Connect the Dots 101

Africa is the birthplace of civilization.

Its landmass is more than 3 times that of the United States or Europe.

African civilization predates recorded history. Its roots are planted in oral histories and the archeology and legends of antiquity.

Africa and Africans were known to the Egyptians and the Greeks.

Africa has been home to thousands of cultures and societies, from the little-known and long-forgotten to the heralded civilizations of Nubia and the expansive medieval empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai.

Africans are an ancient and diverse people.

Black History Resources

Online:

Carter G.Woodson Home:

https://www.nps.gov/cawo/index.htm

National Museum of African American History and Culture:

https://nmaahc.si.edu/

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:

https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg

Slavery and Remembrance: A Guide to Sites, Museums and Memories:

http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0032

Slave Voyages: Explore the Origins and Forced Relocations of Enslaved Africans Across the Atlantic World:

https://www.slavevoyages.org/

Interactive Map of Slave Voyages:

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – Database

3-D Videos of Slaving Vessels:

3D Videos of Slaving Vessels

Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora:

http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/page/welcome

Text: (To understand the controversy over the 1619 Project)

The 1619 Project (preface), Hannah-Jones, Nikole.