7 Boundary-Breaking Black TV Shows: https://www.history.com/news/black-tv-shows-culture

20 great movies for families to watch in honor of Black History Month – “A Raisin In the Sun”: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/01/21/great-black-history-movies-watch-with-families-kids/2619269002/

28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/movies/28-essential-films-black-history-month.html?mtrref=www.bing.com&assetType=REGIWALL

African-American Families, Historical And Cultural Influences On African-American Family Life: https://family.jrank.org/pages/58/African-American-Families-Historical-Cultural-Influences-on-African-American-Family-Life.html

After Slavery, Searching For Loved Ones In Wanted Ads: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/22/516651689/after-slavery-searching-for-loved-ones-in-wanted-ads

Black television through the years: https://moody.utexas.edu/news/black-television-through-years

Black Women’s Reponses to “The Color Purple”: https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC33folder/ClPurpleBobo.html

Cultures of West Africa – West African Religions: https://www.culturesofwestafrica.com/west-african-religion/

Ebony and Jet are our black family photo albums: Ebony and jet are our black family photo albums: https://theundefeated.com/features/ebony-and-jet-are-our-black-family-photo-albums/

Enslaved Couples Faced Wrenching Separations, or Even Choosing Family Over Freedom: https://www.history.com/news/african-american-slavery-marriage-family-separation

Film Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ‘Fences”: https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/fences-review-denzel-washington-1201921332/

The Hopeful, Heartbreaking Ads Placed by Formerly Enslaved People in Search of Lost Family: https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/07/history-of-slavery-newspaper-ads-used-to-find-family-after-emancipation.html

How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves: https://theconversation.com/how-african-american-folklore-saved-the-cultural-memory-and-history-of-slaves-98427

How Oscar Micheaux Challenged the Racism of Early Hollywood: https://daily.jstor.org/how-oscar-micheaux-challenged-the-racism-of-early-hollywood/

How Slavery Affected African American Families: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/aafamilies.htm

Kinship: https://geography.name/kinship/#:~:text=Patrilineal%20descent%20emphasizes%20the%20male,is%20common%20among%20pastoral%20societies.&text=Societies%20with%20matrilineal%20social%20organization%20are%20not%20necessarily%20ruled%20by%20women.

Lesson 2: The Cultures of West Africa: https://www.slideshare.net/ms_mcmanus/lesson-2-the-cultures-of-west-africa-12580527

Love empowered slaves to flee for freedom: https://www.afrigeneas.com/forum/test.cgi/md/read/id/85497/sbj/love-empowered-slaves-to-flee-for-freedom/

Newspaper Ads Show Freed Slaves’ Desperate Search for Lost Relatives: https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2016/04/04/newspaper-ads-show-freed-slaves-desperate-search-for-lost-relatives/

“River Bend Reunion,” by John Holyfield: http://www.holyfieldstudio.com/river-bend-reunion.html

Slavery cost him his family. That’s when Henry ‘Box’ Brown mailed himself to freedom:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/28/slavery-cost-him-his-family-thats-when-henry-box-brown-mailed-himself-freedom/

‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1: https://time.com/5750833/new-years-day-slavery-history/

Winnie “Winny” Brush Shankle: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196734931/winnie-shankle