High School Resource Blacks in the Military by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on how African American’s served in WWII and how it helped the Civil Rights movement. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.8.6, SS.8.6.b.1, SS.8.6.b.2 and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

Middle School Resource The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War by Teaching With Documents Teaching with Documents contains teaching activities built upon primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States. This lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government. […]