Mrs. Russo's Black History Month Project
People/Groups:
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Prince Estabrook
https://www.nps.gov/people/prince-estabrook-of-lexington.htm
http://freedomsway.org/black-history-month-prince-estabrook/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/prince-estabrook-1740-1830/
Harriet Tubman
https://www.biography.com/activist/harriet-tubman
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-tubman
https://www.nps.gov/people/harriet-tubman.htm
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Frederick Douglass
https://www.biography.com/activist/frederick-douglass
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass
https://www.nps.gov/people/frederick-douglass.htm
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Jackie Robinson
https://www.jackierobinson.com/
https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-jackie
https://www.biography.com/athlete/jackie-robinson
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Thurgood Marshall
https://www.oyez.org/justices/thurgood_marshall
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/thurgood-marshall
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thurgood-Marshall
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Shirley Chisolm
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirley-Chisholm
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/shirley-chisholm
Harlem Hell Fighters (WWI)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Harlem-Hellfighters
https://www.history.com/news/harlem-hellfighters-horace-pippin-tales-from-wwi-trenches
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/remembering-harlem-hellfighters
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Civil War)
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/the-54th-massachusetts-infantry
https://www.nps.gov/articles/54th-massachusetts-regiment.htm
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/54th-massachusetts-infantry-regiment
92nd Infantry Division (WWII)
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/vernon-baker-92nd-infantry-division
https://www.army.mil/article/46649/bring_on_the_buffalo
https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-buffalo-soldiers-in-wwi.htm
Sojourner Truth
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sojourner-truth
https://www.biography.com/activist/sojourner-truth
Ida B. Wells
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett
https://www.biography.com/activist/ida-b-wells
https://www.nps.gov/people/idabwells.htm
Rosa Parks
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rosa-parks
https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks
Jessie Owens
https://www.olympic.org/jesse-owens
https://www.biography.com/athlete/jesse-owens
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Owens
Little Rock Nine
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Little-Rock-Nine
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/little-rock-nine
Tuskegee Airmen
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/tuskegee-airmen
https://www.nps.gov/tuai/index.htm
https://www.military.com/history/the-tuskegee-airmen.html
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John Lewis
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/john-lewis
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lewis-American-civil-rights-leader-and-politician
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/19/890796423/civil-rights-leader-john-lewis-never-gave-up-or-gave-in
Freedom Riders
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides
https://www.britannica.com/event/Freedom-Rides
https://www.npr.org/2006/01/12/5149667/get-on-the-bus-the-freedom-riders-of-1961
Events:
Brown v. Board of Education
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/landmark-brown-v-board-education/
13th Amendment
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/thirteenth-amendment
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-xiii/interps/137
https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/thirteenth_amendment.php
15th Amendment
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/15th-amendment-united-states-constitution/
https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/fifteenth_amendment.php
Selma to Montgomery March
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march
https://www.nps.gov/places/alabama-the-selmatomontgomery-march.htm
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wallace-selma-march/
Harlem Renaissance
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/harlem-renaissance
https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/harlem-renaissance.html
https://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp
Underground Railroad
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Underground-Railroad
Abolitionist Movement
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/abolitionist-movement
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/abolition-and-abolitionists/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/sectional-tension-1850s/a/abolition
Montgomery Bus Boycott
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
https://www.britannica.com/event/Montgomery-bus-boycott
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/montgomery-bus-boycott
Voting Rights Act of 1965
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
https://www.britannica.com/event/Voting-Rights-Act
https://www.nps.gov/articles/votingrightsact.htm
Civil Rights Act of 1964
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
https://www.nps.gov/articles/civil-rights-act.htm
https://www.britannica.com/event/Civil-Rights-Act-United-States-1964
Executive Order 9981
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Executive-Order-9981
https://www.history.com/news/harry-truman-executive-order-9981-desegration-military-1948
https://armyhistory.org/executive-order-9981-integration-of-the-armed-forces/
March on Washington, 1963
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington