black history month resources

Martin Luther King, Jr. & Black History Month Resources

A partial list of Videos and DVDs available from High School Media Center

-I Have a Dream (Speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr.)

-February One

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. An Historical Perspective

-Brown vs. the Board of Education

-With All Deliberate Speed: The Legacy of Brown vs. Board

-Black, White and Brown

-The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords

-Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad

-Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

-Eyes on the Prize Series (Civil Rights 1954-1965)

-The Era of Segregation: A personal Perspective

-Pride and Prejudice: A History of Black Culture in America

-Out of Obscurity: The Story of the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In

-Matters of Race

-America Beyond the Color Line

-Voices of Civil Rights

-At the River I Stand

-Banished

National Archives - African American History -See the Video resources section for many videos on MLK.

Biography -

Great short video biographies of famous figures from many walks of life, interactive timeline, and photographs

Stanford University - MLK, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Edsitement - Martin Luther King

National Park Service - African American Civil Rights Network

National Park Service - Civil Rights for Kids and Educators

Tour of Martin Luther King, Jr. birth home from the National Park Service

Underground Railroad with the Michigan connection

In Motion: The African American Migration Experience –

PBS – Africans in America

(Some Narrative accompanied with excellent maps; the Resource Bank Index offers much information)