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Integrating Technology: Primary Source Crowdsourcing Campaigns

May 6, 2019 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

By the People is a Library of Congress project that invites anyone to transcribe, review, and tag digitized images of manuscripts and typed materials from the Library’s collections. This is a great literacy activity for students. Come check it out by clicking the links below! By the People Campaigns Anna E. Dickinson Branch Rickey: Changing the Game Carrie Chapman Catt Civil War Soldiers: "Disabled Not Disheartened Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield Elizabeth Cady … [Read more...]

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Primary Source Spotlight: NAACP

February 18, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

Curated set of primary sources and other resources related to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom primary source set, includes teacher's guide NAACP image set Historical newspaper coverage National Negro Committee 1910 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People articles from the Broad Ax 1895-1922 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Oral … [Read more...]

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Primary Source Spotlight: Black Women’s Clubs

March 24, 2015 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

In the late nineteenth century black women organized to bolster their communities by undertaking educational, philanthropic and welfare activities.¹ National Association of Colored Women reports, articles & other texts National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs historical newspaper coverage National Association of Colored Women's Clubs website Negro Women’s Clubs historical newspaper coverage African-American women’s clubs in Chicago 1890-1920 Illinois Periodicals … [Read more...]

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Today in History: Mary Church Terrell

September 23, 2011 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

Today in History–September 23–the Library of Congress features Mary Church Terrell, born on this day in 1863. One of the first African American women to graduate from college, Terrell worked as an educator, political activist, and first president of the National Association of Colored Women. Learn more by visiting the Today in History section and clicking the links below. Mary Church Terrell primary source set Mary Church Terrell Papers Mary Church Terrell: Advocate for African … [Read more...]

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