09
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Who Was? W.E.B. Du Bois

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn about the career of W.E.B. Du Bois, the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
Instructional Video1:56
Curated Video

The Harlem Renaissance

9th - Higher Ed
The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of African American culture and creativity that began in 1920s New York.
Instructional Video3:30
Biography

Booker Washington- Mini Biography

7th - 12th
Slave, educator, orator, philosopher. Booker T. Washington is the subject of a mini-biography that provides an overview of the life and achievements of this remarkable man.