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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of the Supreme Court's opinion in the 1955 Brown II case decision, which placed increased emphasis on implementing the 1954 Brown decision to desegregate public schools, thus overturning the 1896 decision in Plessy vs....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Com'on Down to Eatonville, Florida

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You are Mayor Joe Starks from the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and you want more people to relocate to Eatonville, Florida. Identify five amenities that may make Eatonville attractive to African-Americans...
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BBC

Bbc: Slave Island New York's Hidden History

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating article that examines the discovery in 1991 of a large Negro burial ground in lower Manhatten. The African American cemetery was used during the 18th century. Archived.
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CNN

Cnn: Million Man March October 16, 1995

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by CNN, acts as an index to many related topics to the Million Man March of 1995. The site provides links to images, videos, sound clips, biographies, and related sites, and related stories to the Million Man March.
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George Mason University

Chnm: World History Sources: Music

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of how music has influenced history throughout time. Choose links from common questions to music resources.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Redefining Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum explores the different "families" of colonial Williamsburg. Content includes a focus on each cultural group: white, Native American, and black.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: w.e.b. Du Bois

For Students 3rd - 8th
The fist African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois was not only an inspirational and extraordinary individual, but a champion in the fight for equality and the end of racism. Read about his founding of the organization...
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Yale University

Harlem Renaissance Births a Black Culture: 369th Infantry Regiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Very brief description of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the African American regiment also known as the "Harlem Hell Fighters."
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Arlington Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery Website: James Reese Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This unofficial site about those interred in Arlington National Cemetery offers a brief biography of James Reese Europe, African American jazz musician who was the leader of the military band attached to the 369th Infantry Regiment, the...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Over There

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the difference it made when the United States finally entered World War I. Find out about the impact of the American Expeditionary Force, and the major battles in which they fought.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Fritz Pollard

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fritz Pollard, a pioneering African-American player and coach in American collegiate and professional gridiron football. He was the first African-American selected to a backfield position...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Anthony Burns: The Defeat & Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discussion ideas and interdisicplinary connections are the most useful parts of this teachers' guide for Virigina Hamilton's biography of escaped slave, Anthony Burns. It includes a brief summary of the book and information about the...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mestre Valentim, Passeio Publico, Rio De Janeiro

For Students 9th - 10th
The Passeio Publico in Brazil represented several groundbreaking achievements in art. This park was designed by an artist of African descent-Mestre Valentim. View pictures and read the history of this public park, including the unique...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The First Great Awakening

For Students 9th - 10th
In the middle of the 18th century, a series of evangelical religious revival movements swept across colonial America. Known as the First Great Awakening, the movements were characterized by emotional religious conversions from a state of...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Profile: Condoleeza Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News: Profile: Condoleezza Rice
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Curated OER

Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores Black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Content includes the work of abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century, depictions of the long journey...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of Langston Hughes, followed by several of his poems (some complete with audio clips) and a bibliography of his more influential works.
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A&E Television

History.com: Black Heroes Throughout Us Military History

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the standout soldiers, spies and homefront forces who fought for America, from the Revolution to World War II. During the American Revolution, thousands of Black Americans fought -- on both sides of the conflict. As America's Civil...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Early Humans Survived the Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The most recent ice age peaked between 24,000 and 21,000 years ago, when vast ice sheets covered North America and northern Europe, and mountain ranges like Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro and South America's Andes were encased in glaciers. At...
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Salem, Massachusetts. America's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and...
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Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: History Scottsboro Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry about the prosecution, in Scottsboro, Alabama, of nine young African Americans charged with the rape of two white women. The trials focused the nation's attention on the racist forces at work in Jim Crow south in 1930s...
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iCivics

I Civics: Columbus to the Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the time Columbus first set foot in the New World, Europeans were fascinated with this new land. In this lesson, students learn about the Three Gs that drove them here- gold, God, and glory- and find out how these settlers gave...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Rise of Consumerism

For Students 9th - 10th
With the increasing variety in clothes, food, and household items, shopping became an important cultural activity in the 18th century. This article describes buying and selling during this period and explains the connection between many...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Harper Lee

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about the life and work of Harper Lee when you visit this informative site. This site provides links to activities, vocabulary lessons, newspaper articles and more focused on the book "To Kill A Mockingbird."