Black History Month is an especially honored time in my inner-city, Deep-South classroom. The Civil Rights Movement comes to our doorstep in nearby Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma, and at the schoolhouse doors in Tuscaloosa. One of my favorite authors, Christopher Paul Curtis, helps bring history to a place my students can understand with his moving novels.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/meghan-everette/mock-newscast-civil-rights-meets-classroom-technology/