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Color screenprint on wove paper. Jacob Lawrence, Lou Stovall (printer), Toussaint at Ennery, 1989.

Afro-Atlantic Histories – Lessons & Activities from the National Gallery of Art

This resource presents a variety of artworks, from the 17th century to the present, that highlight the presence and experiences of Black communities across the Atlantic world (the relationships between people of the Americas, Africa, and Europe).

Image Credit: Jacob Lawrence, Lou Stovall (printer), Toussaint at Ennery, 1989, color screenprint on wove paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin, 1993.30.2.

Selected Resources

African American Soldiers and Civil Rights During WWI Analyzing a Letter to Congress About Bloody Sunday Analyzing Jackie Robinson's White House Letter Analyzing a Letter from Jackie Robinson: "Fair Play and Justice" Analyzing a Photograph of Jackie Robinson Black Soldiers in the Civil War The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Comparing and Contrasting the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment and General Order No. 3 Comparing Civil War Recruitment Posters Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War II Home Front The Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Coloring Book Examining Rosa Parks's Arrest Record Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat From Dred Scott to the Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change From Slavery to Juneteenth: Emancipation and Ending Enslavement How Effective were the Efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau? The Impact of Bloody Sunday in Selma Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces Juneteenth General Order Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Annie Davis Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Fight for Civil Rights The Meaning and Making of Emancipation eBook Oh Freedom! Sought Under the Fugitive Slave Act Responding to the Murder of Harry T. Moore
Documents relating the 1921 Tulsa Massacre:
Twelve Years a Slave U.S. v. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction We Shall Overcome: March on Washington Find primary sources on DocsTeach

National Park Service Education Portal
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
African American History Discover the Jackie Robinson Ballpark Lightning Lesson Discover the Mary Ann Shadd Cary House Lightning Lesson Discover Colonel Young's Protest Ride for Equality and Country Lightning Lesson Discover the African Burial Ground National Monument Lightning Lesson