LibGuides: History Department: Resources for Black History Month

"The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society."

Visit the Black History Website

Lift Every Voice; Celebrating African AmericanPoestry
Presented by Library of America in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This website is a part of Lift Every Voice, a year-long, nationwide celebration of the 250-year tradition of African American poetry. With signature events in New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Kansas City; readings, performances, and moderated conversations at public libraries around the country; and a revelatory new anthology edited by Kevin Young, Lift Every Voice aims to highlight the richness and diversity of African American poetic imagination and its central place in American poetry.
NY Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
"The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s renowned research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences."
(from the website)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Library of Congress Online Resources
Digital collections from the LOC
Library of Congress: African American Studies
Links to 77 guides with resources and lessons.
Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition
Teaching Mathematics Using Primary Sources: Finding the Art in Charts from W.E.B. DuBois and Others
African Americans and the Formation of National Parks: The Story of Charles Young
From Teaching with the Library of Congress

FREE RESOURCES FROM ABC-CLIO PUBLISHER

BLACK HISTORY MONTH FREE RESOURCES
This collection of resources helps shed light on the incredible history of Black Resistance and the role it’s played in stimulating societal and institutional change. The topics reflect this year's theme and are:
Amistad, March on Washington, African American Protests in Sports, Jo Ann Robinson's letter to Montgomery Mayor (1954) and Douglass's Views on Resistance in his Narrative.

WEBSITES

National Endowment of the Humanities: African American History and Culture
National Archives: African American History
Black History Month
An extensive list of ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
How to use the museum's resources with these activities: History Through Objects, read Between the Brushstrokes Series, and Becoming a Historian Series
PBS Celebrates Black History
"Celebrate Black History Month this year with a closer look at the lives of various Black Americans who have made indelible marks on history with their artistry, professional achievements, and community activism. We've compiled a list of films premiering this month, as well as programs available to stream in February."
Choices in Little Rock
[resources} for teaching a unit on the efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, explored through the lens of civic choices from Facing History and Ourselves.
Cultural Calendar: Black History Month
This LibGuide page focuses on African American Arts with videos.