Project Documents
- African American History Course Syllabus Discover all you will be learning in this class!
- The Spook who sat by the door Essay Essay assignment information here!
WPHS Library Catalog
Historical Newspapers
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers Search newspapers dating back to 1851
US History in Context
HINTS for U.S. History in Context database
Use the "browse topics" function on the top left corner to help you come up with ideas.
When you find a topic, use the Related Subjects box on the right side to find similar topics
Search specific decades (i.e. 1760s, 1790s, etc.) to find reference articles, biographies, images, case law and more from the selected time period.
Topic suggestions:
- Pre-Revolutionary America from 1763 to 1775
- American Revolution
- Quest for Religious Freedom in Early America
- Great Awakening
- French and Indian War
- The Boston Massacre Trials
Readings
- Color-Blind Policy, Color-Conscious Morality Ta-Nehisi Coates critiques President Obama's public stance on racism.
- DPLA: The Great Migration Primary Sources from the Digital Public Library of America
The Great Depression
- WPA The African American Mosaic From The Library of Congress
The Great Recession
- Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines
From the Pew Research Center - The Crisis in Black Home Ownership
From Jamelle Bouie at Slate
Videos
Identity in Black and White
- Question Bridge "Question Bridge is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of black men from diverse and contending backgrounds and creates a platform for them to represent and redefine black male identity in America."
- Whiteness Project "Whiteness Project is an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, understand and experience their race."
- On Being with Krista Tippett "On Being is a Peabody Award-winning public radio conversation and podcast, a Webby Award-winning website and online exploration, a publisher and public event convener. On Being opens up the animating questions at the center of human life: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live? "
This American Life
Films
Tools
- Piktochart "An easy infographic design app that requires very little effort to produce beautiful, high quality graphics."
- Canva Amazingly Simple Graphic Design
States with Jim Crow Laws
"States with Jim Crow Laws." Amendment XV: Race and the Right to Vote. Ed. Jeff Hay. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009.
Constitutional Amendments: Beyond the Bill of Rights. U.S. History in Context. Web. 1 May 2015.
Books
The New Jim Crow by ISBN: 1595581030Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Forty Million Dollar Slaves by ISBN: 9780307353146Publication Date: 2007-07-24
Between the World and Me by ISBN: 9780812993547Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Disintegration by ISBN: 0385526547Publication Date: 2010-10-05
Citation Machine for your Bibliography
African American History
- Image Collection from Library of Congress Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee
