Black History Month

Black History Month

Resources for Students & Teachers

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Resources and ideas to plan a celebration from American Libraries and Librarian’s Internet Index (lii.org)

Whether you're looking for information on current leaders in the African-American community, black celebrities and popular culture icons, the history of slavery, or biographies of history's most powerful and influential black leaders, these sites will help you find the resources you need:

·       Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History ¶ http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory¶

Lessons to celebrate Black History Month http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson221.shtml

·       Black History educational resources from teachervision.com http://www.teachervision.fen.com/black-history-month/black-history/6602.html

·       Black History Month Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com/BlackHistoryMonth.htm

·       Black History from Biography.com http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/

·       Black History Month resources from Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory

·       African American World, by PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld

·       Celebrating Black History http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory

·       PBS series "African American Lives" http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/index.html

·       Culture & Change -- Black History in America http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory

·        Kids Domain: Black History Links

This site provides a list of links for children celebrating Black History Month. Included are online games, activities, crafts, quizzes, and stories about African-American personalities (Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and others).

URL: http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html

·       Gateway to African American History

Many documents, articles, and links about Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr., Black History stamps, civil rights, art and literature, and other topics. From the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geography_and_population/population_and_diversity/african_americans/African_American_History_Month.html

·       Say It Plain: A Century Of Great African American Speeches

A collection of the audio and transcripts of speeches by famous African Americans. From American RadioWorks.

URL: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/

·       U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: African-American History Month: February

Facts and statistics regarding African-Americans, including topics such as earnings, business, education, jobs, family, housing, and the military. From the U.S. Census Bureau.

URL: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html

·       National Council for Black Studies

·       ASWAD - The Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora

·       ASALH - the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

·       NAES - National Association for Ethnic Studies

·       CBC - Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.