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- African American soldiers
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.10
- After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, some 180,000 African American soldiers fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.
- Format: article
- African American Moravian log church
- This small log church was built in Salem, North Carolina in 1823 as the Moravian church for African Americans. In 1861, the African American congregation moved to a larger brick church.
- Format: image/photograph
- African American school, Forsyth County
- Circa 1870 photo of the first school for African Americans in Forsyth County. The school was built near Salem in 1867 on Moravian lands south of Salem Creek.
- Format: image/photograph
- Race in her lifetime
- In this lesson, students will use oral histories to trace the life of Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Montford Point Marine Museum
- Visit this museum which preserves the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, African American Marines who served with courage and pride from 1942 to 1949.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- YMI Cultural Center
- This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers. It also offers art classes to all age groups.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- African American Cultural Complex
- Originally named Black Heritage Park, the African American Cultural Complex celebrates the outstanding contributions made by African-Americans.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Diggs Gallery Of Winston Salem State University
- This university art gallery specializes in African and African-American art.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Wilmington Race Riot
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.3
- In November 1898, on the heels of the state Democratic Party's white supremacy campaign, violence broke out in Wilmington. A white mob burned the offices of a black newspaper and killed at least twenty-five African Americans.
- Format: article
- The African American State Fair
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.10
- For several years in the late nineteenth century, African American farmers held their own state fair in Raleigh to showcase improvements in agriculture.
- Format: article
- By Jim L. Sumner.
- John Chavis
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.10
- John Chavis (1762?–1838), a free African American living in North Carolina, was a widely respected minister and teacher with long-reaching influence on both whites and African Americans.
- Format: biography
- Civil rights protests and dilemmas
- In this lesson students explore well-known civil rights protests then listen to two oral histories of individuals who protested in their own way to promote equality for African Americans. Students specifically will consider personal risks involved in protest.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities
- In this lesson, students will listen to three oral histories that shed light on political and personal reactions toward the 1954 Supreme Court ruling Brown versus Board of Education. Includes a teacher's guide as well as the oral history audio excerpts and transcripts.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln
- Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.
- Format: image/photograph
- Welcoming the troops home
- African-American families line the streets of New York to celebrate the homecoming of the 369th Army infantry unit in 1919.
- Format: image/photograph
- Dressing for the Carnival
- Painting by Winslow Homer (1836–1910), 1877, shows an African American man being helped with preparation for a carnival by two women. In 1875, Homer made studies of African Americans around Petersburg, Virginia, and this painting may be one of several based...
- Format: image/painting
- Slave auction at Richmond, Virginia
- Wood engraving shows an African American woman being auctioned off in front of crowd of men.
- Format: image/illustration
- African Americans get the vote in eastern North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.9
- After the Civil War, African American communities in eastern North Carolina, having already tasted freedom during the war, were ready to fight for political rights.
- Format: article
- Comparing proverbs
- The lesson will feature comparisons of American and African proverbs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pat Chancer.
- Slave ship
- This drawing of African slaves stacked in a ship's hold appeared in Thomas Clarkson's 1808 book The History of the Rise, Progress, & Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament.
- Format: image/illustration
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