REFERENCE
Distribute an article that details the many talented African American writers from Phillis Wheatley to James Baldwin.
A brief article about Booker T. Washington.
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about George Washington Carver.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
ACTIVITIES
This memorial sits across from the Massachusetts state house, and honors the first all black regiment of Union soldiers.
Read about notable African-American inventors.
WORKSHEETS
Children can read about the inventor Jan E. Matzeliger, and then color in his picture.
Coloring book page with picture of Lewis Howard Latimer, African-American patent expert.
Coloring book page with picture of Dr. Maulana Karenga. He is the creator of Kwanzaa, the African-American holiday that…
Coloring book page with picture of Joseph Winters, African-American inventor.
Reference an article that outlines the symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrations for each day. This information is useful…
A brief article about photographer and director Gordon Parks.
Learn about the life of tennis great Althea Gibson.
A brief article about Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer, and actress Maya Angelou.
A brief article about Jame Baldwin, including related resources.
Learn about Civil Rights leader James Meredith, who in 1961 was denied admission to the University of Mississippi…
Learn more about the life of track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Learn more about the life of contemporary novelist Toni Morrison.
Learn more about the life of Langston Hughes, American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
An article about writer Richard Wright.
The study of Black history was not begun until the Twentieth Century. This article explains why and gives information…
The amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
