African American History Resources

African American Resources
Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s African American communities, histories and events.

Library of Congress Resources
Educators can find images, audio and videos files and more from the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution and other organizations. Don't miss their African American History Month collection.

Black History Month
Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.

Civil Rights
Learn about the Civil Rights Movement - from 1954 to present day. You can also access related lesson plans.

Voyages, the African Slave Trade Database
This 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 America
This 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 Citizenship
A showcase of the African American collections of the Library of Congress.

African-American Mosaic
This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.

UEN Thempark: African American History
The history of African Americans covers the rise from enslavement to accomplishments in every field of human endeavor--literature, art, science, business, industry, education, government, diplomacy, athletics, exploration.