ShareAfrican American History Month Resources
General Information • Lesson Plans • Videos in eMedia
February is African American History Month - a great time to investigate the contributions that African Americans have made to the history and cultural development of the United States.
Library of Congress ResourcesEducators can find images, audio and videos files and more from the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution and other organizations.
NAACP Interactive Historical TimelineTake a journey over the last 100 years and understand the impact and influences of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Civil RightsLearn about the Civil Rights Movement - from 1954 to present day. You can also access related lesson plans.
Voyages, the African Slave Trade DatabaseThis web site aggregates information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over ten million Africans for transport to the Americas.
PBS: Africans in AmericaThis web site chronicles the history of racial slavery in the U.S. - from the start of the Atlantic slave trade to the end of the Civil War.
African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full CitizenshipA showcase of the African American collections of the Library of Congress.
African American WorldFrom Sojourner Truth to Jacob Lawrence, discover the courage and talent that shaped the African American experience.
African-American MosaicThis exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
African-American Women: An Online Archival CollectionsThis collection consists of three sets of primary resources relating to life during the nineteenth century.
Dr. King's DreamIn this lesson, students will learn about the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (Grades K-2)
Martin Luther King, Jr. and MeThis lesson explores ways to help students identify with Dr. King through activities that provide a glimpse into his life. (Grades K-2)
African Americans in ScienceIn this lesson students explore the careers of prominent African Americans in science, mathematics, and technology. (Grades 6-8)
Free African Americans in the NorthStudents meet African American individuals who lived in the North in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. (Grades 6-8)
Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of RightsStudents learn how Birth of a Nation influenced racial attitudes, and they analyze the efforts of the NAACP to prohibit showing of the film. (Grades 9-12)
The Election of Barack Obama 44th President of the United StatesIn this lesson, students put Barack Obama's election as the first African American President of the United States in historical context by studying two of his speeches. (Grades 9-12)
NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaign in the 1920sThis lesson focuses on the constitutional arguments for and against the enactment of federal anti-lynching legislation in the early 1920s. (Grades 9-12)
NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaign in the 1930sStudents will become members of a newspaper editorial board preparing a retrospective report about the NAACP's anti-lynching campaign of the 1930s. (Grades 9-12)
Utah educators and students can download the following videos from UEN's eMedia.
America Beyond the Color LineHenry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the legacy of the Civil Rights movement since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Experience: Citizen KingCitizen King explores the last five years in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life by drawing on the personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of friends, movement associates, and historians.
American Experience: Marcus GarveyBoth a powerful orator and a pompous autocrat, Garvey inspired the loyalty of millions of African Americans while infuriating many black leaders.
American Experience: Murder of Emmett TillThe murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Ellington Was Not a StreetIn a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there.
In Remembrance of MartinTo memorialize the life and work of Dr. King, Coretta Scott King is joined by others to remember highlights in Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement.
JazzThe 10 episodes of this Ken Burn's film cover the history of jazz music in the US, from its origins at the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Visit web site.
Leaving CleaverFormer Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver discusses his life as a civil rights activist with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Long Walk to FreedomA story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement.
Martin's Big WordsUsing quotes from some of his speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life is portrayed in collage art and watercolor paintings.
Our Modern USA. Equality and Civil RightsA captivating glimpse of the people and events that sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
Reading Rainbow: Follow the Drinking GourdBy following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.
Slavery and the Making of AmericaThis PBS film offers new perspectives on the slave experience. Visit web site.
This Far By FaithThis six-part documentary presents a dramatic interpretation of the African-American religious experience through powerful storytelling.
Thurgood Marshall: Portrait of an American HeroThe program traces the illustrious career of the first black person appointed as a Supreme Court justice.
Time Team America: New Philadelphia, IllinoisBuried beneath farmlands in Western Illinois, lie the remains of the first American town founded by a free African American decades before the Civil War.
Utah's African American VoicesAlthough few in number, Utah's African Americans have profoundly influenced the course of Utah history since the early 1800s