Week 1: #Educate28

In my previous post, I introduced my month long project called #Educate28 in which I pledge to post one educational tool per day for learning more about Black History. In case you missed them (or don’t use twitter), check out last week’s tools below.

Day 1: Documentary 13th

View the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk

Day 1: Documentary 13th

Day 2: Mathematically Gifted and Black

Keep up with the daily Black Mathematicians featured here: http://www.mathematicallygiftedandblack.com

Day 2: Black Mathematician Website

Day 3: Two Black Astronauts you should know

Read about Yvonne Cagle here: https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cagle.html

Read about Leland Melvin here: https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/melvin.html

Day 3: Highlighting Black Astronauts

Leland Melvin will be releasing a book about his journey in May called Chasing Space, read more about it here.

Day 4: Engage with Black History through Twitter’s BHM Bot

Read about it here: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/twitters-blackbirds-launch-bot-for-black-history-month/

Day 4: Learn via Twitter’s BHM Bot

Day 5: 50 Black Iconic Trailblazers Representing Each State in the U.S.

Read the article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/50-iconic-black-trailblazers-who-represent-every-state-in-america_us_5890cbb6e4b0522c7d3d6cfb?

Day 5: Black Trailblazers, 1 per state

Day 6: Wilma Rudolph’s Incredible Story

Watch an amazing video produced by a 2nd grade class in Oakland, California here: https://vimeo.com/130060991

Day 7: Great Black Heroes Website

Check out this awesome website here: http://www.greatblackheroes.com/

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Krishelle is a former High School Math and Spanish Teacher turned Site Reliability Engineer at Dropbox. Read about her journey from education to tech and connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn.