Celebrate Black History Month on Sesame Street! Meet Elmo’s new friends and neighbors, Gabrielle and Tamir. Sing out loud to their new song, “Listen, Act, Unite,” from Sesame Street’s “Power of We” special and rediscover favorites from Erykah Badu’s song about friendship, and Will.I.Am’s “What I Am.”

The month of February is designated in the United States as Black History Month, a month set aside to honor the important role that African Americans play in the story of our country. How does your school or community celebrate Black History Month?

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James Edward Maceo West co-created the electric microphone. He is the reason you have the microphone on the earbuds you might have in right this moment. He is the reason American football officials can be heard. You would not be able to hear your music, cell phone calls, or videos. At 90, he is a research professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Check out this short interview about his amazing career and how his innovation continues to impact technology today. Black history is American history.

PBS KIDS celebrates Black History Month with these historic figures who changed the course of American history: Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Jesse Owens, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harriet Tubman.

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Experience African American History and Culture through Music and Movement led by local African American performing artists from Arts Partners as they journey through history and across Wichita to local cultural institutions, bringing art to life. Get your students engaged singing culturally relevant songs, learning new dance steps and finding new ways to express themselves through the arts. Additional programs available at www.artspartnerswichita.org/blackhistory/

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Make Them Hear You from Ragtime

• Performed by: Miles Morrison | Liberal Studies, senior

I’m Here from The Color Purple

• Performed by: Lorenz Looney | Musical Theatre, sophomore

Ride on King Jesus

• Performed by: Samantha Scantlin, Vocal Performance, senior

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Friends University Singing Quakers presents Songs Honoring Black History

Hear My Prayer

• Spiritual by Moses Hogan (1967-2003)

Signs of the Judgement

• Spiritual by Dr. Mark Butler (b.1963)

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Friends University Concert Choir presents Songs Honoring Black History

The Word Was God

• by Rosephanye Powell

Credo: I Believe in God from Gospel Mass

• by Robert Ray

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Portrait of Black Influencers: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Marsha P. Johnson Portrait

By: German Andrade, Mathematics & Art senior

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Join the National Women's History Museum to learn "that getting astronauts to space and back involves more than rockets and hardware. During America's space race in the 1950s and 60s, mathematicians performed calculations that determined the geometry for space orbit. Women "computers", including National Women's History Museum Women Making History honoree Katherine Johnson, were integral members of NASA's teams. Learn the mathematical concepts behind space orbit and the women who sent America's astronauts into space."

Twitter: @womenshistory

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In this Virtual Field Trip, we celebrate Black History Month and the contributions of Black Explorers from the past and present. We explore the North Pole with Matthew Henson, examine the importance of Green Book sites with Candacy Taylor, launch to the moon with Katherine Johnson, and tell stories with Asha Stuart.

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Once upon a time, there was a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us that things won't always be awesome, but your response can be. Remember, things don't always have to be they are. We can change them! Kids can change them. This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrate the promise of change with Kid President.

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Join us for a Black History Spotlight for students as we share our Top 10 Interesting Facts about Kamala Harris. With a long list of achievements in the legal and political world Harris is a role model serving as the vice president of the United States.

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Join the National Women's History Museum to explore the Civil Rights Movement through the perspectives of its women leaders. In the 20th century, African American women formed the backbone of the modern Civil Rights Movement. They were the critical mass, the grassroots leaders challenging America to embrace justice & equality for all. This program discusses women's critical roles in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little Rock's Central High School integration, & the little-known women behind the scenes of the 1963 March on Washington for jobs & Freedom.

Twitter: @womenshistory

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Diane Nash (1938) is one of the most successful American civil rights activists. Read more about her efforts and impact on human rights.

Bree Newsome (1985) is a musician, speaker, filmmaker, and activist. Her arrest after removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina's statehouse lead to its permanent removal! Read more about her activism here.

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