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Project Topics and Sources
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws - Gale
Jim Crow Laws - Britannica
Jim Crow Laws - Britannica Video
Rise & Fall of Jim Crow - People - PBS 13 Media
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
“Ku Klux Klan Street Parade.” Gsu.edu, 2019.
KKK Encyclopedia - Britannica (includes images, videos, and citation)
Ku Klux Klan - National Parks Service
KKK in Massachusetts - Mass Moments
Sharecropping
Sharecropping
“Record Albumen Print of a Sharecropping Family | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution.” Si.edu, 2024,
Sharecropping - Britannica
Sharecropping - NBC News Learn Video
Sharecropping - PBS
Sharecropping - Equal Justice Initiative
Juneteenth
Juneteenth
“Juneteenth Poster - ECU Digital Collections.” Ecu.edu, 2024.
Juneteenth - Britannica
Our American Story: Juneteenth - NMAAHC
Historical Legacy of Juneteenth - Smithsonian
Teen Girl Remembers Juneteenth in the 1950's - Britannica
Congress Passes A Bill To Commemorate Juneteenth As A Federal Holiday - Morning Edition, NPR (Radio Clip)
HBCUs
HBCUs
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities, Firelight Media Video Trailer (4 mins)
Great Migration
Great Migration
The Arthurs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The New York Public Library. c1920.
Great Migration - Britannica
Great Migration: The Journey that Reshaped America (audio & transcript)
Great Migration 1910-1970 - Gale in Context
NAACP
NAACP
Owens, William. "Cecil Moore, president of Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP." 1967.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Britannica
NAACP History - NAACP website
The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom - Primary Source Documents
Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia
Telegram to Bernard Cohen Announcing the Verdict of Loving v. Virginia. Supreme Court Records. National Archives. 1967.
Loving v Virginia - Britannica
Loving v Virginia - Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America
Loving Day Commemorates When Interracial Marriages Became Legal - Morning Edition, NPR (Radio Clip)
An American story about a marriage worth fighting for - PBS Newshour Video (8 minutes - first 2 minutes are most relevant)
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Presidential Tweet on 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Office of Digital Strategy. National Archives. 2014.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Landmark Moment in Black History - American Federation of School Administrators
Brown v Board of Education - Britannica
Brown v. Board of Education explained - Harvard University Video (4 mins)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson placard in the Bywater. April 2016. Artstor.
Plessy v Ferguson - Britannica
Plessy v Ferguson - PBS Video
Plessy v Ferguson - Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America.
Sports
Sports
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Naylor, Genevieve. Althea Gibson. National Portrait Gallery. 1957.
Althea Gibson - Britannica
Althea: Preview - PBS Video (2.5 mins)
Althea Gibson - ESPN Classic Article
Before Serena, there was Althea - New York Times & Gale
Negro Baseball League
Negro Baseball League
Unidentified Birmingham Black Barons player. Digital Archive of Memphis Public Library. 1940's.
Negro Leagues - Gale
Negro Leagues - Major League Baseball
The Booker T Four’s Unlikely Journey from Prison Baseball to the Negro Leagues - National Archives
Negro League Baseball - Negro League History Video (6 mins)
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Millionaire, Tony. “Harlem Renaissance : One Hundred Years of History, Art and Culture,” AGSL Digital Map Collection.
Harlem Renaissance Background
Harlem Renaissance Background
Harlem Renaissance - Britannica
A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance - NMAAHC
Drop Me Off in Harlem - The Kennedy Center
Social Dancing
Social Dancing
The Lindy Hope Goes Public. African American Registry. 1927.
Lindy Hop: The Role of Social Dancing - Kennedy Center
What is Lindy Hop? - Yehoodi Swings
Art & Community
Art & Community
"Art class, Harlem Community Art Center" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938.
Augusta Savage - Kennedy Center
James Van Der Zee - Kennedy Center
5 Harlem Renaissance Artists Whose Work Helped Reclaim Black Identity
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
Carl Van Vechten. Langston Hughes. National Portrait Gallery. 1932.
Langston Hughes - Authors & Artists for Young Adults
Langston Hughes - Britannica
Langston Hughes: The Leading Voice of the Harlem Renaissances - Biography.com Video (3 mins)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Albert J. Smith. Duke Ellington at the Civic Auditorium, August 1947. Museum of History and Industry.
Duke Ellington - Britannica
Duke Ellington - Kennedy Center (text, audio, video)
Duke Ellington - National Museum of African American History and Culture
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