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The HistoryMakers 2nd Annual NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers

African American Political History: From Reconstruction to the Present

The HistoryMakers will hold its 2nd Annual NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers in Chicago, Illinois from Sunday, July 8, 2012 – Friday, August 3, 2012. In a competitive process, teachers from across the country will compete for 25 spots as Summer Scholars. These Summer Scholars will spend the month of July studying the subject of African American Political History: From Reconstruction to the Present. Summer Scholars will also be trained in the disciplines of oral history while having unique access to primary source material. The goal of the Institute is to assist Summer Scholars in becoming "Master Teachers" and in developing curriculum for use in their classrooms.

The NEH Institute will focus on four major themes: 1) African American Political Development Pre and Post Civil War; 2) early 20^th Century Black Political Strategies, Civil Rights Unionism, and WWII and Cold War Racial Politics; 3) the Civil Rights Movement; and 4) 1970s Black Politics and the New Generation of Black Politicians.