Instructional Video4:49
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?"

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video11:53
Boulder Creek International

Kansas City: The Importance of Male Role Models and Community Involvement

9th - 11th
Kansas City part 5/7: The video is a speech given by the leader of a program called the Man Class. The program is designed to teach men how to be responsible, protective, and caring individuals in their families and communities. The...
Instructional Video3:42
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo "Media's News, Tomorrow's Blues"

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video2:20
Curated Video

George Stinny

9th - Higher Ed
Born on the 21st October 1929, in South Carolina, United States, George was a 14 year old African American boy who was convicted of murdering two white girls on the 22nd March 1944. On the day prior to their death, they had ridden past...
Instructional Video6:40
Boulder Creek International

Kansas City: Payday Lending and Predatory Lending

9th - 11th
Kansas City part 3/7: The video discusses the issue of payday lending and its impact on low-income communities in Kansas City, Missouri. It highlights the efforts of a faith-based community organizing network to gather signatures for a...
Instructional Video11:08
Weird History

What the South Was Like During Reconstruction

12th - Higher Ed
On April 15, 1865, Lincoln was gunned down in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth, a man sympathetic to the defeated Confederacy. In the years following the end of the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination, his successor Andrew Johnson...
Instructional Video14:09
PBS

Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance (feat. Princess Weekes)

12th - Higher Ed
Novels like Passing by Nella Larsen, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and the poetry of Langston Hughes were all written during this period and have become important pieces of the American literary canon. Still, when...
Instructional Video25:48
The Guardian

After Windrush – Paulette Wilson's visit to Jamaica, 50 years on

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile environment’ policies years in the making meant that Wilson and other victims of the Windrush...
Instructional Video2:22
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ama Mazama - "Sale" by Léon-Gontran Damas

Higher Ed
Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle,...
Instructional Video1:32
Curated Video

Is It Time To Cancel Black History Month?

9th - Higher Ed
Should we cancel Black History Month?



October is Black History Month in the UK - a month to highlight the achievements of the Black community, celebrate their contributions to the UK and learn about the important Black...
Instructional Video1:26
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ama Mazama - "The Black's Lament" by Léon-Gontran Damas

Higher Ed
Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle,...
Instructional Video2:05
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Yohuru Williams "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall

Higher Ed
Dr. Yohuru Williams is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998.He is the author...
Instructional Video5:02
Curated Video

Black History Month Video: Black Inventors and Electricity

9th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Legends of America - Civil Rights Leaders - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
The history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on the Civil Rights Movement
Instructional Video3:27
Participant

The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President

Pre-K - 5th
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...
Instructional Video11:55
TED-Ed

The Hidden Women of STEM

6th - 12th
Despite the recent push to involve young women in STEM careers, the percentage of women in science, technology, engineering, and math is still low. In a short video, Alexis Scott, scientist, engineer, and mathematician offers advice on...
Instructional Video2:16
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Marian Anderson

6th - 12th
A short video spotlights opera singer Marian Anderson's accomplishments alongside her struggles with racism and segregation.
Instructional Video1:42
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Ida B. Wells

6th - 12th
Before Rosa Parks, there was Ida B. Wells. In 1884, Wells was arrested for refusing to leave the first-class women's car on a train to Chicago. Born into slavery, raised in the south, Wells became a newspaper publisher, an advocate for...
Instructional Video1:00
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Katherine Johnson

6th - 12th Standards
Launch a study of Katherine Johnson and her contributions to the NASA Space Program with a short video that introduces viewers to little-known information about the role she and other women played. The video also reveals the gender bias...
Instructional Video11:50
Biography

Martin Luther King Jr. | A Crusader For Liberation | Biography

6th - 12th Standards
A powerful 12-minute video biography captures famous and not so well known events in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Life events include marches he led, speeches he gave, and the brutality he faced.
Instructional Video6:10
WatchMojo

Martin Luther King Jr: Life and Death

6th - 12th Standards
A brief video biography introduces viewers to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pictured as excerpts from his speeches, marches he organized, and causes he supported.
Instructional Video5:12
Kids Academy

Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott for Kids | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King

Pre-K - 5th
An engaging and informative video sheds light on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Kid-friendly animated figures visually portray what the narrator says. An end-review...
Instructional Video12:27
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

MLK: Economic Power and Nonviolent Resistance

6th - 12th
A stirring video, accompanied by audio clips from many of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches, provides viewers with King's ideas about how civil rights activists can use economic boycotts as a powerful non-violent resistance tool.
Instructional Video8:13
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

MLK: Nonviolence is the Most Powerful Weapon

6th - 12th Standards
A short video interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. provides young social scientists with an opportunity to hear directly from King about his commitment to non-violent organized resistance and why he believed it is the most powerful...