The Black Experience in America: The Course by Jon Fortt

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February 2022

Kicking Off Black History Month 2022
To download free social media images to celebrate Black history, click here.
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January 2022

Share This Fun, Free Way to Celebrate Black History
Download original images from The Black Experience catalog for your social profiles
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What Does It Mean To Celebrate MLK in 2022?
Reconsidering an Icon in the Face of Modern Challenges
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October 2021

Watch Live: HBCUs and the Black Experience in Higher Education
Education is both a goal and a theme in The Black Experience in America: The Course.
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September 2021

Our Stories Drive Change: Black Entrepreneurs in D.C., and Johns Hopkins Sibley's Ward Infinity
The last full lesson in The Black Experience in America: The Course — and this material is for adults down to junior high — is called The Microscope.
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Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues, and Breaking Convention
I was thinking about Bessie Smith today, because I’m working on a personal project and I need some inspiration.
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August 2021

Race and the Truth Behind the Ugly Duckling
When I was growing up in Washington, D.C.
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Masks, Black Achievement and Mental Health
The mental health of the high-achieving is getting attention lately, as first Naomi Osaka and then Simone Biles stepped back from big competitive…
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July 2021

A Black History Conference, And A Gut Check
Above: A screenshot from the opening of the Teaching Black History Conference
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This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land*
A couple of years back, before I had the spark of an idea to create The Black Experience In America: The Course, I spent a few months doing some…
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June 2021

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