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Black History Month

Visit the Adult
Black History Month
Virtual Gallery.

Black History Month

If you are viewing the Virtual Gallery from home, you will need your Orange County resident library card to use some of the resources.

Library Online Resources

 

African American Song
Listen to African-American folk, jazz, blues, and gospel music in this online music listening service.

InfoTrac Kids Edition
This fun and easy database can be used to search Black History Month topics for elementary students.

Smithsonian Global Sound Music Library
This collection of music features over 3,000 African-American songs.

World Book
Search with the phrase "black history" to find articles, pictures, Web sites, and more information to use for your reports.

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Library Materials

 

Children's Black History Reads
Celebrate black history and check out our kids reading list recommended by library staff.

Teen's Black History Reads
Check out our Teen Black History Month reading list recommended by library staff.

More Kids Books
Read about the heroes who made change happen.

More Black History Books
Travel back in time to the not so distant past to learn about the spirit and perseverance of blacks in America.

African-American Poetry for Kids
Read some fabulous poetry written by African-Americans.

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Web Sites


African American World for Kids is a site from PBS, where you can play games, send e-cards and meet other kids.

AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer has lessons, Web Quests, and information for teachers and librarians. This site introduces six links about African-American History for classroom learning, African-American events and issues, an interactive treasure hunt, and quizzes.

Biography.com offers biographies on notable men and women, videos, a quote matching game, and an interactive timeline. Discover creative ideas and tools for bringing black history into the classroom.

Encyclopędia Britannica Online includes timelines, biographies, and source documents among other items of interest.

Everything Preschool has black history songs, art, games, coloring pages, and more in this fun and helpful preschool-themed site.

History.com gives you access to videos of memorable events and great speeches. Don't miss the Maps and Related Exhibits.

Infoplease.com provides troves of information; from black history to contemporary issues. Find biographies of 500 notable African-Americans, famous firsts, quotes, list of scientists and inventors, as well as quizzes for kids.

Poets.org features poets, poems, audio, essays, books, and schools and movements related to black history.

Scholastic.com introduces famous African-Americans. Listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with the interactive timeline.

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