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118: Free Digital Resources for Black History Month

There are so many great digital resources for Black History month, so I decided just to primarily share ones with you that I actually use in my own classes.

These are the sites I mention where one can find many primary resources related to Black History.

• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Chronicling America
• Docsteach (includes lesson plans)

Movies

• Hidden figures
• Tuskegee Airmen
• Self-Made mini-series (fictionalized so check up the real story for comparison)

Documentary

• Unchained Memories: readings from the Slave narratives – stories of former slaves interviewed during the 1930s

Game

Flight to Freedom

Digital breakouts

Harlem Renaissance

Virtual Field Trips

• Civil Rights Memorial – Find it on Google street view and then read short bios of people mentioned on it here
• National Park Service 28 Days of Black History Month
• Many of the sites on this list from The History Mom have virtual tours.

Primary Sources

• MLK comic book
• Charlie Moore’s photos of the Civil Rights Movement
• The Green Book