OERs, online resources, etc.
- 8 Seconds: Black Cowboys in AmericaPhotographer Ivan McClellan’s collection of rodeo photographs, 8 Seconds: Black Cowboys in America, explores the real and mythic concepts of the “cowboy” and the diversity within this iconic group of American figures. The modules below take students through an introduction, Black and Native rodeo, photography, and stories from 8 Seconds.
- Documenting the American SouthDocumenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
- Rediscovering the Stories of Self-Liberating People A database of fugitives from American SlaveryFreedom on the Move is a database of fugitives from North American slavery. With the advent of newspapers in the American colonies, enslavers posted “runaway ads” to try to locate fugitives. Additionally, jailers posted ads describing people they had apprehended in search of the enslavers who claimed the fugitives as property.
- The 1619 ProjectThe 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
- Learning for Justice: Teaching Hard History: American SlaveryTeaching Hard History resources for middle and high school educators include our popular 6–12 framework, as well as student-facing videos and primary source texts. Educators will also find teaching tools and professional development resources.
- Understanding Slavery Initiative (UK)This website aims to support those teaching and learning about Transatlantic Slavery and its legacies using museum and heritage collections.