The Jessup Family: A Free African American Household in Early NY, 1790–1830
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Black History Month
In recognition of Black History Month, the New York State Museum is offering educational resources and programs for classroom teachers, educators, and the public from our collections, exhibits, and research.
Statewide Black History Month Programming
Visit the Office of State History events page for a comprehensive list of Black History Month programs happening throughout New York State:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/state-history/notes/2021-...
Museum Resources and Research
Fifteenth Amendment: Educational Activities
This online guide includes several object-inquiry activities. By exploring primary source materials around the topic of national enfranchisement of Black American men through the ratification of the 15th Amendment, students will develop a better understanding of the context surrounding this important step in America’s history.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/fifteenth-amendment
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Address to the New York State Civil War Centennial Commission
View information and download educator guides designed to provide strategies and resources for teaching about the Civil Rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Schuyler Flatts Burial Ground
In 2005, the discovery of human remains during construction in Colonie, NY, offered a unique view of slavery in rural colonial America. Learn more about the history of the Schuyler Flatts Burial Ground.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/archaeology/bioarchaeology/research/schuyler-flatts-burial-ground
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow details the national story of the struggle for Black equality after the end of slavery and through the Jim Crow era. A link is provided to the Educator's Guide created by the New-York Historical Society website.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/black-citizenship-age-jim-crow
A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York in the First World War
The exhibition landing page provides links to the online exhibition, educator guides, and additional resources.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/spirit-sacrifice-new-york-state-first-world-war
Learn about the 369th Infantry Regiment, an African American division that fought in WWI.
https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/WWI/over-there.html#aef369
Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial
Read the biographies of notable African American suffragists including Sojourner Truth and Shirley Chisholm, and download related educational materials.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/votes-for-women
NYSM Videos
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