Educational Resources
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National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
The National Museum of African American History and Culture website offers a vast array of Black history information. The site includes a photographic tour of James Baldwin’s home in France along with many online educational activities including: a look at video archives, online blog, a YouTube production archive and much more.
Schomburg Center
https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/digital-schomburg
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture provides education on African American history, books and movies, Black history education and many online workshops including: computer learning classes, writing groups and STEM Labs.
BlackPast.org
The Black Past provides reliable and accurate information on the history of African American presence around the world. The website includes access to: historical biographies, a huge digital archive, education and programs, and media.
History Makers
https://www.thehistorymakers.org/
The History Makers website has the largest video oral history collection in the world.
The website also includes online learning and classroom support.
Black Heritage Society of Washington State
http://www.bhswa.org/wordpress/
The Black Heritage Society of Washington State website includes descriptions of collections and many Black history related online resources.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a comprehensive educational website that has an extensive collection of historical archives and facts.
Jason Learning STEM instruction for Diverse student
https://www.jason.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_NPZk6Xo6AIVIx-tBh0e5QWxEAAYA
This Website includes very progressive learning techniques and curriculum relating to the STEM based education. It is diverse in its teaching style and has hours of online classroom activities for parents and teachers and students of all ages.
Black Education History and Heritage Alliance (BEHHA)
https://www.blackpast.org/black-education-history-and-heritage-alliance-behha/
The Black Education, History, and Heritage Alliance (BEHHA) exists to foster the collaboration of our collective resources in education, history, culture, heritage, and genealogy, with a shared commitment to advancing knowledge that honors the rich lives, legacies, and stories of Black people in the State of Washington and the world.
Carnegie Hall’s Timeline of African American Music
https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/
https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/cultural-resources
This new iteration of the timeline is based on the work of Dr. Portia Maultsby, founding director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University and consultant for the National Museum of African American Music. The timeline contains three main threads: Sacred Traditions, Secular Traditions, and Secular Instrumental Traditions, covering over 50 African American musical genres and styles.
Genesis for the timeline came in 2009 when the late soprano Jessye Norman—the curator for one of Carnegie Hall’s first citywide festivals: HONOR! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy—believed it was important to have an online educational companion to expand the audience’s journey of discovery of the origins of African American music.