Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
Here are some sites and resources for celebrating the important
history and contributions of Blacks.
1. Check out some videos on Black history, such as "The Black
West" or "Abubakari: The Explorer King of Mali". These are
recipients of the Gold Apple from the National Educational Media
Association, Telly Award.
http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1&sid=3
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Including comprehensive support materials, 16 reproducible
cross- curriculum activities and activity guides.
2. Get some celebrate diversity life savers and other
multicultural celebration aids such as education posters,
tshirts and videos: http:
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pID=400
3. Multigenerational celebrating with songs, books.
http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/february.html
4. Take the Black past quiz:
http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-4888,00.html?relinks
5.The African-American Mosaic, A Library of Congress Resource
Guide for the study of Black history & culture, including
ex-slave narratives:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Read about inventions made by Blacks:
http://www.everythingpreschool.com hemes/blackhistory/list.htm
Did you know Alfred Benjamin invented stainless steel pads; John
A. Burr invesnted the lawn mower; George Carruthers invented the
image converter radiation detector; L.F. Brown invented the
horse bridle bit; and Sarah Boone invented the ironing board?
7. Go to the Harlem Renaissance Page:
http://www.jeannepasero.com/harlem.html
8. African Americans in the Visual Arts:
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/ library/aavaahp.htm
9. Archives of African American Music and Culture selected list
of Internet resources for African American Music:
http://www.indiana.edu /~aaamc/websites.html
10. A wonderful link with profiles of prominent Blacks:
http://www.who2.com/blackhistory.html
Read about Marian Anderson, contralto; Jackie Robinson, baseball
pioneer; Wilma Rudolph, Olympia sprinter; Sidney Poitier,
Oscar-award winning actor; Maya Angelou, poet; George Washington
Carver, inventor, and other important Black figures in our
history.