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Slavery / Underground Railroad
Slavery
SlaveVoyages.org
Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery | America's Black Holocaust Museum |
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938 (Primary source from the Library of Congress)
Slavery and the Making of America (PBS mini-series)
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery (PBS mini-series)
Voices of the Slave Trade [National Endowment for the Humanities]
Gilder Lehrman Center for the study of Slavery, Resistance, & Abolition (Especially see Amistad material)
Amistad Case (U.S. National Archives)
Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress)
Black Loyalists | More Black Loyalist History (Loyal to the Crown of England, that is. Fought with the British during the American Revolution.) |
Fugitive Slave Acts [History.com] | More Fugitive Slave Acts [Britannica.com] |
North American Slave Narratives
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Sojourner Truth Institute | Harriet Tubman | Frederick Douglass |
Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
I Will Be Heard! Abolitionism in America
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad [National Parks Service]
Underground Railroad & Canada
Underground Railroad novel [alternate history / historical fiction National Book Award finalist]
Juneteenth (June 19, 1865)
Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating new federal holiday commemorating end of slavery in U.S.
By Kevin Breuninger, CNBC.com | June 17, 2021 9:41 AM EDT UPDATED June 17, 2021 5:29 PM EDT |
What's open and closed on Juneteenth? What to know about mail delivery, schools and more
By Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today | June 17, 2022 2:34 PM ET |
LOCAL IN-PERSON CELEBRATIONS
Juneteenth Houston.org | More Juneteenth Celebrations in the Greater Houston/Harris County area |
Juneteenth Music Festival (Emancipation Park
When: Jun. 15 from 4 PM to 9 PM)
Free admission
Discover the Best ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in Galveston The Birthplace of Juneteenth
The Juneteenth Legacy Project: Absolute Equality for All
Juneteenth (Handbook of Texas Online) |
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (PBS) | FreedmensBureau.com |
Remembering Jim Crow | Rise and Fall of Jim Crow [PBS series] |
War (including Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War II, etc.)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Houston Parades:
46th Annual Original MLK Jr. Parade Downtown Houston (Jan. 15, 2024) (Black Heritage Society)
30th Annual MLK Grande Parade in Midtown Houston (Jan. 15, 2024)
"...on March 10, 1968—the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King gave his "The Other America" speech to supporters participating in a celebratory "Salute to Freedom," organized by the Local 1199 in New York City. The Local 1199 was a union consisting largely of African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other people of color."
"The Other America" speech, given March 10, 1968 [full text].
MLK Day of Service (Jan. 15, 2024) | King Center |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (District of Columbia)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute (Stanford U.)
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
Martin Luther King Jr.: An Extraordinary Life (Seattle Times) | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net |
Civil Rights Movement Archive | Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) |
Separate Is Not Equal (Brown v. The Board Of Education) (Smithsonian) |
Rosa Parks: How I Fought For Civil Rights (Scholastic.com)
FreedomRidersFoundation.org | Sitting for Justice: Woolworth’s Lunch Counter (Smithsonian)|
Black Panther Party (History.com) | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
Malcolm X.com | Malcolm X (History.com) | Malcolm X (Brother Malcolm.net) |
Black America since MLK: And Still I Rise [Henry Louis Gates, JR./PBS] | Hutchins Center for African & African American Research (Harvard University) |
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