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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & African American History Month
Resources for teachers and students.
We are always searching for websites containing resources for African American History Month and Martin Luther King's Birthday. If you know of any, please send us a note.
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African American History Month Resources
 The African-American Mosaic
An online exhibit from the Library of Congress, this website contains many primary sources and original photographs and documents  Teaching With Documents: Brown v. Board of Education
From the National Archives' section for educators and students, a lesson plan for teaching the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case using primary sources  Harlem, 1900-1940: An African-American Community
Developed by the New York Public Library, this site includes an exhibit, archival photographs, timeline, and resources for teachers that include lessons to go with the photographs  The Harmon Collection: Breaking Racial Barriers
The National Portrait Gallery's use of the famous Harmon Foundation Collection of early twentieth century civil right's activists to illustrate how prominent African-Americans broke racial barriers; each portrait includes a short biography - Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights 1860-1960
From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, this online exhibit marks the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's rookie season for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- National Museum of African Art
The NMAA website mirrors many of the exhibits and educational opportunities found at the museum and contains resources for online exploration and research
 The Two Nations Of Black America
The companion site to PBS' Frontline Documentary, this website provides interviews, statistics, video, and commentary  National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Contains a timeline, a list of major players and contributors of the Underground Railroad movement, and a list of related resources on each individual
African-American History Month Databases
 Civil Rights Movement Resources
A database of online resources compiled by the MCPS Teaching American History grant; also includes links to many other resources pertaining to African-American history  Black History Month Links
Created by the State Department's International Information Programs, this has links to bibliographies, archival and research sites, presidential speeches and full-text versions of government reports, and articles on topics like the Amistad revolt, the civil rights movement and President Clinton's "National Conversation on Race"  Black History Biographies
A database of short biographies of African-American figures from the Gale Group reference publishing company
African-American History Resources from MCPS
African-American History Month Media and Primary Sources
- Video: Race, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights
Video of a lecture given by Professor Roger Wilkins of George Mason University. A Keynote lecture on Race, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights given for the Teaching American History grant in Loudoun County, VA
- Video: Civil Rights
Video of a lecture given by Professor Wendi Manuel-Scott of George Mason Univeristy for the Teaching American History grant in Loudoun County, VA. Dr. Manuel-Scott discusses the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
- Video: Jim Crow
Video of a lecture given by Professor Wendi Manuel-Scott of George Mason Univeristy for the Teaching American History grant in Loudoun County, VA. Dr. Manuel-Scott discusses the impact of Jim Crow laws in the United States
 Television News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970
A large collection of film clips, summaries, primary documents, classroom activities, oral histories, and essays from the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia - The Amistad Case Brief
John Quincy Adams' original supreme court brief held online by the Library of Congress in defense of the fifty-three African captives aboard the Spanish schooner Amistad who mutinied off the coast of Cuba in 1839
- American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
A collection of interviews with former slaves who discuss their lives before and after freedom; including photos and audio from one of the original interviews
- From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
Pamphlets documenting the African-American experience from slavery to the early twentieth century from the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection
 Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
Survey Graphic was a social work magazine of the 1920's. This site includes the entire edition of the magazine for March, 1925 which was focused on what is now termed the Harlem Renaissance and is an outstanding collection of primary sources
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 King Institute
Collections of Dr. King's original writings and other primary sources and teaching materials provided by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute of Stanford University - Teaching With Documents: Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the National Archives' section for educators and students, a lesson plan for teaching about Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Memphis Sanitation Workers
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
This website, provided by the Seattle Times, provides resources on Martin Luther King Jr. including: a timeline; study guide (with teaching exercises); resources; perspectives; and a civil rights quiz
 Text of the "I Have a Dream" Speech
A text version of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream," address delivered on 28 August 1963 in Washington, D.C. at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom   Audio clips of "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech
Provided by American Public Media's Say it Plain, an archive of great African-American speeches; this site provides background, full text, and an audio version of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final address - Video: Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech in Danville, VA
Video of a speech given by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Danville, VA on July 11, 1963 in which he calls out the brutality of the Danville police force; footage from WDBJ Television, Roanoke, VA and provided through the Virginia Center for Digital History
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