[ti:Website Brings Attention to Lesser Known People in Black History] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Professor Matthew Delmont decided a few years ago that he wanted to change how he teaches African American history. [00:13.28]Delmont teaches at Dartmouth College in the state of New Hampshire. [00:19.60]At first, Delmont turned to Twitter. [00:22.76]There, he shared stories of the everyday lives of African Americans he read about in black newspapers. [00:33.20]That project expanded in November to become the website Black Quotidian. [00:40.48]There, readers will find life stories of hundreds of African Americans taken from black newspapers. [00:50.52]The stories appeared in publications between the early 1900s and the 1980s. [00:58.96]The website contains copies of stories from more than 10 black newspapers, [01:05.32]such as the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier. [01:10.24]It also has audio recordings, pictures and videos. [01:16.36]"l felt like my students were coming away from the class only thinking African American history [01:23.28]was about these civil right(s) marches or about martyrs," Delmont said. [01:30.08]"I felt like they spent so much time thinking about black death that they were losing sight of the broader complexity, [01:38.56]really the beautiful aspects of African American history." [01:44.16]The website shows African Americans who made their mark in sports, politics, the military and other areas. [01:53.16]Among them are icons like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist Rosa Parks. [02:02.08]But Delmont also aims to bring attention to lesser known people. [02:07.28]One of them is Juanita Blocker. [02:10.60]She was the first black member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association. [02:17.28]She wrote about bowling in the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper for 20 years. [02:25.16]The website also tells about Claudette Colvin of Montgomery, Alabama. [02:31.48]As a 15-year-old, she refused to give up her seat on a bus – nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. [02:43.76]Delmont said, "These iconic figures are important but we need to understand the everyday people [02:51.12]doing important things in their community." [02:54.60]He added that he has observed a growing interest in rediscovering overlooked African Americans. [03:03.40]Delmont said he hopes the website brings attention to black newspapers. [03:08.68]He said the publications were especially important for African American communities that had recently migrated north. [03:18.36]The newspapers described people's daily lives. [03:22.00]They provided news of everything from politics to sports to weddings. [03:28.20]Ethan Michaeli worked for the Chicago Defender and wrote a book about the newspaper. [03:35.40]He said Delmont's website is offering a fresh look at the role these newspapers played in black communities. [03:43.76]Many of the papers included on the website have closed or no longer print newspapers. [03:51.96]Michaeli said, "I'm very excited about it as kind of serving as the bridge between the past and the present in this way." [04:02.32]I'm Ashley Thompson. [04:03.72]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM