Professor Matthew Delmont decided a few years ago that he wanted to change how he teaches African American history. Delmont teaches at Dartmouth College in the state of New Hampshire. At first, Delmont turned to Twitter. There, he shared stories of the everyday lives of African Americans he read about in black newspapers. That project expanded in November to become the website Black Quotidian. There, readers will find life stories of hundreds of African Americans taken from black newspapers. The stories appeared in publications between the early1900s and the 1980s. The website contains copies of stories from more than 10 black newspapers, such as the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier. It also has audio recordings, pictures and videos. I felt like my students were coming away from the class only thinking African American history was about these civil rights marches or aboutmartyrs, Delmont said. I felt like they spent so much time thinking about black death that they were losing sight of thebroadercomplexity, really the beautifulaspectsof African American history. The website shows African Americans who made their mark in sports, politics, the military and other areas.
Title: Website Brings Attention to Lesser Known People in Black History
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first, Delmont turned to Twitter.</span> <span data-start-time='22896' data-end-time='32063'>There, he shared stories of the everyday lives of African Americans he read about in black newspapers.</span> <span data-start-time='32063' data-end-time='40479'>That project expanded in November to become the website Black Quotidian.</span> <span data-start-time='40479' data-end-time='50104'>There, readers will find life stories of hundreds of African Americans taken from black newspapers.</span> <span data-start-time='50104' data-end-time='58500'>The stories appeared in publications between the early1900s and the 1980s.</span> <span data-start-time='58500' data-end-time='70583'>The website contains copies of stories from more than 10 black newspapers, such as the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier.</span> <span data-start-time='70583' data-end-time='75771'>It also has audio recordings, pictures and videos.</span> <span data-start-time='75771' data-end-time='89667'>I felt like my students were coming away from the class only thinking African American history was about these civil rights marches or aboutmartyrs, Delmont said.</span> <span data-start-time='89667' data-end-time='103583'>I felt like they spent so much time thinking about black death that they were losing sight of thebroadercomplexity, really the beautifulaspectsof African American history.</span> <span data-start-time='103583' data-end-time='113188'>The website shows African Americans who made their mark in sports, politics, the military and other areas.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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