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Zora Neale Hurston was an American anthropologist, writer, folklorist, and strong influencer and advocate for the African-American community in the early 1900s.

Lesson plans: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/clas-resources/media/Zora%20Neale%20Hurston%20Oral%20Histories%20Lesson%20Guide.pdf

Biography video: https://www.biography.com/video/zora-neale-hurston-american-folklorist-15039555667

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Introduction: Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer.
Lesson Plans: https://study.com/academy/lesson/ernest-everett-just-lesson-for-kids-facts-biography.html
Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUM0vb-ZaI

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introduction: Mae Carol Jamison was not only the first African-American woman in space, she also wrote several books, and earned several awards for her work.

lesson plan: https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/who-is-mae-jemison/
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/tCMJW-auEhE

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introduction: Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player
LESSON PLAN:
youtube video: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=short+videos+about+magic+jonhson&view=detail&mid=B4E44C84ABAFF6E68A7AB4E44C84ABAFF6E68A7A&FORM=VIRE

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Introduction:
She was the first black woman to get a Pulitzer Prize at that time.
Lesson Plan: https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/gbrooks
Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZ6KTLN7O8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVfLwZ6jes

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Introduction: On October 31, 1950, 21-year-old Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
Lesson Plan:  https://kidskonnect.com/people/earl-lloyd/
Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFXfo-BciR0

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Larry Neal was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in the year 1937. He moved to Philadelphia and was raised there. He had been a strong leader of the art movements in the 1960s.
Lesson plan: https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1195&context=independent-studies
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-WHvpAa3o

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Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor.
Lesson Plan: https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/morrison
Video: https://www.biography.com/video/toni-morrison-mini-biography-2176629591

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Introduction: Maya Angelou was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM-ADP_5wkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q

Lesson Plan: https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/maya-angelou

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Introduction:
Banneker was a Mathematician, an Astronomer, an inventor, a surveyor, and a farmer.

Lesson Plan: http://bbamath.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Benjamin-Banneker-Lessons-.pdf

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKnwyVR4P88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0K0bE2Hes

Photo:

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Intro: Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer who was appointed as an associate justice in 1967 becoming the first African American to do it.
Lesson Plan: https://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/thurgood-marshall/all?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0pfzBRCOARIsANi0g0s0F21pcDsEqo_XuDN2QbkQGuB
Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UtxSIXr5yM

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Introduction:
She is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author.
Lesson Plans: https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/who-is-angela-davis/

Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSIm2RXN4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2BIZy0HScM

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Introduction: Garret Augustus Morgan was an African-American inventor, businessman, and community leader.
Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0IyiYRq-ns

Lesson Plan:

https://www.theclassroom.com/the-history-of-logging-equipment-13636611.html

https://www.scribd.com/doc/307994677/garrett-morgan-lesson

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Madam C.J. Walker was an American entrepreneur, and innovative inventor  responsible for creating the first specialized African-American women's hair-care products in America.

Lesson Plans:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/walker.html

Biography Video:
https://www.biography.com/video/madam-cj-walker-mini-biography-2194755620

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Intro: James Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist.
Lesson Plan:  https://nhpbs.org/kn/vs/americanlitjamesbaldwin.asp
Youtube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBh9GqFU3A

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Frederick Douglas was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtKY4bLUxC0

Lesson Plan:

https://edsitement.neh.gov/curricula/courage-freedom-frederick-douglasss-1845-autobiography

https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c5a9ff35-f215-4674-8bbc-784f2a6ac2e5/frederick-douglass/#.Xl1wlS2ZNQI

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Truth was an activist who supported many causes throughout her life. She faced just as many troubles as many people she influenced.
Lesson plan: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/americon-lp-sojourner-truth/sojourner-truth/#.XmkRCiUpCEc

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrVek_dWsmg

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Mary Jackson worked during the space age. She had been the first African American female to work as an engineer at NASA.

Lesson plan: https://journeysinfilm.org/download/hidden-figures-curriculum-guide/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpRDtnT_LXY

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Introduction: Muhammad Ali was a black boxer, olympic gold medalist, philanthropist, and social activist who is very heavily regraded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century and in history as well.

Lesson Plans: https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/americon-lp-muhammad-ali/lesson-plan/#.XmexwC2ZNQI

Video:
https://time.com/3646214/muhammad-ali-dead-obituary/

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Introduction:
Jackie Robinson was a professional American baseball player, and the first African-African to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

Lesson Plans:

https://www.education.com/activity/article/jackie-robinson-baseball-card/

http://adayinfirstgrade.com/2015/02/quick-grab-a-lesson-jackie-robinson-freebie.html

Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMwBhkxBv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX3tv9uKj1I

Photo:

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Introduction: Dorothy Jean Dandrige was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gmrwL9xTkk

Lesson Plan:

http://thedoctorlane.com/2017/02/lesson-plan-black-women-in-film/

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Introduction: After being kidnapped from West Africa and enslaved in Boston Phillis Wheatley became the first African American to publish a book of poetry in 1773.

Lesson Plans:
https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/wheatley

Video:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/phillis-wheatley-african-poetry-in-america.html

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Introduction: Alice Malsenior Walker wrote many books, short stories and poems about the way African-Americans were treated.
Lesson plan: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/author-alice-walker-born-20676.html#description

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/JJR86ncuMgE

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Ella Fitzgerald was a legendary American jazz singer known throughout the whole world for her wide range and mellow voice that touched the hearts of her fans and the world.

Lesson Plan:
https://www.lookwerelearning.com/ella-fitzgerald-biography-mini-unit/

Biography Video:
https://www.biography.com/video/ella-fitzgerald-uplifting-voice-16629827713

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Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen.

Lesson Plan: https://kidskonnect.com/people/marsha-p-johnson/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pADsuuPd79E

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Harriet Tubman was an African-American hero and slave abolitionist who helped hundreds of enslaved people escape and gain their freedom through the underground railroads.

Lesson Plan:
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/cfc4c33c-b576-43f5-916b-5f1752742ab4/harriet-tubman/#.XmclFy2ZNQI

Biography Video:
https://www.biography.com/video/harriet-tubman-mini-biography-490929731687

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Introduction: As a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle 'Challenger' in 1983, Guion S. Bluford was the first African American to go into space.

Lesson Plans:
https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/teaching-guides/meet-four-pioneering-african-american-astronauts/Meet%20Four%20Pioneering%20African%20American%20Astronauts_Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Video:
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/bluford_1st_african_amer.html

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Ida B. Wells had been an African American journalist and feminist who had helped lead an anti-lynching crusade.
Lesson Plan: https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/before-rosa-parks-ida-b-wells
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7TUBvbgrI

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Josephine Baker was a talented American-French singer/dancer known throughout Europe for her audacious performances, and a civil rights/anti-segregation advocate in the early 1900s.
Lesson Plan: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Josephine-Baker-a-reading-for-intermediate-French-learners-2820930
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTrBlsBLXeg

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Introduction: A slave who became a successful plantation owner, Blanche Kelso Bruce was the second African American to serve in the United States Senate,and he was also the first to be elected to a full term.

Lesson Plans:
https://padlet.com/jozie_buchanan/swwo9u6ctb3v

Video:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?455850-2/african-american-senators

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introduction: Booker was born in slavery 1856 in Virginia, worked on agriculture Institute

lesson plan https://www.nps.gov/bowa/learn/education/lessonplansandteacherguides.htm
YouTube video: https://www.bing.com/search?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJlk_QWOE1Q&form=IPRV10

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Introduction

He was born in 1745, no one really knows where was he actually born. Some people say he was born in London other people say he was born in Nigeria. He was the kid who got kidnapped at the age of 11. https://study.com › academy › lesson › the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-e...

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Introduction:Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis.
Lesson Plan:

https://kidskonnect.com/people/althea-gibson/
Video:https://www.biography.com/video/althea-gibson-mini-biography-2192487634

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Introduction:
Sarah Boone was an African-American inventor who was awarded a patent for the ironing board.

Lesson Plan:https://www.teachervision.com/black-history-month/sarah-boone-coloring-page
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHwsaq0KzY

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Born May 29, 1899, in Washington D.C, Edward Kennedy Ellington was a composer, pianist, and bandleader throughout his 50 year career.

Lesson Plan: https://www.teachervision.com/music-styles/learning-through-duke

youtube video: https://youtu.be/qDQpZT3GhDg

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Introduction

She was the first black woman to work on NASA. She was a mathematic. She is the lady who was so good at the computers and help NASA with the computers.
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JTa3zRGxZw
informationhttps://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography

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Introduction: Was a chemist who helped in the formation of therapeutic. was elected as the third President of North Carolina College.
lesson plan:

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introduction: Robert Smalls was a slave who became a hero for the Union, or North, in the American Civil War. He later served in the U.S. Congress.

lesson plan: https://www.tes.com/lessons/XoDf40eRjgcA0Q/robert-smalls-by-tayanita-jennings
youtube video: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+video+about+robert+smalls&&view=detail&mid=0FF44C454B931E4D6B070FF44C454B931E4D6B07&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dyoutube%2Bvideo%2Babout%2Brobert%2Bsmalls%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

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Introduction: Wilma Rudloph was born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, on June 23, 1940, with a disability, where she had to wear a brace on her left leg. She is best known for becoming the first Africa-American women to win three gold medals in track and field at only a single olympic game.
Lesson Plans:

https://www.biography.com/athlete/wilma-rudolph

http://www.myfreshplans.com/2018/05/wilma-rudolph/
Short Videos:

https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/the-unbelievable-story-of-wilma-rudolph/

https://www.si.com/olympics/video/2019/02/06/unsung-heroes-wilma-rudolph-might-never-walk-again-made-olympic-history

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Introduction: Marie Maynard Daly is an American biochemist, and was the first Black American woman in the United States that earned a Ph.D in chemistry. Her work helped clarify how the human body works.
Lesson plans:

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-daly

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/marie-maynard-daly.html
Short Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSHglQNO50

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Introduction: Shirley Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known as the first black congresswoman that represented New York State in the House of Representatives for seven terms.
Lesson Plans:

https://www.biography.com/political-figure/shirley-chisholm

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87244/12-facts-about-shirley-chisholm-first-african-american-run-president
Short Videos:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/12/05/shirley-chisholm-statue-orig-mg.cnn

https://library.cscc.edu/whm/shirleychisholm

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Introduction: Henry Tanner was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on June 21st 1859, he then found passion for painting. He ended up as the first African-American male to gain international fame for his painting.
Lesson Plans:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/american-art-wwii/a/tanner-banjo-lesson

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1919.html
Short Videos:

https://www.museumofthebible.org/book/minutes/550

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXn0hscGdA