Black History Month - African Heritage Month

Multiculturism - Canadian Heritage Site

Visite http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm for access to their main page>>>

See also some of their subsections such as:

• Background

• 175th Anniversary of the British Imperial Act of 1833 - the Act to Abolish Slavery in the British Empire
  
  
• 1807- Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire
  
  
• Mathieu Da Costa Challenge
  
  
• Historic Events
  
  
• People - Past and Present
  
  
• Demographics

The Canadian Teacher links collection on Black History
http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/archives/441
A growing collection of links to sites and lesson ideas for teachers in Canada.  Includes elementary and secondary materials.

CBC Archives Celebrating Black History
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-2721/life_society/black_history/
"CBC Digital Archives has pulled together a selection of radio and TV clips that honour black history — some of which exemplify the racism blacks have had to endure and overcome, both in Canada and around the world, while others highlight the remarkable accomplishments of extraordinary people."

Celebrate Black History Month - Educational Materials
http://www.aetv.com/class/bhm_sguides.html
Materials intended to accompany the A&E Classroom videos.

History Channel - Great African Americans
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blackhist/proindex.html

Online profiles and some videos available for purchase: Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, Jr., Louis Armstrong, Thurgood Marshall, Josephine Baker, Toni Morrison, Jesse Owens, Ralph Bunche, Rosa Parks, George Washington Carver, Sidney Poitier, Nat King Cole, Frederick Douglass, Jackie Robinson, W.E.B Du Bois, Harriet Tubman, Duke Ellington, Sojourner Truth, Alex Haley, Booker T. Washington, Billie Holiday, Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson, Malcolm X