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This section contains activities and resources related to African-Americans in history. This section provides narrative biographies of famous African-American figures in American history. This section contains numerous online and printable literacy activities on famous African-Americans in history. Use the filters on the left side to isolate ...
Sep 7, 2016 · Biographies about Famous “Firsts”. Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First Female Firefighter by Dianne Ochiltree. In 1818, firefighting volunteers are sick with the flu and cannot extinguish the fire in a house. The cook for the firehouse helps to stop the fire and saves the day! Fly High!
Aug 5, 2020 · Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jennings, other exceptional innovators. During slavery, most black slaves were denied formal education and in fact many laws were passed in the South prohibiting slave literacy in the aftermath of various slave rebellions. Even free blacks in the century before and after the Civil War were limited in their access to ...
Black history is the story of African Americans in the United States and elsewhere. Learn about Black History Month, Black leaders, the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and more.
By Debra Michals, PhD | 2015. At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Born on September 8, 1954, Bridges was the oldest of five children for Lucille and Abon Bridges, farmers in Tylertown ...
Dec 12, 2020 · Mary McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875–May 18, 1955) Mary McLeod Bethune was an African American educator and civil rights leader best known for her work co-founding the Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. Born into a sharecropping family in South Carolina, the young Bethune had a zest for learning from her earliest days.
