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Resources on the African American Experience

475 minutes

11 Items

A historical drawing of a coastal fortification with ships and people on the shore.

Origins of the Slave Trade

Essay

2178 Words

Is the Constitution a Proslavery Document?

Activity

40 Min

Document from 1793, detailing a resolution and signatures including John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

Belinda Sutton, Petition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1783

Activity

40 Min

A historical illustration depicting a group of enslaved individuals in a field, with labor tools and children present.

Methods of Slave Resistance DBQ

Lesson

1 Activities

80 Min

Men gathered in an office of the Freedmen's Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee, discussing assistance and support.

O. O. Howard and the Freedmen’s Bureau

Essay

1957 Words

Historical illustration of the celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment with a parade and various attendees.

To What Extent Did American Principles Become a Reality for African Americans during Reconstruction?

Activity

40 Min

Black and white portraits of two distinguished men in formal attire, facing each other against a textured background.

Debating Strategies for Change: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

Lesson

2 Activities

65 Min

Plessy v. Ferguson | BRI’s Homework Help Series

Video

5 Min

An African American man drinks from a water fountain labeled Colored.

Jim Crow and Progressivism

Essay

2618 Words

Political cartoon depicting violence, oppression, and racial themes, featuring a shield and symbolic figures.

The KKK during Reconstruction vs. the KKK in the 1920s

Lesson

85 Min

Rosa Parks sits outside. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in the background.

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Essay

2316 Words