Online Events & Resources:

Sponsored by collaboration of the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (some require registration).

https://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

Black History Month Resources | PBS LearningMedia

https://www.ninepbs.org/blogs/education/black-history-month-resources-pbs-learningmedia/

Some Children’s Books and resources to Celebrate Black History Month:

  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
  • The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by  Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author) and John Parra (Illustrator)
  • Patricia’s Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight by  Michelle Lord (Author) and Alleanna Harris (Illustrator)
  • She was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown (Author) and Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
  • Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Janet Halfmann
  • The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath by Julia Finley Mosca (Author) and Daniel Rieley (Illustrator)
  • National Geographic Kids – https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-history-month
  • PBS LEARNING MEDIA | Black History Month – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00AatzvxC0

Celebrating Black Woman in History 

Lucy Laney – https://wpsu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bf10.socst.us.indust.lucylaney/lucy-laney/

Daisy Bates – https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/daisy-bates

Althea Gibson – https://www.biography.com/athlete/althea-gibson

Susie King Taylor – https://www.nps.gov/people/susie-king-taylor.htm

Patricia Roberts Harris – https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/patricia-roberts-harris/

Maria Louise Baldwin (‘Molly’) – https://www.nps.gov/people/maria-l-baldwin.htm

Barbara C. Jordan – https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/barbara-c-jordan

Emma Azalia Smith Hackley – https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hackley-emma-azalia-1867-1922/

Elizabeth Carter Brooks – https://nbhistoricalsociety.org/portfolio-item/elizabeth-carter-brooks-1867-1951/

Frances E.W. Harper – https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/frances-ellen-watkins-harper

Hallie Quinn Brown – https://www.nps.gov/people/hallie-quinn-brown-ca-1850-1949.htm

Ida B. Wells – https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett

Josephine A. Silone Yates – https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/yates-josephine-silone-1852-1912/

Marian Anderson – https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eleanor-anderson/

Mary McLeod Bethune – https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune

Mary Church Terrell – https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell

Nannie Helen Burroughs – https://library.arlingtonva.us/2020/05/21/this-week-in-19th-amendment-history-nannie-helen-burroughs/

Lillian Parker Thomas – https://blackthen.com/lillian-j-b-fox-first-african-american-writer-white-newspaper-indiana/

 

Listing Provided by Maria Schmitt, AAUW State College Member, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Member, and Scholarships Chair.