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Blackquest
African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources
Academy of
Achievement: Rosa Parks
Meet the woman who proved that a single human being can change the world!
African Heritage
Animated Electronic Greeting Cards
Find African cards for any occasion including fabulous February greetings for
Black History month and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Black
History Month from DLTK's Crafts
Create these cool cultural crafts to celebrate freedom and civil rights all over
the world.
Education First:
Black History Activities
Enter this web guide to find references for almost any Black History subject.
Escape to Freedom
Read an online interactive comic about the Underground Railroad- hosted by
Headbone and the History Channel.
History Channel- Celebrate Black History Month
Get short bios on many prominent African- American figures in history.
http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/
Learn about African American culture.
Kids@Random: Black History Month
Check out these featured reading ideas for Black History Month.
Nelson Mandela
Biography
This South African leader held onto his beliefs even through many years of
imprisonment, and helped lead his nation to freedom.
Powerful Days in Black and
White
Photojournalist Charles Moore documents the black and white of the Civil Rights
Movement in the south. Some of these photots may be disturbing, so we recommend
parental guidance and discussion.
Selected Poems by Paul Laurence
Dunbar
Hear audio samples of the compelling literary music created by this master of
words.
The African-American
Mosaic Exhibition
Discover the driving forces behind Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the
WPA through this exhibit offered by the Library of Congress.
The Internet African
American History Challenge
Try this 3 level Black History quiz, and see how well you can read and learn!
It's open-book!
An
interactive Treasure Hunt
Bring good luck with these easy to make cookies.
Crossword puzzle filled with
words to test your knowledge.
How much do you know about Black historical figures?
George Washington Carver
Martin
Luther King Jr.
Jesse Owens
Rosa Parks
Printable coloring pages of some famous Black historical figures.
Rosa
Parks
Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Jackie
Robinson
George
Washington Carver
Harriet Tubman
Celebrate Black History month with these E-cards
Encyclopedia of Prominent African-Americans
Harriet Tubman, Her life
in words