Ourhistoryasnews.org Website Review

You must have Ja*aScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. The rich and often tragic history of Black and Latino Americans has long been ignored. In BLACK CHRONICLE and LA CRONICA historians and educators use a newspaper format to tell of their contributions and struggles. BLACK CHRONICLE IS African American history in a newspaper format. It was developed by educators and historians to tell the thrilling story of African Americans from the American Revolution through the Civil Rights era. FOURTE*N FOUR-PAGE ISSUES (ONE SET) illuminate historical periods that were profoundly important in the black experience. These include the American Revolution, the growth of King Cotton and the institution of sl*very, the Nat Turner insurrection, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the roots of segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson, early 20th Century resistance in the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression, World War II (WWII), and the tragedies and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement. The BLACK CHRONICLE tells its story through the eyes of African Americans, following the design styles of the eras covered, as if the events were happening today. In creating the project, extensive research was conducted in the New York Public Library’s Arthur C. Schomburg Collection, Harvard University’s Widener Library, the Boston Public Library, many private collections, and in rare editions In each issue, a major event of the period is presented as the lead news story. Surrounding this are features, advertisements, human interest stories, editorials and political cartoons. Always fascinating, often tragic, sometimes humorous, these elements are combined to present a total and multi-faced moment in history. The BLACK CRONICLE was originated and produced by Robert A. Miller in LA CRONICA IS a bilingual newspaper presentation of Mexican American history. It was developed by historians and educators to tell the story of Mexican Americans from 1835, when California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona were part of northern Mexico to the Chicano Civil