How Did We Get Here? On Demand: “Race Relations and African American History,” Volumes 1 and 2

A group of Florida migrants on their way to Cranberry, N.J., to pick potatoes. The photo was taken near Shawboro, N.C. (Courtesy of Harvard University)

How Did We Get Here? is a professional development series offered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute that provides teachers with ready-made, classroom-friendly resources on topics in American history that are front-and-center in current events, such as the Great Migration, US foreign policy from before World War I to now, and the experiences of American Indians, Asian Americans, Latino and Latina Americans, and the LGBTQ community.

Allied Printing (fl. 1968) Honor King, End Racism (Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC06125)Now available:

How Did We Get Here? offers two volumes of “Race Relations and African American History”

Volume 1 led by Hasan Kwame Jeffries, The Ohio State University

  • Two lectures by Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries on the era of Jim Crow and on the Long Civil Rights Movement
  • Two pedagogy sessions with Master Teachers Tim Bailey, 2009 History Teacher of the Year, and Corey Winchester, 2020 Illinois History Teacher of the Year
  • A certificate of completion for four hours of professional development

Learn more and take the course here.

Volume 2 led by Gunja SenGupta, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Steven Hahn, New York University

  • A lecture by Professor Gunja SenGupta on the history and evolution of the Transatlantic slave trade along with a comparative examination of the slave trade in the Indian Oceanic World
  • A lecture by Professor Steven Hahn on the history of the Great Migration; and pedagogical workshops led by Master Teachers Justin Emrich and Ron Nash
  • Two pedagogy sessions with Master Teacher Justin Emrich and Senior Education Fellow Emeritus Ron Nash
  • A certificate of completion for four hours of professional development

Learn more and take the course here.

See additional on-demand modules in the History Shop here.