African Missouri - (dead link)
"This homepage supplies links to information, articles, and narratives about the State's history taken from sources such as the Official Manual of the State of Missouri, Preservation Issues by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the African American Heritage of St. Louis by the St. Louis Public Library, the Black Studies Gopher of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and narratives provided by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and University Archives (University of Missouri System)."
Maintained by Ann Taylor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
The African-American Mosaic Exhibition
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
"Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound."
African American Newspapers and Other Printed Media - (dead link)
"This is your connection to many African American publications across the United States. Over 200 listings sorted by State."
Africans in America
"America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses."
- PBS Online
AFRO-American Almanac
"The AFRO-American Almanac Æ is an on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present."
Sections include Biographies, E-Books, Historical Documents, Historical Events, Folk Tales, and more.
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
A Division of the American Library Association
- African American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS) - (dead link)
Atlanta 1906: A Race Riot - (dead link) (October 2002)
"This is the story of how Atlanta descended into four days of mob violence-an even that stymied race relations for the next fifty years."
"Produced as an online companion to the PBS series The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow..."
- Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Black Facts Online
"...an Internet Search Page that lets you look up Black History information for any day of the year or just by looking for matching words. Black Facts is designed to make it easy to find out interesting and inspiring facts about events impacting people of African descent."
Black Heritage Society of Washington State
Black History Quest
African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources
BlackHistory.com - (dead link)
"...is a community site filled with inspiring stories and fun educational activities. Members may download FREE print materials for teaching black history, watch multi-media presentations, publish stories, chat, send free original e-postcards, publish and read black poetry..."
Brown v. Board of Education - See our separate Brown v. Board of Education page.
Columbia University - Center for Contemporary Black History
Columbia University - Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Composers of African Descent
" The 15 new composers include Africans, African Americans and African Europeans. A brief discography gives examples of their classical recordings."
By William J. Zick
- Edmond Dede (1827-1903)
"The life and music of Edmond Dede, an African American composer, violinist and conductor of the 'Creole Romantic' school. White racial hostility in his native New Orleans led Dede to study in Paris and spend his lengthy career in Bordeaux as a reluctant but very successful expatriate."
- Robert Nathianiel Dett (1882-1943)
African American Composer, Pianist & Professor
- Musicians of African Descent
Examples From Three Centuries
Brief entries for the following musicians: Eleanor Alberga ; George Bridgetower ; Paul Freeman ; Francis Johnson ; Tania Leon ; Thomas Wiggins.
The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
"...examines five centuries of black heritage through five distinct time periods, from the slave revolts of early America through the successes of the Civil Rights Movement...features 600 informative articles and is beautifully illustrated with historical film clips and audio recordings, as well as hundreds of photographs and other images. The Related Internet Links and Bibliography sections provide excellent source material and areas for further study, as does the Study Guide for Students, which is organized around six classroom activities, each with their own teacher recommendations, technical tips, and scholastic bibliographies."
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: African American History and Culture
Listings include: African American Resources ; Exhibitions
Explore DC: African-American Heritage
Sections include: History ; Biographies ; Howard University ; Duke Ellington's DC
Eyes of Glory
200 Years of an Ethnic American Family
"This is an uniquely American story. A story that culminates 10 years of research and reflection. The 200 year relationship between our extended Black/White/Hispanic; Jewish and Christian family formed a basis for Americaís bold and 'lively experiment,' different cultures joining with a shared dream of religious and ethnic tolerance, leading them to success and equality. Eyes of Glory follows the various generations of our multi-ethnic family; we see them as active participants in key events in our nationís history. We also see an uncommon commitment to preserving the family system despite the racial, religious and cultural injustices that engulfed early America. It is our hope that viewing this web site inspires people to better understand the important contribution ethnic Americans have made in shaping our great country."
By Theresa & Keith Stokes
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
Sections include: American Indians ; Black Americans ; Chinese Americans ; Japanese Americans ; Mexican Americans.
- Office of Historic Preservation, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Guide to African American Documentary Resources
"Many information centers are beginning to reveal and promote materials relating to African American history that are housed in their respective facilities. In hopes of enhancing access, dozens of institutions are digitizing such materials. This website reviews several existing websites and digitization projects and lists noteworthy digitization projects that are forthcoming."
By Elaine L. Westbrooks, Cornell University Libraries
Harlem Renaissance - Index
From PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide by Paul P. Reuben
HBCU-Central.com
"The Megasite for Information and Services Related to Historically Black Colleges and Universities."
The History of Jim Crow
Explore the complex African-American experience of segregation from the 1870s through the 1950s
"...an educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history, an era of segregation, lynching, and disfranchisement of African Americans that tore at the very fabric of the nation."
Sections include: Television ; History ; Geography ; American Literature ; Teacher's Resources.
Jump, Jim Crow, or What Difference Did Emancipation Make?
"A teaching resource in American History created by Lynn Jones, a librarian at the Teaching Library, UC Berkeley, for the California Heritage Project, and the BANDL Librarians' Network."
Sections include: What's Jim Crow ; Jim Crow Timeline ; Freemen's Bureau ; Black Codes ; Stories ; Laws ; Images ; Songs ; Glossary ; For Teachers ; Related Web Resources.
Kwanzaa Information Center - (dead link)
NAACP Online
Negro League Baseball
Sections include History, Teams, Players, and Resources
New York Public Library - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- The African Presence in the Americas: 1492-1992
"...originated as an exhibitin [sic] at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in 1991, co-curated by Miriam Jimenez, Zita Nunes and Howard Dodson. An exhibition portfolio based on the exhibition was compiled by Nashormeh N. R. Lindo and designed by Kenneth McFarlin in 1992. The teachers' guide was produced by New York City Public School teachers who participated in a summer institute conducted by the Schomburg Center in 1992."
North by South
"a three-year NEH-sponsored, study of African American migrations from south to north"
A wonderful collection of resources although at times it can be confusing to move around the site.
Nubian Poets
"...a tribute to legendary poets of African descent, such as Langston Hughes, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Countee Cullen, and other noteworthy poets displayed on our opening page. In addition to the aforementioned, the goal is to also highlight the talents of up and coming poets. With the offering of our Poetry Contests, Discussion Board, and Featured Poets, it is our intention to form a bonding on-line interactive poet community."
Organization of Black Screenwriters
PBS - Africans in America
"America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses."
PBS - American Experience - Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
"...The [1931] trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the Civil Rights Movement."
Includes: Film Transcript ; Primary Sources ; Bibliography ; Timeline ; Maps ; People & Events.
PBS - American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till (January 2003)
Website companion to the TV broadcast
"The brutal killing that mobilized the civil rights movement."
Sections include: Confession: Read the killers' shocking admission of guilt ; Segregation: Chicago and Mississippi, then and now, through the eyes of teens ; Forum: Experts answer questions about civil rights and Emmett Till's story ; The Film ; Special Features ; Timeline ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.
PBS Independent Lens - Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Grove
Companion website to the TV broadcast.
Sections include: The Film ; The Band ; The History ; Filmmaker Bios ; Filmmaker Q&A ; Learn More.
PBS - Independent Lens - Strange Fruit
Web companion to the TV broadcast of the independent film by Joel Katz.
"STRANGE FRUIT explores the history and legacy of a song unique in the annals of American music. Best-known from Billie Holiday's haunting 1939 rendition, the song 'Strange Fruit' is a harrowing portrayal of the lynching of a black man in the American South...The film tells a dramatic story of America's past by using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter."
- Protest Music
Sections include: Slavery ; Abolitionists and Women's Rights ; The Workers ; The Great Depression ; War, Labor and Race ; Civil Rights and Vietnam ; Anti-Establishment ; Message Music.
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PBS - P.O.V. - Flag Wars (June 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast of the independent film by Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras.
"'Flag Wars' is a poignant account of the politics and pain of gentrification. Working-class black residents in Columbus, Ohio fight to hold on to their homes. Realtors and gay home-buyers see fixer-uppers. The clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call your own."
PBS - P.O.V. - Two Towns of Jasper (January 2003)
Website companion to the film by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams.
In 1998 in Jaspers, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., A black man, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white men. Two film crews, one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath of the murder.""
Section include: Race in America ; America in Black and White ; Talking Back ; Resources ; Jasper Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Classroom ; About the Film.
PBS - The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
"A landmark four-part series [Fall 2002], THE RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW explores segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement."
Episodes: Promises Betrayed (1745-1896) ; Fighting Back (1896-1917) ; Don't Shout Too Soon (1918-1940) ; Terror and Triumph (1940-1954).
Sections include: A Century of Segregation ; Jim Crow Stories ; A National Struggle ; Interactive Maps ; Tools & Activities ; For Teachers ; Resources.
Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
"Shocking photos brought the civil-rights struggle to all America."
Reflections in Black - (dead link)
A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present
Sections include: The First 100 Years ; Art and Black Activism ; Black History Deconstructed ; Selected Bibliography.
A Roadmap to African-American Resources
"The sites offer a range of resources: connecting you to pages where you can access both primary and secondary documents, databases, archives, libraries, maps, images and more. The focus covers what is available for the United States with an emphasis on Florida and Central America."
The Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century
"It presents a comprehensive survey of the development of the Center's collections since the death of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1938) and explores the Center's role as the premier public research library in the world devoted to documenting and preserving the histories and cultures of people of African descent worldwide."
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Seattle's Black History
"This is a four-part series that explores some of the major personalities and events in the history of blacks in Seattle over the past 150 years. Join us as we journey from the earliest pioneers, through the decades, to civil rights pioneers and todayís leaders."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Black History Month
SCIway - South Carolina's Information Highway - History & Genealogy
TIME.com: Black History
Sections include: MLK Jr. ; Black in America ; Reading Room ; Chat ; Talk About It.
U.S. Census Bureau
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries - Online Exhibits
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