TEACHER RESOURCES
Book suggestions for further reading about black history, available at the New Brunswick Free Public Library. Fiction and nonfiction, for middle-grade, young adult, and adult. (Please note: the library does not level books; levels are not included on this list.)
In response to the domestic terrorist shooting that left 9 dead at Charleston, S.C.’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, Chad Williams (@Dr_ChadWilliams), Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University, initiated the creation of the "#CharlestonSyllabus," a compilation of readings relevant to the understanding of Black life and racial violence in America.
With the help of Kidada Williams (@KidadaEWilliams) and a hashtag initiative on Twitter, the following list was compiled and organized by AAIHS blogger Keisha N. Blain (@KeishaBlain) with the assistance of Melissa Morrone (@InfAgit), Ryan P. Randall (@foureyedsoul), and Cecily Walker(@skeskali) from the contributions of users around the Twitter universe.
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Teachers may find many readings appropriate for high school history students in their study of Black history in the U.S. Topics include, but are not limited to: slavery in the North as well as the South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, White identity and supremacy, the African-American female experience, and more.
Find more information on the history of Christ Church across almost three centuries, notable for its Black Heritage Committee and annual Black Heritage Celebration.
This resource collects the histories of African-Americans and relevant places from New Jersey.
The New Jersey Department of Education’s Amistad Commission is a host of resources that document the history and contributions of African-Americans. They feature curriculum that is available for free to New Jersey’s educators.
This resource contains information on researching genealogy as well as a curated collection of links, videos, books, and more about African-American history.