A GENERAL ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE NEGRO HISTORY MOVEMENT AND A REVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS DEALING WITH THE HISTORY OF THE NEGROES ARE PRESENTED. THE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE--"THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHTS--BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN HISTORY" BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND "THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN HISTORY" BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF NEW YORK. THE NEGRO HISTORY MOVEMENT IS CONCERNED WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL NEGROES THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE EFFECTS OF PAST OPPRESSIONS INVOLVING BOTH NEGROES AND WHITES, THE STORY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY, THE NATURE OF THE AFRICAN HERITAGE, AND THE FULL EXTENT TO WHICH HISTORY HAS BEEN DISTORTED OR SUPPRESSED IN ORDER TO CREATE AND PRESERVE RACISM. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN"INTEGRATED EDUCATION," ISSUE 13, FEBRUARY 1965.