Oprah Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first multi-billionaire black person, best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 to October 24, 2005) refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus, which spurred on the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott that helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring...

On November 8, 2014, President Obama delivered remarks on the nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States.You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

She is perhaps best known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones. You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

NMAfA Director Johnnetta Betsch Cole in conversation with Maya Angelou. The conversation took place at the National Museum of American Indian on Friday, February 1, 2013 as part of the National Museum of African Art's Director's Discussion Series.You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources ...

Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison speaks about her life and her work. The evening includes readings from Ms. Morrison's most recent novel, A Mercy, and her forthcoming novel. After the readings she takes questions from the audience.You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources ...

In a 1997 interview with CNN's Larry King, Tina Turner talks about her life in music and reveals why she no longer lives in the United States.You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

Documentary on black American singer/dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1974), who emigrated to France where she was a major artist from 1927 until her death. Baker was the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.

The 1st Black SuperstarYou are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

Billie Holiday StoryYou are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

The first African-American female Secretary of State.You are free to download and share our list of learning activities. African American Resources Activity Downloads

She was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites, often under the guise of rape charges. She was active in women's rights and the...