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February is Black History Month
Georgia Sea Island Singers Each year, the Smithsonian honors Black History Month with a calendar full of activities. Visit the Black History Month website each February for more information on the events in the Washington, DC area.
Black History Month Calendar
African American History and Culture
Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia Smithsonian: African American History and Culture features a wealth of information, including a list of links, exhibitions, and recommended readings.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Exploring African American Heritage at the Smithsonian
Girl with Glasses This free visitors guide and map lists exhibitions and works related to African American history and culture across the Smithsonian. Also included is a list of Smithsonian activities and programs designed especially for children. Guide
African American Highlights
African American Highlights Visit the African American Highlights section of the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Explore a selection of resources relating to African Americans from archival, library and specialized research collections across the Smithsonian.
African American Highlights from SIRIS
Guide to the Papers of African American Artisits
Sam Gilliam The Guide to the Papers of African American Artists explores the collections of the Archives of American Art that focus on the accomplishments, struggles, and contributions of African American artists. Among the collections in the Archives are the personal papers of more than seventy African American painters, sculptors, and printmakers from the late 19th century to the present, as well as more than seventy tape-recorded interviews of artists.
The Guide to the Papers of African American Artists
African American Inventors: A Bibliography
George Washington Carver The Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture offers a list of books and videos on African American inventors.
Reading List
The Art and Life of William H. Johnson
Ambulance on the Go by William Johnson This Smithsonian American Art Museum guide features lessons based on reproductions of William H. Johnson paintings. It includes a biography, a chronology, and other background material on the artist's life in the South, in Harlem, and abroad.
Guide
Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
African American Pilot This National Air and Space Museum online exhibition includes classroom activities for grades 5-12. The exhibition site itself provides background for the lessons.
Classroom Activities
Bibliography for Young Readers
Girl Laughing The Anacostia Museum's Office of Education offers reading lists for ages 3-10 and 10-up.
Reading Lists
The Harlem Renaissance: A Bibliography
Burned out by William Johnson The Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture offers a list of works by such figures as W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston.
Reading Lists
National Museum of African Art
Commemorative trophy head, Edo peoples The Education Programs page of the museum's website includes curriculum resources and a calendar of tours and special programs.
Education Programs


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