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“Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of Black Queerness in Music
How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s?
Grade Level
12
Teaching Standard
D2.His.1.9-12

Continued Segregation In Our Education System
How did Brown v. Board of Education impact school segregation among African Americans and across American society?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
27

Players and Runs for Homeplate
How did Black athletes resist racial discrimination and racial violence while playing their sport?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
27

International Ripples of the Civil Rights Movement
How has the Civil Rights movement impacted people outside the United States?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
AH3, AH27

The Black Fist Protests
Are Black Athlete protests effective at accomplishing social change?
Grade Level
9, 10
Teaching Standard
OLS.AH.27, OLS.AH.23

Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism
Why did the Cuban government sympathize with African Americans in the mid-late 1900s?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
USH 27, CWI 9

Black Americans and Education
How did African Americans protest the laws that prevented their formal education at mainstream white institutions and intended to prove their inferiority in the time period before the 1950s?
Grade Level
-
Teaching Standard
AH.12, AH.16, AH.18, AH.27

The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil Rights in Harlem 1964
The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil Rights in Harlem 1964
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
27

Black Women Breaking Barriers
What was the impact of Lucy, Hunter, and Malone on higher education?
Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Standard
4.H.2

The Significance of Black History
Why are discussions centered around racism and Black history important?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
12, 32

Don't Call it a Riot
What is the motivation for African American Uprisings?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
27

Black Communism
How did the American Communist Party collaborate with Black Activists to fight for economic and social justice during the 1930’s?
Grade Level
7
Teaching Standard
7, 16

Changing the Narrative
How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Standard
AH 12, AH 27, CWI 6