[Publib] Primary Sources - African-American Heritage Month

[Carole Bos]

Stories with hundreds of embedded primary sources, referenced in this overview, http://www.awesomestories.com/Newsletters/African-American%20Heritage%20Month.htm  are provided to assist educators, students and library patrons as they commemorate African-American Heritage Month.  Some of the topics are:  Slave narratives, Jim Crow laws, the underground railroad and Frederick Douglass.  Two hours of video footage, of the Civil Rights Movement, are also linked. 

All the resources are freely available to schools, libraries and educators by requesting group access with this form.  https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=group_signup   It is also free, through February, for students and their parents, library patrons and members of the general public.  Select an individual password with this form.  https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=individual_signup  A privacy policy http://www.awesomestories.com/content/privacy.shtml is strictly enforced.  

Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu