US Citizenship Resources for African-American History Month

Happy African-American History Month! 

During the month of February, US Citizenship Podcast explores the connection between the USCIS History & Civics questions and African American History. 

NEW for 2017: Citizenship, Immigration, and Gov't Resources in African Languages! 

Let's get started!

15 USCIS Civics Questions in Honor of African-American History Month.  (mp3) (pdf)

LISTEN UP!  US Citizenship Podcast African-American History Series

• USCIS 100:60 Slaves, Slavery, and Olaudah Equiano mp3
• USCIS 100:61 Colonists, Taxes, Crispus Attuks, Lemuel Haynes, and the American Revolutionary War mp3
• USCIS 100:62 the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, and Sally Hemings mp3
• USCIS 100:69 George Washington, Phillis Wheatley, and Columbia mp3
• Feb 05 USCIS 100:65 The Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise, and Slavery mp3
• USCIS 100:94 Washington DC, Benjamin Banneker, and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson mp3
• USCIS 100:71 Louisiana Territory, Missouri River, and York mp3
• USCIS 100:09 Life, Liberty, and La Amistad mp3
• USCIS 100:77 Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Civil Rights mp3
• USCIS 100:99 July 4th, Slavery, and Fredrick Douglass mp3
• USCIS 100:74 Slavery, the Supreme Court, and Dred Scott mp3
• USCIS 100:75 Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad mp3
• USCIS 100:76 The Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth (mp3)

PLUS:

• Citizenship Resources for Martin Luther King Jr Day
• NEW for 2017: 14 questions in Honor of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr mp3 and pdf
• A Citizenship Quiz for Kwanzaa mp3 and pdf
  
• Krestos Negasi's Citizenship interview (multiple-choice test based on the N-400 and 10 USCIS questions). (download pdf) (listen to mp3--new for 2016!)
• LearningChocolate.com 
• U.S. Citizenship 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day  goo.gl/pTgVXD
• U.S. Citizenship 22: African-American History Part 1 http://goo.gl/TsPVgB
• U.S. Citizenship 23: African-American History Part 2 http://goo.gl/00jSlN
• U.S. Citizenship 24: African-American History Part 3 http://goo.gl/2ZOkP3 
• Kahoot.it: 
• Martin Luther King, Jr Day http://goo.gl/jJHWrF 
•  CITIZENSHIP QUESTIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH https://goo.gl/Nc4Bxn

MORE RESOURCES (check back for updates)

• American English at State: Black History Month
• ELCivics.com: Black History Month
• LOC.gov: African American History Month
• Arago.SI.edu: The Black Experience: African-Americans on Stamps
• PostalMuseum: African Americans in the Postal Service and Philately
• Smithsonian Education: Black History Month
• VOANews: Buffalo Soldiers Celebrate 150th Anniversary (2016) (video)\
• VOANews: Historic Oklahoma All-black Towns Fight to Survive (2017)

Citizenship, Immigration, and Government Resources in African Languages

• Amharic
• CLINIC: Amharic / English 100 Civics Questions
• King County: Public Health Info in Amharic
• MedicinePlus: Health Info in Amharic
• MN SOS: Elections and Voting in Amharic
• Seattle: Democracy Voucher Program in Amharic
• USCIS: Immigration resources in Amharic
• VOA: News in Amharic
• Oromo
• CLINIC: Oromo / English 100 civics questions
• King County: Public Health Resouces in Oromo
• Medicine Plus: Health Info in Oromo
• MN SOS: Elections and Voting in Oromo
• Seattle: Democracy Voucher in Oromo
• VOA: News in Oromo
• Somali
• ACLU: Somali: What to do if you are stopped by law enforcement agents
• CLINIC: Somali 100 civics questions
• HIAS: Somali/English M-638 Quick Civics Lessons
• King County: Public Health Resources in Somali
• MedicinePlus: Health Info in Somali
• MN Historical Society: Becoming Minnesotan: Stories of Recent Somali Immigrants and Refugees
• MN Judicial Branch: English / Somali Legal Glossary and more resources
• MN SOS: Elections and Voting in Somali
• Seattle: Democracy Voucher Progam in Somali
• SSA: Social Security Resources in Somali
• USCIS: Immigration Resources in Somali
• VOA: News in Somali
• Swahili
• King County: Public Health Resources in Swahili
• MedicinePlus: Health Info in Swahili
• VOA: News in Swahili
• Tigrigna
• CLINIC: Tigrigna / English 
• King County: Public Health Resources in Tigrigna
• MedicinePlus: Health Info in Tigrinya
• Seattle: Democracy Voucher Program in Tigrigna
• VOA: News in Tigrigna