PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Lesson 3: The State of the Criminal Justice System
Students will look at restorative justice as a competing model, learn more about the state of the criminal justice system, and express their opinions about the topic to an elected leader. The prison population has exploded in the United...
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Mosaic: Migrations
The Library of Congress surveys the migration of African Americans to out of the South after the Civil War. Features include statistics, maps, and reasons for the migration.
Scholastic
Scholastic Discussion Guides: Dear America
Good for classrooms and book groups, this site offers background, summary, discussion topics and questions, as well as activities. There's also an interview with the author.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: Postcards, African Americans Picking Cotton
Though given the right to vote, African-American men and women faced discrimination and racist practices that often prevented them from voting in the early 20th century. Read about some of these practices, and how, for example, the Texas...
Other
Afgen.com: Elijah Muhammad
This is a short, but detailed biography from Afgen.com of Elijah Muhammad's life and religious influence. It is an excellent place to start research.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Martin Luther King, Jr. Comprehension Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is geared for a comprehension activity for the book, "My Brother, Martin" by Christine King Farris (MLK Jr.'s sister). It is intended to be a comprehension lesson based around the reading...
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Susie (Baker) King Taylor
This is a PowerPoint resource that gives factual account of Susie King Taylor's life and involvement in the Civil War.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Civil Rights
The Smithsonian offers a variety of teaching supplements to be used in lessons on civil rights such as documents, teaching strategies, and historic photographs. Civil rights for other minorities are also discussed.
CNN
Cnn: Officials Investigate Incidents at Black Churches
A CNN.com/AP article discussing the law enforcement's treatment of incidents at African-American churches in South Carolina.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Black History
A to Z Teacher Stuff provides lesson plans that specifically target the accomplishments of African-Americans or the African-American culture.
Curated OER
Introduction
This site explores Black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Content includes the work of abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century, depictions of the long journey...
Curated OER
Massachusetts Historical Society: Phillis Wheatley
Read a biography of Phillis Wheatley, along with poems and letters written by her.