The Search for Founding Black Mothers

FAIN: ES-281287-21

Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD 21251-0001)
Gretchen Rudham (Project Director: March 2021 to present)
Candice Logan-Washington (Co Project Director: July 2021 to present)

A four-week, virtual institute for 30 middle and high school teachers on the overlooked histories of African American women.

This virtual, four-week summer institute endeavors to take 30 educators who teach grades 6-12 on an interactive, interdisciplinary search through literature and multiple archives in order to reckon with curricular and historical erasures of Black women. The project seeks to illuminate the under-represented contributions of Black women as individuals and their collective agency that directly shaped our nation.

Associated Products

The Repository (Web Resource)
Title: The Repository
Author: Educators from the institute
Abstract: The website holds The Repository of final projects, lesson plans and unit guides from 29 educators from The Search for Founding Black Mothers Click on the Repository folder links to see the final projects
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://www.foundingblackmothers.com/
Primary URL Description: Grade Level Lesson Respositories K-5, Middle School, and High School

"The Search" Documentary Film (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: "The Search" Documentary Film
Writer: Gretchen Rudham and Candice Logan-Washington
Abstract: Documentary Film about the NEH institute.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://www.foundingblackmothers.com/
Primary URL Description: "The Search" Documentary Film
Format: Video
Format: Web

The Search for Founding Black Mothers (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: The Search for Founding Black Mothers
Author: Gretchen Rudham and Candice Logan-Washington
Abstract: Curricular materials for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://www.foundingblackmothers.com/
Primary URL Description: The Search for Founding Black Mothers
Audience: K - 12

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