Ways to Celebrate Black History Month

Here are some sites and resources for celebrating the important history and contributions of Blacks.

1. Check out some videos on Black history, such as "The Black West" or "Abubakari: The Explorer King of Mali". These are recipients of the Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Association, Telly Award. http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1&sid=3pe3@C01DJcq0@p-30103109
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Including comprehensive support materials, 16 reproducible cross-
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2. Get some celebrate diversity life savers and other multicultural
celebration aids such as education posters, tshirts and videos: http:
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3. Multigenerational celebrating with songs, books. http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/february.html

4. Take the Black past quiz: http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-4888,00.html?relinks

5.The African-American Mosaic, A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black history & culture, including ex-slave narratives: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

Read about inventions made by Blacks: http://www.everythingpreschool.com hemes/blackhistory/list.htm

Did you know Alfred Benjamin invented stainless steel pads; John A. Burr invesnted the lawn mower; George Carruthers invented the image converter radiation detector; L.F. Brown invented the horse bridle bit; and Sarah Boone invented the ironing board?

7. Go to the Harlem Renaissance Page: http://www.jeannepasero.com/harlem.html

8. African Americans in the Visual Arts: http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/
library/aavaahp.htm

9. Archives of African American Music and Culture selected list of Internet resources for African American Music: http://www.indiana.edu /~aaamc/websites.html

10. A wonderful link with profiles of prominent Blacks: http://www.who2.com/blackhistory.html

Read about Marian Anderson, contralto; Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer; Wilma Rudolph, Olympia sprinter; Sidney Poitier, Oscar-award winning actor; Maya Angelou, poet; George Washington Carver, inventor, and other important Black figures in our history.

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