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Black History Month Resources
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Resources for Students and Teachers from the University of Illinois Extension
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The collected writings of Booker T. Washington fill thirteen impressive volumes, and the first website offers scholars access to all of them. Published by the University of Illinois Press, these volumes tell the story of Washington's life and work in rich detail.
West Virginia Division of Culture and History 
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Experiencing War (African Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles): Stories from the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress. Every veteran has his or her own war, and each is custodian of a unique story and memories.
Library of Congress
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Discover aspects of African American History that will keep you talking, thinking, and wanting to learn more. Explore a dozen of the Smithsonian's most thought-provoking objects with our online tools and activities.
Smithsonian
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A small selection of literary resources highlighting African American heritage.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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A selection of poems from the Poetry Foundation archive that explore the African-American experience.
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Mission: To promote civil and human rights worldwide through education.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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Black History Month: From slavery to freedom, segregation to civil rights, the African-American experience has been long and eventful. This February, you can explore this remarkable journey with BrainPOP’s Black History Spotlight.
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The largest African American history and literature collection in the Midwest, the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature contains a wealth of precious documentation of the black experience. The collection places a strong focus on African American history in Illinois.
Chicago Public Library-Woodson Regional Library
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Check out the Red, White, Blue & Black Exhibit: A History of Blacks in the Armed Services at the DuSable Museum.
DuSable Museum of African American History
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Meet some of the people and visit some of the places that have shaped our nation.
National Park Service
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Read brief summaries of the inventions of ten significant African American inventors. Students have the opportunity to share their feelings and explore links to related resources.
Scholastic.com
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The Detroit Public Library, encouraged by the positive response to this annual publication, continues the tradition of the African American Booklist for 2012. This bibliography provides a selected list of books by and/or about African Americans.
Detroit Public Library
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How could the author of the Declaration of the Independence own slaves? How could twenty percent of the population of the new United States, founded on the principles of liberty and equality, live in bondage?
Library of Congress
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Chicago's Pullman District played significant roles in the black labor movement, rail history and urban planning.
USA Today
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Students look at both African American history and the history of portraiture. Portrait subjects include Sojourner Truth, Mohammed Ali, Ella Fitzgerald, and Leontyne Price.
Smithsonian Education
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, opening on the national Mall in 2015.
Smithsonian
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Learn about the everyday details of colonial African American life.
The Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site
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February is Black History Month and an ideal time to learn about and recognize the contributions and history of African Americans. We've gathered some great resources you can share with students in February or any day.
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Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable was born in St.Marc, Haiti (or St. Domingue as Haiti was known then) around 1745 of a French father and a Black African Slave mother.
DuSable Heritage Association
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Black History Month video by Disney Channel's Roshon Fegan. Rap spotlights iconic African American leaders including Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Mae Jemison and Jackie Robinson.
TIME For Kids
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A collection of African American history teaching resources from Scholastic. Includes sites on Rosa Parks, Melba Beals Pattillo, and famous African American inventors. A link to a useful teacher's guide is also provided.
Scholastic.com
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Brief biography of Carter G. Woodson and a summary of how Black History Month began.
Infoplease
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This video segment, adapted from NOVA, uses reenactment footage to chronicle the education of Percy Julian, the African American chemist who pioneered the development of synthetic hormones.
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