Death of Martin Luther King Jr.: A Proclamation This is Lyndon B. Johnson's proclamation after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Use...		William Edward Burghardt DuBois Article about prominent African American W.E.B. DuBois, including related Web sites, and a...
Harry Truman's Executive Order: 9981 Read Truman's Executive order, which ended segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces.		Encyclopedia of Prominent African-Americans Use this encyclopedia to learn about the contributions of African-Americans throughout history....
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial...		Drylongso In this story a family facing drought turns to a stranger, Drylongso, for help.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life This brief biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. can be used with the Civil Rights Leader lesson...		Orphan Boy This African legend tells the tale of an elderly Maasai man who gets help from an unlikely...
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Little Rock Response The text of Eisenhower's speech concerning desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.		Web Research: Lesson 2 Lesson 2 in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet for research...
Pictorial Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Life This pictorial timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's life covers the major events in the life of...		Ideas for Black History Month Field Trips Discover a list of places you and your students could photograph for inclusion in the Black...
Abraham Lincoln's House Divided Speech The full text of Lincoln's speech denouncing the United States' division over slavery.		Marian Wright Edelman Learn more about Marian Wright Edelman, social activist and founder of the Children's Defense...
Famous Mathematicians Discover a list of some of the great mathematicians through history. It offers dates, ethnic...		Site of the Boston Massacre View the site of the Boston Massacre, where Crispus Attucks was the first man killed in the...
Amendments to the Constitution: Voting Each of these amendments broadened the number of citizens in the U.S. with the right to vote.		Old South Meeting House Photo of the Old South Meeting House in Boston; Phillis Wheatley was a member of the...
Benjamin Banneker Fact Sheet Distribute an article that details the life and legacy of Benjamin Banneker, a prominent...		66 Phillips Street/86 Pinckney Street Both of these houses were occupied by abolitionists and African-American families in the 1800s.