PBS presents a modern article, written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., titled, "The Truth Behind '40 Acres and a Mule,'" which examines…
PBS provides a video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross series, which explains the origins of the phrase “Forty…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History presents a historical illustration, drawn by Lucius Stebbins, that depicts a…
The New York Public Library features a bulleted, biographical profile on Robert Smalls- a formerly enslaved man who later became a…
Note: Original source, date and author unknown. Source states the biography was created and published between May 13, 1862 -…
DocsTeach presents a lesson plan, written by the National Archives Education Team, that aims to engage students in the evaluation…
Black History in Two Minutes presents a 2-minute video on Robert Smalls and his naval escape from slavery. Harvard Professor,…
Note: Racial epithets used in the accompanying primary sources.Khan Academy presents a lesson plan that aims to engage students in…
The New York Public Library Digital Collections presents a historical illustration that depicts President Andrew Johnson…
Facing History & Ourselves presents a lesson plan, written by an unknown author, that engages students in the decisions made…
The American Battlefield Trust provides an article, writer unknown, that offers a comprehensive historical account on…
The National Park Service provides a video narration of a personal account of the significance of Mitchelville - one of the first…
The History Workshop provides a comprehensive lesson plan that helps students understand the Union occupation of Hilton Head…
The History Workshop provides a lesson plan that introduces students to the history of Mitchelville, one of the first…
The History Workshop provides a lesson plan that introduces students to the history of Mitchelville- one of the first…