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African-Americans

Within History

Black and white image with closeup of a sign that reads, "Civil Rights Plus Full Employment." Crowd of people and protest signs fill the background.

A Black woman wearing a nurse's uniform puts her arm around a Black boy, both smile at the camera.

Black and white photo of Black and White people in a coffee shop, some sitting in chairs and others standing at a lunch counter in the background. Caption. Male as narrator. The idea of the freedom rides was radical.

Color illustration of a silhouette behind a curtain overlooking boats on a lake in the distance. Title card reads, "A Spy Called James."

Color illustration of Ananse. A colorful umbrella shields him from the sun. Caption. All the stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God.

Black and white frame of A. Philip Randolph, a civil-rights activist. Caption. Of a mighty corporation such as the Pullman Company was.

Black and white image of Jackie Robinson wearing his Dodgers jersey and sliding on one side towards a base, baseball hat falling to the ground.

Senior Black man wearing glasses, a teal-colored African scarf and head wrap, and a dark suit jacket stands next to an African wall hanging and speaks towards camera.

Faces of influential Black Americans dispersed across frame. February calendar page and map of the U, S in background. Caption. To focus on and learn more about black culture.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Black History Month (Spanish)

Closeup of a wooden Kwanzaa kinara with red, green and black candles. Heap of fruits and vegetables fills background.

Three side-by-side photos of different spaces, including a park with a walkway, a staircase entrance to a school building, and a small town store. All three images are overlaid with a red circle with a slash through it.

Rendering of Martin Luther King, Jr. standing behind a pulpit in a church setting. Caption. Dr. King spoke out against racial discrimination.

Painting with seated, smiling girl and woman hugging her. Caption. Are we going to the ballet, Nana? asked Grandma.

Men wear khaki vests labor in an antiquated workshop. Caption. Henry Ford isn't just making a revolutionary car.

Closeup of senior man in colonial costume with tricorn hat. Caption. They raid the milita's arms stash.

Closeup of a person front loading a Civil War-era cannon attached to a wheel. Caption. Without accepting the eager pool of black volunteers.

Teenage girl smiles at camera with a superimposed news background and Presidential crest. Behind her, a screen shows a woman holding a young Barack Obama. Caption. We'd like to share it with you.

Barbara Jordan standing in a room full of Black women. She smiles and looks over at a person extending their hand. Caption. In the United States House of Representatives.

Still image from: Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi: Black Voices

Black and white illustration of an African tribe speaking with white men wearing tricorn hats in a row boat docked at shore. Caption. One of these travelers.

Black and white photo of Black men wearing Civil War-era clothing, hoeing fields alongside Black women and children. Caption. Her skill in speaking impressed many people.

Black and white photo of a Black man wearing a surgical cap and mask. Caption. And was a member of the State Board of Health.

Black and white photo of nineteen sixties White and Black protesters gathered together in a group and holding signs. Caption. And provoked support of the civil rights movement.

Black and white photo of N, B, A player, Bill Russell, blocking another basketball player. Caption. And led the team to the N, B, A championships 11 times.

Sepia-toned photo of Booker T. Washington sitting in a chair and looking at us. Text reads, “Booker T. Washington. Educator, Author, Speaker, Advisor.”

Sepia-toned photo of Frederick Douglass. Text reads, “Frederick Douglass. Abolitionist, Activist, Writer, Speaker.”

Sepia-toned photo of George Washington Carver looking at us. Text reads, “George Washington Carver. Inventor, Scientist. One of the most prominent black scientists of the twentieth century.”

Sepia-toned photo of Harriet Tubman on old paper. Text reads, “Harriet Tubman. Abolitionist, Activist.”

Sepia-toned photo of Jackie Robinson in a Dodgers uniform and holding a baseball as if he is preparing to swing. Text reads, “Jackie Robinson. Hall of Fame baseball player, First Black player in MLB.”

Sepia-toned photo of Maya Angelou looking at us with her hands folded together under her chin. Text reads, “Maya Angelou. Poet, Writer, Civil Rights Activist.”

Sepia-toned photo of Rosa Parks on old, worn paper. Text reads, “Rosa Parks. Civil Rights Activist. Her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott was monumental to the Civil Rights Movement.”

Title text reads, “Black Boys,” against a black background.

Still image from: Black Lives Matter: Am I Next?

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Dave the Potter

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Dr. Benjamin Mays

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Modjeska Monteith Simkins

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Ronald McNair

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Septima Poinsette Clark

Still image from: Celebrate Black Educators: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Still image from: Celebrate Black Educators: Dreams for the Future

Still image from: Celebrate Black Educators: My Proudest Moment

Still image from: Celebrate Black Educators: Superpowers and Life Lessons

Still image from: Celebrating Black History Month

Black and white photograph of a large group of doctors standing around patient in a hospital bed. Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904-1950) who served as head of the Department of Surgery, reviews patient case Caption: and resident in surgery at Freedmen's Hospital.

Still image from: Charlie's Place: Episode 1

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Still image from: Charlie's Place: Episode 4

Closeup of an album spread with handprints above a signature on the left. On the opposite side a photo of a man holding a dog is inscribed, "Chester B. Himes, writer." Caption. Chester Himes fought back with talent.

Man resembling M, L, K Jr. seated next to a woman holding an apple. Both are seated on bleachers. Caption. His name is Martin Luther King, Jr.

Woman at door of a brick building. Caption. So with the 16 Black students and 4 Black teachers, they set up what...

Man touches his hand to a barber shop pole on the outside of a building. Caption. To get 20 adults and 20 kids in one space.

Black and white photo of a Black couple, woman gestures using sign language. Caption. M, A, L, A, I, K, A.

Painting of Coretta Scott as a child standing next to 2 Black boys. Caption. And rich soil where slaves sought freedom.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Civil Rights and the 1950s

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Slavery

Still image from: Crash Course World History: The Atlantic Slave Trade

Still image from: Crossroads Stories: Sharing Black Stories From the Crossroads of America

Wide shot of the U, S Capitol building. In the foreground, people walk towards the Capitol along a walkway. Caption. That the U, S Capitol is accessible.

Black and white photo of 2 baseball players colliding over home plate. Caption. He had the right man in Jackie Robinson.

Computer image compares the features of 2 war planes. The P-51C Mustang has speed and maneuverability. The FW-190 has durability and armament. Caption. But the FW-190 is more rugged and has better armament.

Mother reads with her 3 children on a couch in a living room setting. Caption. His mother taught him and his sister.

Black men wade along the edge of a river surrounded by trees. Caption. Garrett helped more than 2,000 enslaved people to freedom.

Black and white photo of rows of people crowded into a building. Caption. At the local courthouse, sometimes bringing his son.

Black and white photo of a man in uniform grabbing another individual by the arm and raising a hand to hit them. Caption. Fannie Lou as narrator. We have to realize just how grave the problem is.

Cartoon image of Muhammad Ali punching a speed bag. Caption. "When it came to fighting, he knew he was good.

Black poet, Margaret Walker, writing on a chalkboard. Caption. Narrator. Walker began teaching in 1942 after receiving.

Yellow background with crisscrossing strokes of red and brown. Title card reads, "Freedom in Congo Square."

Framed illustration of 11 Black slaves wearing white garments labeled with a name, age, and price. 2 weathered papers with faded script in the background. Text at below image reads, "For Sale."

Still image from: From Africa to the White House: Civil Rights and Desegregation (Part 3--With Teaching Artist Ann Caldwell)

Still image from: From Africa to the White House: Reconstruction and the Great Migration (Part 2--With Teaching Artist Ann Caldwell)

Still image from: From Africa to the White House: Slavery and Freedom (Part 1--With Teaching Artist Ann Caldwell)

Line drawing. Black Seminole man wearing a cloak and long hat lunges forward as a police officer pulls back on his collar. Spanish caption. Osceola murio en prision.

Digital illustration of George Washington Carver in a suit, surrounded by blooming plants. Text reads, “George Washington Carver.”

Open field of dry, brown grass with mist hovering above it. Caption: The monument preserves the land where Carver was born--

Illustration of a person flying through the night sky against a backdrop of buildings and stars while holding a lit candle. Caption: Hi, I'm Faith Ringgold.

Black man and woman in formal attire walk down the front steps of a building. Caption. Squealing. Slow down.

Still image from: Go For It! Discover Something New: Hoppin' Plate of History

2 women walk down a street, 1 carrying a basket and other a bag of groceries. Caption. Now, if you were smart you'd leave it too.

Black and white photo of an African American man and woman standing next to a vehicle parked on a dirt road, piled high with luggage.

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Adam Bradley, Ph.D (Part One)

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Adam Bradley, Ph.D (Part Two)

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, Ph.D

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Dana A. Williams, Ph.D

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Joanne V. Gabbin, Ph.D (Part One)

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Joanne V. Gabbin, Ph.D (Part Two)

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Marlon Ross, Ph.D

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Shelia Smith McKoy, Ph.D

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Tara T. Green, Ph.D (Part One)

Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Tara T. Green, Ph.D (Part Two)

Wide shot of a university plaza with several multi-story white and red buildings. Caption. Of every major American university's curriculum.

Interview with young man in an office setting. He is identified as Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, P, H, D, Professor of English, University of Missouri Kansas City. Caption. Who would help African Americans and America, as well.

Middle-aged black man looks just off camera with an incredulous expression like he is speaking to camera for an interview. Caption. Give him blackness, and then bid him to sing?

Interview with middle-aged Black man in an office setting. He is identified as Marlon Ross, PhD, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Virginia. Caption. A confrontation between a subjugated, Black protagonist.

Black and white photo of a man wearing sunglasses standing next to a fifties-era vehicle parked in front of a storefront.

Black and white photo of a young Maya Angelou smiling in a room with several African masks and sculptures. Caption. Far stranger than most of the characters that she's created.

Interview with man wearing a business suit in an office setting. He's looking up with a thoughtful expression and gesturing with his hands. Caption. One that helped to fix.

Interview with Black woman wearing a brown jacket and white blouse against a bookshelf backdrop. Caption. Is a story that shows the sort of strength that he had.

Black woman wearing gold bangles, rings, and hair in braids, holds hands up, framing her face. Caption. So what they would do oftentimes was barter, possibly for sugar.

Title text reads, "Happy Kwanzaa," beside a lit wooden kinara.

Black woman faces away from camera and looks over her right shoulder within a forested setting. Caption. The journey for Harriet was long and hard.

Black and white frame of slave men, women and children walking on a dirt path. Caption. To lead nearly 300 slaves to freedom.

Still image from: Harriet Tubman for Kids

Color illustration. Young Black boy stands, looking apprehensive, next to a man laying in bed and looking back at him. Caption. Some slaves were freed by their owners.

Sepia-tone photo of two men with black skin dressed in Western cowboy attire. A white saddled horse stands next to them.

Still image from: Hidden Figures: Meet the Computers

Illustration of four African American mathematicians in the NASA lab. Caption: Their job was to do math.

Black man in a black baseball cap and yellow collared shirt leans to one side, mouth open mid-speech. Caption. We knew there was differences in culture and language.

A group of Black women walking along a path outdoors in dresses, eyes looking downward. Caption. The story of black farmers in the 20th Century.

Still image from: I Am Ruby Bridges

Young Black man wears a hockey helmet and a red jersey as looks at us in a dimly lit arena.

Black and white photo with a bird's eye view of a crowd of people facing camera. Caption. She is a precursor of grassroots leadership.

Two people dance as a group of people watches behind them in a gymnasium.

Man in an NYC t-shirt and baseball cap dances in front of the entrance of a building.

Man wearing a red hoodie hops up in the air as he dances with four other people watching and clapping their hands behind him. Across the street is the Howard Theatre.

Close up of a bearded Black man wearing glasses. Caption. The organization component which I work in at C, D, C.

Sepia-toned photo of Madam C.J. Walker. Text reads, “Madam C.J. Walker.”

Mae Jemison wearing an orange astronaut suit on brown paper. Text reads, “Mae Jemison.”

Raye Montague smiling at us in front of a U.S. Navy ship. Text reads, “Raye Montague.”

Illustration of Ruby Bridges, a young Black girl wearing a white dress, walking in between white men in tan suits. Text reads, “Ruby Bridges.”

Bald man faces away from us as he paints at an easel in an art studio. Plants sit on a windowsill opposite canisters of paintbrushes at the artists' side.

Color illustration. Low angle of John Henry swinging a mallet out in front of him and standing beneath a cloudy sky. Caption. John Henry, well, he was a mighty laborer.

Still image from: John Lewis: Get in the Way

African father watches his son light a kinara candle holder. Both wear multi-colored kaftans and have a serene expression on their faces.

Young Langston Hughes wearing a plaid shirt, orange paisley tie, and brown suspenders looks out with a neutral expression.

Illustration of children lined up side by side with protest signs crowded behind them. Title card reads, "Let the Children March."

Painting. Abraham Lincoln, wearing trousers, shirt, and suspenders holds out his hands to a man. They are standing outside a home under an awning. Caption. Thank you, young man.

Black and white view from behind of seated diners in Western wear looking towards small band on stage.

Black man sitting outdoors. He wears a hat, blue checked shirt and overalls. He looks upward. Caption. Seven it'll be then.

Jan E Matzeliger standing next to the image of him on the Black Heritage 29 cent USA stamp.

Group of dancers lean back, arching their back, with hands in the air. Caption. And they did it, they did an excellent job.

Cartoon character standing next to a drawing of an African American man. Caption: I was just reading about Garrett Morgan.

Black and white photo of a mule standing in front of a barn and a log cabin. Caption. Soon after she started classes, her family's only mule died.

John Lewis wears a dark suit and sits in front of black and blue background. His face turns to the side with a perplexed expression. Title bar reads, "Minds that matter. John Lewis, Democratic U, S congressman, Georgia."

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Frank Waldron & the Jackson Street Jazz Scene

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: George Bush--Washington's Pioneer

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Amazing Caytons

Black boy and man open the door to a white vehicle. Caption. Malcolm X Academy pledge goes like this.

Group of Black people in formal attire talk in small groups in a living area. Caption. If you need anything, just yell.

Black man stands in a dark room, light spilling in from 1 small window behind him. Caption. I tended to believe that in the face of such diversity.

2 Black men lean against a fence and look up, light illuminating their faces. Caption. A young black man whose family has moved from the South.

Still image from: Nick News: Juneteenth--A Nick News Special

Still image from: No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin

Black and white photo of a horse-drawn carriage that reads, Freedmen's Hospital Ambulance. A man poses behind the carriage. Caption. Was the only black hospital in the United States.

Black people in period costumes gather around a fire pit in the grass with log cabins in background. Caption. And they had no personal freedoms at all.

Black and white closeup of Sam Tucker, civil rights activist. Caption. To end legalized racism in the United States.

Black and white photograph of a group of men and one woman sitting in a circle. Some look down at papers in their laps or gesture to one another. Caption. Unless all Black people were free.

Black girl wears a red collared shirt and two long braids in her hair as she faces away from us towards a white brick wall. Text reads, "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools."

Black and white image of a Black man and several White men standing around a film camera. Caption. Was the first Black man ever to make a movie.

Close up of the face of a person who has dark skin, brown eyes, and a wide nose. Caption: or their genes moved from place to place,

Black and white portrait photograph of Ralph Bunche. Caption. He remains an enigma in American and world history.

Young Ralph Ellison sits by a window, looking out and away from a typewriter positioned in front of him.

Author Lesa Cline-Ransome looks at us with a kind and excited expression as she holds her book titled "Before She Was Harriet." Cover illustration shows the side of a young Black woman's face as she looks up toward a night sky.

Book cover shows a painting of Venus and Serena Williams as they gaze toward the middle at each other. Text reads, "Game Changers. The Story of Venus and Serena Williams. Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illustrated by James E Ransome."

Black, white, and red sketch of several shirtless Haitian men raising guns with bayonets over their heads around 1 non-Haitian man wearing a red uniform and looking serious. Spanish caption. Pero hay más sorpresas en la isla.

Colorful painting depicts a nineteenth century Black man holding up 1 finger across from nineteenth century white man. A boat full of Black people is pulled ashore beneath roiling wave in background.

Older Rosa Parks wearing square glasses and a colorful button-up blouse looks out and away from camera. Caption. King. Two stops later, her ride ended.

Several young people working on an object. Caption: the first all-female African-American RoboCup team.

Black and white photo of a woman in a plaid cape talking into a microphone. A man films her from behind. Another man smiles with one hand raised in the background. Caption. This often met criticism, but she didn't back down.

Still image from: Should Art Push You? Raise Up Current Black Artists!

Color illustration. Diamond shaped grid of images show a senior man and girl making a quilt during daytime, and a family running along a fence in the nighttime. Caption. And in the daytime when there was some few minutes.

Black man glances to the side and sits with his left palm held up vertically and his right pointer finger touching it. Rows of desks and chairs are in background.

Still image from: Sisterhood: SC Suffragists--The Rollin Sisters (Part 1)

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Black and white frame shows a woman staring through the bars of a window in the moonlight. Caption lyrics. When our long, long journey is passed.

Sepia toned photo of a senior Black man and 4 women from mid-1990s. Caption. My grandmother is a very territorial woman.

Senior Black woman with a gold front tooth and dark glasses smiles while looking up and away from camera. Caption. That's what we sung. Sound of chuckles.

Black and white medium shot of civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, in middle age. She stands before a backdrop with historic photographs of civil rights activists. Text on image reads, "This is her story."

Closeup of the front of the Supreme Court building. Statues and stairs lead to the west entry door of the building. A series of columns support the building's pediment. Text on image reads, "Thanks to the Civil Rights Act."

Black and white side angle shot of a young Billie Holiday singing. Next to her, a cellist and another man without an instrument. Caption lyrics. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Black and white photo of a pre-teen girl looking at camera. She wears a button down coat with her hands clasped behind her back and stands in front of a large school building. Caption. Linda Brown was a student at this segregated school.

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln wearing white speaking from an outdoor podium to a crowd around him. An 1850s U, S flag is nearby. Caption. Male as narrator. In the following debates with Douglas, Lincoln came closer.

Illustration of the bench, bar, gallery seating and floor of a courtroom. Caption. The new law concerned the railroads of Louisiana.

Closeup of what appears to be a legal document from the mid-1800s. Paper is aged and handwriting is written in black ink using cursive style from that era. Caption. He used to be recognized as a citizen.

Gold and pink background with green and light pink splotches. Title card reads, "Sweet Dreams, Sarah."

Slide shows Key Concept 1. Slavery, which Europeans practiced before they invaded the Americas, was important to all colonial powers and existed in all North American colonies.

Still image from: Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery (Concept 10)

Slide shows Key Concept 2. Slavery and the slave trade were central to the development and growth of the colonial economies and what is now the United States.

Slide shows Key Concept 3. Protections for slavery were embedded in the founding documents; enslavers dominated the federal government, Supreme Court, and Senate from 1787 through 1860.

Slide shows Key Concept 4. Slavery was an institution of power, designed to create profit for enslavers and break the will of the enslaved and was a relentless quest for profit abetted by racism.

Slide shows Key Concept 5. Enslaved people resisted the efforts of their enslavers to reduce them to commodities in both revolutionary and everyday ways.

Slide shows Key Concept 6. The experience of slavery varied depending on time, location, crop, labor performed, size of slaveholding and gender.

Still image from: Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery (Concept 7)

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Three log-cabin-style structures in a row next to each other, near a paved driveway and white house, and backing up to a wooded area. Caption reads: "FightersHeaven.com."

Installation shows a mannequin wearing a beaded face covering and quilted dress with fabric pieces surrounding the hem in a gallery with a quilt hung in the background.

Still image from: The Backbone

Black and white frame of Jackie Robinson at bat mid warm-up swing. Caption. Come on, Jackie boy, get a hold of one!

Young woman stands in shadows next to a projected image entitled, The End of the Old Testament. Caption. It was not uncommon for birthdays to be recorded down.

Black man in a white tunic stands on a platform to the right of 2 men in suits and top hats. Caption. To stand on a raised platform.

Storybook cover with a colorful illustration of 2 students holding books and walking; 1 of the students has white hair and glasses. Title reads, "The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read."

Watercolor painting of a child standing with 1 foot up on a fence, houses in the distant background. Caption. Each morning she climbed up on the fence.