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Coursera’s mission is to help individuals build the skills they need for in-demand jobs.

• Provides learners with access to more than 5,000 courses and certifications led by top businesses, universities, and organizations.
• Contains “Gateway Certification,” a program for people without a college degree and with no experience in the field, built by leading companies such as Google. Facebook, and Salesforce.
• Offers subtitles in more than 50 languages

Register for a user account on the California State Library’s page
https://www.library.ca.gov/coursera/

Access to this resource is made possible by the California State Library and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Workforce Development & Support Program. 

(Sign up for an online account using this link. Use the coupon code CSL-CCCL while booking your class to waive any fees.)

Learn new things, meet new people, and unlock new life experiences. Free virtual classes are taught by older adults who bring their wisdom and experience into the class. GetSetUp offers 500+ classes weekly in technology, fitness, finance, travel, and much more.

Classes are taught in 8 languages — English, Spanish, Hindi, and Mandarin.

If you have any questions, please email help@getsetup.io or call +1-(888)-559-1614  

This resource is supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian, and by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

This website contains primary-source documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom:

• Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
• The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
• Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
• The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
• The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
• The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)