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Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary
Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star-route mail carrier in the United States. Born Mary Fields in around 1832, Fields was born into slavery, and like many other enslaved...
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century born on the 20th March 1915 in Arkansas, U.S. She was a talented singer, songwriter, and recording artist who attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s...
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Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Anna Arnold grew up in Anoka, Minnesota. Even though veryone was white except her family, she did not experience segretation growing up. However, when she went out into the world, she found that she had to fight for people to see her and...
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Doris Miller: Hero of Pearl Harbour
Doris Miller was a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross. In this episode, we take a brief look at his heroic life and his amazing...
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What are Sundown Towns?
A sundown or sunset town was a city, town or neighborhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark. The term sundown came from the signs that were posted at the towns borders stating "Negro, Don't Let the Sun Set On You Here." A...
Curated Video
Benjamin Banneker: Time Lord
Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, a writer, an inventor and the man who may have completed the design for Washington DC Capitol City of the United States of America from memory. Banneker...
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Famous Black Women in History
A quick overview of famous Black women in history and a bit about what they have accomplished.
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Cicely Tyson: American Actress and Fashion Model
Cicely Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress and fashion model. With a career span of more than seven decades, she was a recipient of several awards (three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one...
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Mass Suicide at Igbo Landing
In 1803 one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved people took place when Igbo captives from what is now Nigeria were taken to the Georgia coast. In May 1803, the Igbo and other West African captives arrived in Savannah, Georgia, on...
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Sarah Goode
Sarah Elisabeth Goode was an American inventor and the first known African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. She invented the folding bedm which was the precursor to the murphy bed.
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Bessie Coleman: the First African American Pilot
Bessie Coleman was one of 13 children born to Susan and George Coleman, who both worked as sharecroppers. In 1915, at 23 years old, Coleman moved to Chicago, where she lived with her brothers and worked as a manicurist. It was there she...
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Joseph N Jackson: Inventor of the Remote Control
Thanks to Joseph N Jackson, we no longer have to get up and walk to the television to change the channel. Learn about the man who invented the remote control and other useful electronics.
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Interesting Facts About Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician, attorney and also the vice president of the United States. A member of the Democratic party, she assumed office as the vice president on January 20, 2021, and became the highest-ranking...
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A Tribute to Virgil Abloh: Creative Director Louis Vuitton
Ghanaian-American creative director Virgil Abloh broke boundaries in the tradition-soaked fashion industry, bringing streetwear to the highest levels of the luxury market, as well as becoming one of the few Black designers to take the...
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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone
Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone was an American inventor, philanthropist, and businesswoman regarded as the first black woman to become a millionaire. Hugely recognized for her hair products the "Wonderful Hair Grower", her cosmetology...
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Black People named in the Guinness World Record
Here is a list of Black people in the Guinness Book of World Records and what they have accomplished in fields from music to sports to politics. How many of these people do you recognize?
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Ruby Bridges and the Fight for Integration in Education
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She is the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on...
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The Black Wall Street Massacre
Tulsa, Okalahoma's Greenwood District was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States in the 1920s and was known as "Black Wallstreet." Many of the White citizens of the city resented Greenwood's...
Curated Video
Black History Month Video: Black Inventors and Electricity
My son came home from school, told me that his school wasn't doing anything for Black History Month and then just stood there looking me in the eye like "So what you gonna do Dad." So I stepped up and recorded this episode about famous...
Mazz Media
Underground Railroad
This live-action video program is about the word Underground Railroad. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Underground Railroad through use of video footage, photographs,...
Participant
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President
The ever-engaging Kid President hosts a video that details the life story of Martin Luther King, Jr. Kid President covers the time from when Martin Luther King, Jr. was born to the extent of his life and includes words of encouragement...
PBS
Sojourner Truth | Abolitionist and Women’s Rights Activist Video
Talk about perseverance! Introduce young historians to Sojourner Truth with a richly detailed lesson plan that includes a video overview of Truth's life, background vocabulary, as well as before and after viewing discussion questions. A...
Stanford University
Freedom’s Ring: King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was the clarion call for the modern Civil Rights Movement. Using the immortal words of King, an animated screen allows pupils to hear his words delivered to the March on Washington in...
Curated OER
Little Rock Nine
A compelling account of the Little Rock Nine, the first nine students to attend a desegregated school in Arkansas. Stills and video clips illustrate the tumultuous first year at Little Rock High School. Use this video to stir discussion...