Edward Waters University Online Learning

HBCU CULTURAL COLLECTIONS

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OUR GOALS:

The HBCU Affordable Learning Community is building a collection of free and open educational resources to support faculty and students teaching and learning in Africana, African American, and Black Studies programs as well as bringing the Africana, African American, and Black Studies content and context into all disciplines. We know the topic areas within the collection will expand over time with the participation and leadership of the HBCU community.

Explore all the MERLOT Members with expertise across many disciplines who are members of HBCUs:

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OUR INVITATION:

With the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and our long-time partner MERLOT, the HBCU Affordable Learning Community invite you to help us build a diverse and inclusive collection of free and open educational resources that will strengthen the online educational voices of our community and share our voices with all educators and learners.

Explore the Africana, African American, and Black Studies collection in MERLOT

Our initial priorities in building the collection are:

Explore free and open educational resources related to African topics across disciplines in the broader MERLOT collection

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Explore free and open educational resources that were AUTHORED by faculty affiliated with HBCUs and cataloged in the MERLOT collection

Explore free and open educational resources that were SELECTED AND SUBMITTED by faculty affiliated with HBCUs and cataloged in the MERLOT collection

Explore all the MERLOT Members who are affiliated with HBCUs and who created BOOKMARK COLLECTIONS in different disciplines

MIT Open CourseWare Resources for HBCU AL$ Cultural Collections

As a collaborator with Tennessee State University on a William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant, MIT OCW has curated a collection of over 30 free and open educational resources cataloged under Africana topics across disciplines in the broader MERLOT collection.

Explore the OER on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness:

In Supporting Academic Programs

In Education

In Workforce Development

 

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EXPLORE Resources from the National Museum of African American History and Culture

 

 

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EXPLORE Resources for the Black Freedom Struggle in the United States from the
Proquest Collection

 

Slavery and Abolitionist Movement
(1790-1860)

  • Leaders of the Abolitionists Movement
  • Census data
  • Legislation and legal cases about race and slavery
  • Presidential speeches and communications
  • Religion
  • Slave rebellions and resistance
  • State legislation about race and slavery

Civil War and Reconstruction Era
(1861-1877)

  • Acts and amendments
  • Black political leaders and activists during reconstruction
  • Civil War and Reconstruction Era: 
    • African Americans in military service
    • Organizations
    • Racial intimidation and violence

Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression
(1878-1932)

  • The Great Migration
  • Jim Crow Era to the Great Depression:
    • Laws and legal cases
    • People and organizations
    • Racial intimidation and violence

New Deal and World War II
(1933-1945)

  • African Americans in the military
  • Federal organizations
  • People and organizations
  • Urban rebellions and uprisings

Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
(1946-1975)

  • Civil rights legislation
  • Legal cases
  • People and organizations
  • Urban rebellions and uprisings
  • Demonstrations and protests
  • Presidential committees and commissions

Contemporary Era
(1976-2000s)

  • Civil rights legislation
  • Legal cases
  • Policing and protests
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