About the Creator
The Person Behind
Black History 101
Black History 101 is a woman-led educational platform created by an experienced history educator and curriculum developer with over a decade of classroom experience.
Through evidence-based visual essays, videos, courses, and educational resources, Black History 101 makes rigorous history accessible to educators, parents, students, and anyone who simply wants to learn more.
Why Black History 101
"It was built from a passion for education and a belief that Black history deserves more than simplified heroes, recycled myths, and historical trivia."
History can be complicated, uncomfortable, inspiring, and even contradictory. We should be able to explore all of it.
This is more than a place to consume history. It is an invitation to question what you have been taught, follow the evidence, and keep learning.
How Black History 101 Works
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Start with a question
Every piece begins with a claim, question, or myth people already believe.
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Follow the evidence
Historical scholarship and primary sources decide where the story goes.
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Make it accessible
Complicated history, presented clearly, without watering it down.
Learn With Black History 101
Ways to Learn
Explore rigorous Black history through the format that works best for you.
Call to Action
This is more than a place to consume history.
It is an invitation to question what you have been taught, follow the evidence, and keep learning.
Come curious. Leave knowing more.
Evidence over myths.