AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE WHITE HOUSE


1) Online Presentation:

White House History: "African Americans in the White House" Quiz / [test your knowledge]
Art in the White House: "Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City" by Henry O. Tanner / [audio presentation, William Kloss narrates]
Art in the White House: "The Builders" by Jacob Lawrence / [audio presentation, William Kloss narrates]
Art in the White House (For Kids): "Watch Meeting" by W. T. Carlton / [visual presentation]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit (re: various references to staffmembers)]


2) General Interest / Educational / Research:

White House History Themes: "African Americans in the White House" / [by-theme links page]
"White House Tour: The Green Room" / [short essay (re: "Henry Ossawa Tanner artwork")]
White House History Timelines: African-Americans / [by-era facts timeline]
White House History Timelines: Workers / [by-era facts timeline]
Presidents: Barack Obama / [official presidential bio]
White House History Timelines: The West Wing / [by-era facts timeline (re ... "1963: Civil Rights leaders" & "1967: Thurgood Marshall")]
White House History Timelines: Music 1850s-1890s / [by-era facts timeline (re: "1850s" & "1870s")]
White House History Timelines: Music 1950s-2000s / [by-era facts timeline (re: "1970s" & "1990s" & "2000s")]
White House History Timelines: Musical & Arts Performances / [by-era facts timeline (re: various)]
Classroom: "Paths to Freedom," A Free Field-Trip Program / [a field-trip, student-acted play held in Washington D.C.]
Educator's Resource: African Americans & the White House / [links to classroom / curriculum resources]
Educator's Resource: For Music Educators / [links to classroom / curriculum resources]
Classroom: 4-8, African Americans and the White House / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: 4-8, American Art in the White House / [classroom lesson (re: "Henry Ossawa Tanner")]
Classroom: 9-12, Desegregation of the Defense Industries / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: 9-12, Desegregation of the Armed Services / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: 9-12, A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington, 1963 / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: 9-12, Abraham Lincoln, "Thence Forward, and Forever Free" / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: Primary Documents, "Using Art to Study the Past / Lincoln & Emanc. Proc." / [primary document lesson]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Causes / [short essay (re: African American war workers)]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Christmas / [short essay (re: entertainers)]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Entertainment / [short essay (re: entertainers)]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Household / [short essay (re: staff)]
White House History Journal: "The Washington of Paul Jennings" / [PDF article (re: servant to James Madison)]


3) Other:

White House Collection: "Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City" by Henry Ossawa Tanner / [collection fact sheet]
Picturing the President's House, LBJ: "President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Kennedy: "President Kennedy and Civil Rights Leaders" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Lincoln: "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation" / [historic image]



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