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92 Sites
African Americans have a rich history, unlike that of any other American ethnic group.
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Africans in America
- A collection of images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries depicting America's journey through slavery.
In The Steps Of Esteban: Tucson's African American Heritage
- Documents the history of Tucson's African-American community through oral histories, photographs, and texts
Small Towns, Black Lives
- Photographic documentary, art and history project of African American communities in southern New Jersey.
Cane River Creole Colony
- History of the Creole descendants of "CoinCoin and Thomas Pierre Metoyer." Includes research information, genealogy, photos, events, database, history, and discussion forum.
New Philadelphia: A Pioneer Town
- The New Philadelphia Association researches, preserves and celebrates the history of New Philadelphia, Pike County, Illinois. Tells the story of former slaves who built a racially integrated town before the Civil War.
Black History Review
- Honors African American achievement and teaches history. Includes biographical sketches and book and movie reviews.
South Carolina African American History
- Honors African-American achievers from South Carolina. Honors a different person each month with a brief biography.
Kemet Nu Productions
- Lectures, video, and audio tapes that link ancient Africa with African American history.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
- Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
African American Pamphlets
- The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a review of history and culture spanning almost one hundred years. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love.
Time Line of African American History
- A time line of African American history (1852-1880) from the Library of Congress.
The History Makers
- Includes biographical information and audio and video clips about African Americans who have influenced history.
Black Facts
- Offers a free, searchable database of events in black history.
Black Indians and Pioneers
- William Loren Katz shares his research on black Indians through essays, articles, tributes and photographs.
African-American History
- Jessica McElrath features many biographical sketches and stories of notable events and time periods. Her collection of photographs from the various periods is extensive.
History of St. Mary's County Maryland
- Records the significant contributions of African-Americans in the development of St. Mary's County, Maryland.
African-Native Genealogy and History
- Celebrates the Estelusti - Oklahoma's free Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler
- PBS provides a biographical sketch of this British actress who married a Georgia slaveholder and became an influential abolitionist.
African American World
- Presents the broad range of the black experience in the United States, from the Harlem Renaissance to the ongoing debate over affirmative action.
African American Resources at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library
- Guide to 20th Century African American individuals, organizations and topics from the Greater Cincinnati area. Find books, articles, photographs and manuscripts.
Conceive Believe Achieve
- Non-profit organization provides photographic displays and syllabus to educate and promote tolerance and justice.
NPR : Hidden Museum Treasures: Fortune's Bones
- Discusses the story of a slave's skeleton kept by a museum in Connecticut. Includes audio.
Black History Internet Scavenger Hunt
- This lesson planning site article, hosted by Education Worldweb, has 4 tests on African American history for students ranging from the 4th grade to the 9th.
Behind the Scenes
- 1868 autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, who went from slavery to the White House where she served Mary Todd Lincoln.
The Southern Experience in 19th Century America
- The narrative of Bethany Veney, a slave woman in Virginia.
Voices: Tribute to African American Heritage
- Feature on African-American history from the Madison Voices newspaper.
This Day In Black History
- Community-driven, interactive online periodical about the Black experience. Lists significant accomplishments by Blacks for each day.
First Black Autos
- Creative non-fiction book on America's first African-American automobile manufacturer, Ohio's C.R. Patterson & Sons Company.
Black - African American History Facts
- Provides a calendar of events in black history that occurred on each day.
Black History Daily
- Updated daily with Black History facts throughout the year. Also has a database of quotes by African Americans.
Hallowed Ground
- Smithsonian Magazine investigation of old grave sites in New England is unearthing hard truths about Yankees and slavery.
The African-American Mosaic Exhibition
- A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black history and culture.
Black History Pages
- Stories from black history presented every day, with links to books and other resources.
Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England
- The Christian Science Monitor tells some of the stories of black people enslaved in New England prior to the American Revolution.
National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP)
- Oral history project to record, preserve and distribute the wisdom of extraordinary African American elders who have shaped American history. Co-founded in 2001 by Camille O. Cosby, Ed.D. and Renee Poussaint.
Black History Month: The African American Experience
- Resource for Black History with links, articles, and guestbook.
African American History & Heritage Site
- Annotated collection of resources.
Library of Congress - African American Sites in the Digital Collections
- Web guide, organized by historical eras, connecting the user to full text online resources regarding significant people, major institutions and events from an African American perspective.
African American Resources at the Maryland State Archives
- An archived history of black people in the state of Maryland.
The Impact of Dred Scott
- During the 1850s, a black slave from Missouri claimed his freedom on the basis of seven years of residence in a free state and a free territory. Read the history of one of the most famous and controversial Supreme Court decisions ever taken and its effect on the next several years.
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
- Documenting the history of emancipation during the era of the American Civil War, in the words of the participants themselves.
African American Historical Text Archive
- Collection of articles and historical documents.
The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys
- Information and analyses on the struggle for justice of nine teenage boys accused of the gang rape (in 1931) of two white girls in Alabama, and their several legal trials in the 1930s.
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