THE HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY
Who was the “founder” of Black History Week? When? Why? Please locate this site on your device. CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Read history of Black History Month on 1. Talk together 3 minutes 2. Write how would you present this information to your students/ audience - if you are an administrator/ librarian any other job category- how could you get this information out. 2021 THEME
The Black History Month 2021 theme, “Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity” Explore the African diaspora, and the spread of Black families across the United States.
-ancient-african-kingdoms/ TASK 2- INFORMATION ABOUT PAST GREATNESS
Discuss what you know about Ancient African Kingdoms Examine the site Ancient Africa Kingdoms Ancient African Kingdoms TASK 1 READ THE HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY
Choose 3-4main ideas to present to your students Then read the theme for this year Discuss how/what you will present to your students AND OTHER RESOURCES
Ten "Must Watch" Black History Documentaries – PBS Do’and don’t of Black History National Museum of African American History and Culture History Channel Teaching Tolerance.org Your grade/group task ( on the google doc) Dr. Henry Louis Gates
ON PBS THE AUTHOR OF BLACK HISTORY CARTER G. WOODSON (1857 – 1950) "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated." --Dr. Carter G. Woodson PREPARE WITH YOUR TEAM BRIEF HISTORY
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History ( ASALH) was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in response to the lack of information on the accomplishments of African Americans. In 1926 Woodson initiated the annual February observance of Negro History Week. He chose February for the observance because February twelfth was Abraham Lincoln's birthday and February fourteenth was the accepted birthday of Frederick Douglass. By the 1970s, Negro History Week had expanded to become Black History Month. K- Music 1 Sports 2 Literature 3 Scientists/Inventors 4 Entertainment /Education 5 Activists Specialists- your specialty BLACK HISTORY MONTH WORK
1. Start your learning with information about ancient African kingdoms – life of Africans before slavery 2. https://blog.rhinoafrica.com/2018/03/27/9-ancient-african- kingdoms/ 3. Teach the founder and origins of Black history month - ASALAH.com 4. Familiarize yourself with a timeline of African Americans in this county 1. History channel timeline 2. watch “Many rivers to cross” whenever you can- Henry Louis Gates 5. Decide a time period/ groups ( artists, literature, scientists, Heroes other than the usual few 6. MAKE SURE YOUR GOALS are clear for what students will learn and how it fits into the larger black history complexity IN YOUR GRADE TEAM
1. Discuss what you learned about ancient Arican civilizations and kingdoms. How will you include it before you start your month’s focus group work 2. Those who have been with us .. Share ideas from the past related your your focus group 3. Choose BLACK HISTORY PAST AND PRESENT A FEW NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS
The Author of Black History Celebration History Historians Educators Musicians Artists/Playwriters/Poets Scientists/Inventors Black National Hymn MAP TO FREEDOM
“Moses”, Harriet Tubman, a former slave who ran away from a nearby plantation in 1849 but returns to rescue others. Guided by her “visions,” she never lost a passenger.
As a prominent abolitionist, and internationally renowned for his eloquence in the cause of liberty, he wrote and spoke throughout the country and world then went on to serve Frederick Douglass the national government in several official capacities. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Thurgood Marshall is one of the most well-known figures in the history of civil rights in America and the first Black Supreme Court Justice. He served on the Court for 24 years until June 28, 1991. He passed away January 24, 1993.
Civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA, on January 15, 1929; progressing through Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University, he grew increasingly influenced by Mahatma Ghandi's non-violent strategies for social change, completing his Ph.D. in systematic theology in 1955. MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Civil rights activist and ACLU Alice Walker , civil rights alum Eleanor Holmes Norton and women rights activist, serves as a non-voting delegate to author. Congress from the District of Columbia.
Andrew Young Jr. was an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. He became a member of Congress, mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nation. During its first year, the NAACP recruited 329 members. At the end of twenty years, there were 88,000 members. The peak of membership was reached in 1963 with 510,000 and, at the end of 1968, there were 449,000 members. EDUCATORS/HISTORIANS W.E.B. Dubois is acknowledged as one of the most influential Blacks of the 20th century. His study of Negroes in the South convinced him that much work was needed to help the Negro overcome the conditions in which they lived. Education was a must and first. He was a civil rights activist, poet, scholar, educator, historian and co-founder of the NAAACP. First Black person to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Booker T Washington was an African- American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community. . Opened Tuskegee University in Alabama, July 4, 1881 and was its Booker T. Washington first president . MUSICIANS An acclaimed singer whose performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 helped set the stage for the civil rights era, Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By the late 1930s, Anderson's voice had made her famous on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States she was invited by President Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor to perform at the White House, the first African American ever to receive this honor.
In 1955, Anderson became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, breaking down racial Marian Anderson barriers for performers. ARTISTS/PLAYWRITERS/POETS
Maya Angelou An actress, dancer, singer, poet, speaker, activist, and writer, Maya has become a phenomenon in literary circles. Maya was the first poet since Robert Frost to read at a presidential inauguration. She read "On the Pulse of Morning" for President Clinton.
Stage actor, singer, political activist. Acting against advice which warned of his economic ruin if he became politically active, he set aside his theatrical career to advocate the cause of the Free Republican forces of the Spanish Civil War. He then became active in the Council of African Affairs ( CAA). Most famous stage role in Othello. Paul Robeson SCIENTISTS/INVENTORS Carver was an American scientist, botanist, educator and inventor. He developed 325 different uses for peanuts-from cooking oil to printers ink. George Washington Carver Physician and scientist, made it Charles Drew possible to store blood plasma. Opened the first blood bank. CHARLES DREW
During his residency at Columbia University's Presbyterian Hospital, Drew conducted research on blood transfusions and developed a technique for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. He found that if he separated the plasma (the liquid part of blood) from the whole blood (containing the red blood cells) and then refrigerated the two separately, he could combine them up to a week later for transfusion. CHARLES DREW
He also determined that while each person has a certain type of blood (A, B, AB, or O) and is therefore prevented from receiving a full blood transfusion from someone with a different blood type, everyone has the same type of plasma. Thus in certain cases it was possible to give a plasma transfusion which could be administered from anyone to anyone, regardless of blood types. GARRETT A. MORGAN
Inventor of… Gas Mask Traffic Signal THE “REAL MCCOY”
His first invention was a lubricator for steam engines, U.S. 129,843, which issued on July 12, 1872. The invention allowed machines to remain in motion to be oiled; his new oiling device revolutionized the industrial machine industry. Elijah McCoy Elijah McCoy established his own firm and was responsible for a total of 57 patents. The term "real McCoy" refers to the oiling device used for industrial machinery.
His other inventions included an ironing board and lawn sprinkler. lantern Spark plug Cellular phone tricycle Horse shoe Fire escape ladder Biscuit cutter Traffic signal Bicycle frame Pencil sharpener Clothes dryer Fire extinguisher Typewriter Thermostat control Peanut butter Record player arm Lawn mower Automatic gear shift Improvement to Ironing board fountain pen Phone Hand stamp Icetransmitter cream scooper Street sweeper Key chain Gas mask Golf tee Lunch pail mailbox INVENTIONS
Sarah Goode folding cabinet Golf tee by George Grant bed (desk)
Train lubricator by the real McCoy
Automatic Gear Shift Patent Black National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson Lift ev'ry voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise ..High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on ‘til victory is won. From Saint Peter Relates an Incident by James Weldon Johnson. Copyright © 1917, 1921, 1935 James Weldon Johnson, renewed 1963 by Grace Nail Johnson.
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