Library of Congress
Loc: African American Mosaic: Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration
Discusses the housing arrangements of African Americans and those with incomes in the Chicago area. Includes several pictures and links to further related information.
Library of Congress
Loc: From Slavery to Civil Rights
This interactive timeline lets students select an era in the history of blacks in United States. Text tells the highlights of the time and primary source materials are linked that pertain as well.
History Link
Bertha Pitts Campbell: An Oral History
From the Washington State Oral History Project comes this captivating interview with Bertha Pitts Campbell, an African American woman and early Seattle civil rights worker. Campbell talks about the discrimination and segregation she...
Digital History
Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: After American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North
In this lesson plan, students will consider "After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Digital History
Digital History: The Struggle Continues
This resource addresses the discrimination issues still in the air following the significant progress made between 1960's-1990's.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Birth of a Nation, the Naacp, and the Balancing of Rights
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Transport Service
This site contains historical information on the transportation of soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. It discusses the difficulties of moving so many soldiers to Cuba and the Philippines.
University of California
Princeton University: The Faces of Science: African Americans
This resource explores the role of African Americans in science. Past contributions, present activity and future possibilities are all discussed.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: African Americans
Module on African Americans with links to National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum, Northwest African American Museum, and SuSable African American History Museum and numerous videos on various topics including, World War II,...
PBS
New Perspectives on the West: Oliver Otis Howard
Use this site to learn about Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), the man who was devoted to seeing that freed slaves were given their own piece of land. Site by PBS.
Other
Hoover Institution: "Broken Cities" by Steven Hayward
This article discusses the loss of population in urban centers. Its main focus is the policies of the 1960's.
Other
Nutrias Online Exhibits: The World of Francois Lacroix
Traces the life of the richest black man in New Orleans before the Civil War and after.
Other
Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement
An online look at the role Atlanta played in all parts of the Civil Rights Movement.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: End of World War Two
Narrative explores the role of African Americans after World War II ended and the state of the civil rights movement from the 1940s to the early 1050s.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Booker T. Washington
Focused on his personal racial and civil philosophy, Booker T. Washington moved mountains making the public aware of the injustices and inequalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click "Booker T. Washington...
State Library-Florida
Florida Memory: Mary Mc Leod Bethune, Educator
A photo history of Mary McLeod Bethune who was an unofficial advisor to FDR on civil rights issues. Includes primary documents, photos and lesson plans for Grades 4-5.
Other
Displays for Schools: Remembering Rosewood
An online exhibit remembering the atrocities of the Rosewood, Florida massacre in 1923.
Read Works
Read Works: An American Leader
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage includes a brief biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Read Works
Read Works: African American Leaders
[Free Registration/Login Required] Mini-biographical information is shared about the following African American leaders in this passage: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Condoleeza Rice. This passage is a...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Slave Experience: Family
Using oral histories and primary sources, the story of slave family life is told.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Slave Experience: Legal Rights and Government
Using primary materials and oral histories, PBS tells the story of the slaves' legal rights and their position with the US Government.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Sit in Movement" by Us history.org
A learning module that begins with "The Sit-in Movement" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
PBS
Pbs Africans in America: The Boston Massacre
From its series entitled "Africans in America," PBS offers a comprehensive overview of the Boston Massacre from the viewpoint of the poor, the oppressed, and enslaved or free Africans. The article highlights how these individuals were...