Multimedia and Electronic Resources for Black History Month
There are an increasing number of multimedia and electronic resources available for use during Black History Month. What follows is only a sampling.
We provide these links as a service to visitors and urge that you use discernment in checking the quality and adequacy of the content of each site. Please note that the Center for Worship Resourcing does not necessarily endorse any of the links listed on its webpages.
- A View of Black History — A Texas church has found a unique way to teach kids about African-American history and the civil rights movement. The lessons shine through 53 stained-glass windows.
- African American World — a multimedia approach to African American History from PBS
- The African Apostles: Did You Know? from Christian History Magazine -- The rapidity of Africa's twentieth-century baptism was stunning. There's no better place to see the future of the global church.
- Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery — a collection of images, stories, biographies, documents, and commentaries from PBS
- BlackandChristian.Com — a voice for the African American religious experience
- Bound for Canaan — the spiritual journey of Africans in America, from Christian History Magazine.
Please note that only previews are given of articles in this issue. - Frontline: Two Nations of Black America — Thirty years after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, Black America has both the largest middle class and the largest underclass in its history. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the questions surrounding this phenomenon.
- "In Motion: The African American Migration Experience" Beginning with the migrations of Africans from Mexico in the 1500's, this interactive study details the "self-motivated" actions of peoples of African descent.
- Leave No Child Behind is a longstanding program of the Children's Defense Fund. Hear Marion Wright Edelman's speech on the topic at the 2002 United Methodist Women's Assembly
- Resources for Special Days in the Black Church — a downloadable ecumenical resource from the National Council of Churches
- The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords — an interactive history of journalism in the African American community, from PBS
- The History Channel's Celebration of Black History Month
- This Far by Faith — an examination of the African American religious experience for the past three hundred years (PBS).
Please note the links to download transcripts of all six episodes. - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hosts a number of collections, archives, and materials about Black culture.
- Wonders of the African World — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes us on a journey to discover African history and culture (PBS)
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