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New York Public Library: Images of African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
An image database that includes pictures of African Americans from the 19th Century. Each image includes a description.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dream in Color, African American Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the African American Culture and share the information through these lessons with your students. Choose from several different lesson plans and grade levels to help students learn about the African American Culture.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition by National Portrait Gallery titled "Let Your Motto Be Resistance" presents photographs documenting notable African Americans and their contributions to American culture. The gallery of portraits offers an impressive...
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Carnegie Hall: A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the history of African American music from 1600-2000 and examine the styles, influences, artists and listen to samples presented by Carnegie Hall.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African American History and Culture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Smithsonian museum is dedicated to the preservation of African American culture. Includes a portrait gallery, profiles of African American artists, exhibitions devoted to the struggle for civil rights, historical photographs and...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: African American Newspapers: Freedom's Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitized collection of the first newspaper owned and produced by African-Americans (1827-1829).
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: African Americans in Civil War Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition documenting the participation of African Americans as nurses, surgeons, and hospital workers during the Civil War.
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George Eastman Museum

African Americans: Black History Through Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of photographs from the Eastman House collection. They include portraits of important figures who shaped American history, as well as many other African Americans, whose names are unknown.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Trickster in African American Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Trudier Harris, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explains the role of tricksters in African American literature.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius...
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Smithsonian Institution

Anacostia Community Museum: All the Stories Are True: African American Writers Speak

For Students 9th - 10th
An online companion site for an exhibit showing at the Anacostia Community Museum. Read biographical information on many African American writers while viewing video clips and photos.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The African American Mosaic: Colonization

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress presents a collection of primary source material on the beginnings of the American Colonization Society and efforts of free blacks to return to Liberia during the Nineteenth Century.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Three Visions for African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning Activity on the divergent views of African American leaders. Students review and compare the competing visions of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois. In addition, students choose a contemporary African...
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US National Archives

Nara: Pictures of African Americans During Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
Captivating audiovisual look at the role African Americans played during World War II.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: African American Soldiers in World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the experiences of African American Soldiers in World War I.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Ida B. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the efforts of Ida B. Wells to combat lynchings of African Americans that were still occurring mainly in the South during the first part of the 20th century.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Jews & African Americans Built Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the Freedom Seder, a Jewish and African-American tradition. Includes an audio version of the story and a video.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit spotlights the voice of African American Women leaders in the movement and highlights their significant roles and contributions.
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The African American Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on African American history. Includes information on the following topics: slave and free in St. Louis, African-American immigration, segregated religion, African-American education, segregated housing, roots of...
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Time Line of African American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of African American History which links to other timelines and a larger Library of Congress site on African American perspectives.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Literature by and About African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A bibliography collection of literature by and about African Americans. Includes a selection of memoirs, fiction and non-fiction work.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: 75 Remarkable African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A bibliography collection of 75 notable African Americans. A valuable compilation of famous African American writers, CEOs, scientists, performers, athletes, politicians, and leaders in their field.
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Read Works

Read Works: African American Leaders

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about five African American leaders: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, George Washington Carver, anD3845:D4144lable to help students build skills in...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The students will learn about the history and the culture of African Americans.

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