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DIGITAL ACTIVITIES
DIGITAL ACTIVITIES
Learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to serve in the United States military through the Lucas Films documentary: Double Victory: Tuskegee Airmen at War
Listen to the Witness Black History podcast to hear “interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.”
Visit the National Portrait Gallery’s Portraits of African Americans Collection to view portraits of black history-makers.
Listen to some interviews from contemporary African American authors about the importance of the inclusion of black characters in young adult stories.
Listen to some interviews from contemporary African American authors about the importance of the inclusion of black characters in young adult stories.
NON-DIGITAL ACTIVITIES
NON-DIGITAL ACTIVITIES
Try out one of these Black History Month Recipes from the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
Choose a book written by an African American author. Invite friends or family to read the same book and participate in a virtual book club at the end of the month.
Help record history by interviewing grandparents or other adults in the community about events in black history. Ask them what it was like to witness important days or periods of black history? Where were they when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated? What did it mean to them when our country elected its first black President? Record or write down their answers.
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