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African-American Mosaic: An Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

Provider: Library of Congress

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Appropriate grades
6–12
Subjects
social studies (African Americans)
Provider
Library of Congress

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This is an online exhibition of selected materials from the publication The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Four topics have been covered in this particular exhibit and include:

  • Colonization
  • Abolition
  • Migrations
  • WPA

Using a wide array of primary source materials such as posters, lithographs, townsite plans, newspapers, and maps, this exhibition tells the story of The American Colonizaton Society and the "back to Africa" movement, details the conflict of abolition and slavery, traces the westward migration of African-Americans, and describes the era of Roosevelt's New Deal and the Works Project Administration. A brief history of each of these topics sets the stage and provides context for the materials in the collection.