LibGuides: Black History Matters, Lower School: Home

Websites

10 Black Artists You Should Know
By Olju Man via The Medium
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality
Via Proquest, features relevant primary source documents organized by time period
Black Lives Matter
The homepage of the movement
BlackPast.org
This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.
Black Women Artists
Via MarieClaire. These women are changing the game.
Digital Schomburg
Digital Schomburg provides access to exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams, and selected external links for research in the history and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Equal Justice Initiative
Via EJI, find information about racial justice, children in prison, mass incarceration, and other criminal justice reform initiatives.
Martin Luther King Jr.: His Life in Pictures
Via NBC News
NAACP: Take Action
Advocacy has one direction, forward. To see the changes our communities deserve, we’re pushing forward with strategic thinking, planning, organizing, policymaking, and accountability to ensure that Black lives are a priority in all spaces.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
In celebration of Black History Month, the Museum invites you to engage with digital resources to preserve, digitize and share African American family history.
Ten Little Known Black History Facts
Via PBS, just as Black history is more than a month, so too are the numerous events and figures that are often overlooked during it. What follows is a list of some of those “lesser known” moments and facts in Black history.

Teaching Resources

1619 Project Curriculum
The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into your classroom.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality
Via Proquest, features relevant primary source documents organized by time period
Black History Month: 20 pertinent classroom resources
Via PBS
Black History Month: Teaching Beyond Slavery
Via Learning for Justice
Black History Month:Teaching the Complete History
Via Learning for Justice
Black History Month Lessons and Resources
Via the NEA
Black Lives Matter 13 Guiding Principles
Via DC public schools
Black Lives Matter at School: Curriculum for All Ages
This page features several links to useful curricular resources, including to the GoogleDrive with the complete BLM at schools curriculum for ALL ages.
Teacher Resources from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

Book Lists

1000 Black Girl Books Resource Guide
By Marley Dias and the Grassroots Foundation
Black History Books
Via Social Justice Books, lists organized by reading level
Black Lives Matter at School Reading List
Via Social Justice Books

A Sampling of Books in Our Collection

28 Days by Charles R. Smith; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596438200
Publication Date: 2015-01-13
African American Women Scientists and Inventors by Otha Richard Sullivan; Jim Haskins (Editorial Board Member)
ISBN: 047138707X
Publication Date: 2001-10-30
Black Heroes: a Black History Book for Kids by Arlisha Norwood
ISBN: 9781641527040
Publication Date: 2020-07-07
Buzzing with Questions by Janice N. Harrington; Theodore Taylor (Illustrator); Theodore Taylor (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781629795584
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
A Child's Introduction to African American History by Jabari Asim; Lynn Gaines (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316436427
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton; Raul ón (Illustrator)
Call Number: 323.1 She
ISBN: 9780385376068
Publication Date: 2013-07-23
Freedom Song by Sally M. Walker; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060583101
Publication Date: 2012-01-03
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062742469
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Let It Shine by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)
ISBN: 015201005X
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
ISBN: 9780316475112
Publication Date: 2017-12-05
The Little Plant Doctor by Jean Marzollo; Ken Wilson-Max (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823423255
Publication Date: 2011-02-17
Look What Brown Can Do! by T. Harris; Neda Ivanova (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0692483861
Publication Date: 2015-07-17
Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann; London Ladd (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781620141632
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle; Alix Delinois (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761365891
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
The Power of Her Pen by Lesa Cline-Ransome; John Parra (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481462891
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399168567
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue; Corinne Naden; Don Tate (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525478492
Publication Date: 2009-01-22
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781536208979
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781328780966
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
What Color Is My World? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Raymond Obstfeld; Ben Boos (Illustrator); A. G. Ford (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763664411
Publication Date: 2012-03-13
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? by Sherri L. Smith; Who HQ; Jake Murray (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399541940
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Young Gifted and Black by Jamia Wilson; Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781786031587
Publication Date: 2018-02-01

Databases

BrainPOP! This link opens in a new window
African American biography videos for elementary-level students.

Username: rpcsbp
Password: rpcs20!8
PebbleGo This link opens in a new window
A resource for grades K-2 that includes African American Biographies presented in a kid-friendly format.

Username: roland
Password: school
African American History This link opens in a new window
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture. Users can start their investigation of a topic with a video or slideshow overview, use the key content called out on the home page to find an entryway into the database, or dig deep into a subject or era through the Topic Centers.

Username: ropark
Password: facts
American History This link opens in a new window
Primary documents and reference articles on American history from the era of early exploration (1350) to the present.

Username: rolandstudent
Password: student
U.S. History in Context This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: U.S. History is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history. This comprehensive, contextual, media-rich collection empowers learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills
Username: balt23720
Password: balt23720

EBooks

Gale E-Books in Context This link opens in a new window
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a great source for reference e-books aimed at the needs of students, researchers, and general readers.

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Streaming Video and Films

Docuseek This link opens in a new window
Exclusive academic streaming from renowned documentary film distributors.