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Black History

Black History Month Logo African American Student Services Logo Culturally Relevant Logo
Celebration Videos
Black History Timeline
 
  • 1441-The first enslaved Africans
  • 1517-Black slavery in the New World
  • 1793-Fugitive Slave Act
  • 1831-Nat Turner’s Revolt
  • 1857-Slavery legalized in all US territories
  • 1865-13th Amendment abolished slavery
  • 1868-14th Amendment citizenship, civil legal rights
  • 1870-15th Amendment right to vote
  • 1896-Separate But Equal
  • 1909-NAACP Founded
  • 1920-Harlem Renaissance
  • 1936-Jesse Owens Wins at Olympic Games
  • 1948-President Truman integrates Armed Forces
  • 1967-Marriage bans found unconstitutional
  • 1963-March on Washington
  • 1964-Civil Rights Act
  • 1965-Malcolm X Shot to Death
  • 1965-Voting Rights Act
  • 1968- MLK Assassinated
  • 1995-Million Man March
  • 2008-Barack Obama U.S. President
  • 2021-Kamala Harris U.S. Vice President
Notable Figures
Nationally Recognized
Frederick Douglass

Arizona Contributors
Buffalo Soldiers

 
·¬ÇÑÊÓƵapp's Own
Betty Liggins

From Our Schools
Dr. Lamond B. Preston

Parent Resources
-Books (Coretta Scott King Award winners)

-Family Activities

-Video Lessons

-Make your own...(exp. mancala)

-Landmarks (for family trips)

-Test Your Knowledge

-Famous Firsts

-Black History Social Media Sites

Teacher Resources
Lessons K-12
-Famous African Americans

-Activity Ideas

-Art (to color)


-Online Teacher Resources


-Guidelines for Teaching

-Discussion Questions


 
Student Resources
-Read a Book

- Our skin

-Virtual Museums/POP


-Games (Crossword, Matching, True/False, etc)


-In the News


-Bitesize History

-Role Models


14th Annual African American Youth Heritage Day
Dr. Tonya Strozier hugs her son while other speakers smile.
Two speakers, a woman and a man dressed in bright blue hoodies, smile by the microphone.
Students in the audience clap.
One of the speakers animatedly points at the crowd of students
The crowd of students cheers while holding up their arms and phones.