African Americans

Finishing the Dream

Finishing the Dream: Learning from the Civil Rights Era offers videos from NBC news stories about the Civil Rights movement from 1954 – 1968, as well as interviews with significant figures in the movement about progress made since then.

National African American History

The National Park Service invites you to meet some of the people and visit some of the historic places where African Americans have shaped our nation.  For teachers, there are lesson plans to enliven classroom discussions.