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African Americans -- History African American Archaeology, History and Cultures 
 "This web site is designed to provide convenient access to online presentations and resources concerning the subjects of African American archaeology, history and cultures, and broader subjects of African diaspora archaeology." Includes links to bibliographies, research institutes, and heritage sites. From the African Diaspora Archeology Network (ADAN), a collaboration of scholars. http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/bookmark3.html Topics: Archaeology, Black Resources, Labor Last updated Jul 29, 2009 The African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920
"This selection of manuscript and printed text and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920." Searchable by keyword (including full-text searching of pamphlets and serials published by the African Methodist Episcopal Church), and browsable by subject and source material (manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, newspapers, and serials). From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 26, 2005 African American History Timeline
This site provides a chronology of historical events from before 1600 through 1969, a chronology about blacks in the western United States, and a list of sources. Also includes a bibliography, a research guide, and links to descriptions of individuals, places, and events that have contributed to the shaping of black history. From a history professor at the University of Washington. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=african-american-history-timeline-home-page Topics: Black Resources Last updated Apr 3, 2007 African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection 1818-1907
A collection of over 350 pamphlets presenting "a panoramic and eclectic review of black history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years." Searchable, and browsable by subject and author (including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett). Also contains a timeline of black history (1852-1925), bibliography, and a virtual 1898 meeting of the National Afro-American Council. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 26, 2005 African American Photos for Paris Exposition 1900
"The Paris Exposition of 1900 included a display devoted to the history and 'present conditions' of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois and special agent Thomas J. Calloway spearheaded the planning, collection and installation of the exhibit materials, which included 500 photographs." View photos from this collection (approximately 500) held by the Library of Congress. Searchable and browsable. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/anedubhtml/anedubabt.html Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Mar 3, 2005 African American World
This site covers history, arts and culture, race and society, biographical profiles, and more. Features include a timeline of African American history from the 1400s on, links to public television readings and programs, a page for children, African American history teaching modules, and pro and con opinions on social issues. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 7, 2006 African Americans in the Columbia River Basin
This site presents information about the history of African Americans in the Columbia River Basin area of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington state. The historical overview discusses pioneers and homesteaders, building communities, race, and social space. Includes a bibliography, a learning module on interpreting written documents, and a database of photographs, texts, and other materials. Searchable by keyword, subject, material type, and date. From the Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project. http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/crbeha/aa/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jun 24, 2009 The African Presence in the Americas: 1492-1992
This site explores the "dynamics and dimensions of the 500 year history of African people" in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, focusing on themes of migration, work, culture, and resistance. Includes timeline (1000 B.C. to 1992), a glossary, information for teachers, bibliographies, and links. From Cultural Heritage Initiatives for Community Outreach (CHICO) at the University of Minnesota in cooperation with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 21, 2008 The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
A companion to a library exhibit, with materials on African American colonization, abolition, migration, and participation in the Work Projects Administration (WPA). From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated May 5, 2005 African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: Freedom's Journal
Freedom's Journal was the "first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. The Journal was published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. ... All 103 issues of the Freedom's Journal have been digitized and placed into Adobe Acrobat format." From librarian James P. Danky of the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/aanp/freedom/ Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Newspapers by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 16, 2009 Africans in America
A searchable history of slavery in the United States, featuring images, historical documents, biographies, and contemporary and modern commentaries. Includes a teacher's guide and a youth activity guide. From the PBS series of the same name. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Aug 19, 2005 Afro-Americans in New Jersey: A Short History
A history of blacks in New Jersey from the colonial period through the 1980s. Originally published by the New Jersey Historical Commission in 1989, and published on the Web by the New Jersey State Library. http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Digidox9.php Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 29, 2006 Amistad Research Center
This archive, located on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans, contains historical material on African Americans and other ethnic groups, including "manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, books, periodicals and works of art." The site includes an overview of the collection, accounts of the Amistad slave revolt, and links to related sites. http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Sep 4, 2009 Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War
This site highlights the contributions made by African Americans to the intelligence efforts of the Union during the Civil War, describing the work of several slaves, both male and female, who acted as intelligence agents. According to the author, "Black Dispatches was a common term used among Union military men for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by Negroes." Article originally published in the CIA journal Studies in Intelligence. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/black-dispatches/index.html Topics: Black Resources, Government, Government, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 26, 2007 Black Facts Online
An "online searchable database of Black History facts." Users can search the database by date (month and day) or keyword for facts. http://www.blackfacts.com/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jun 18, 2007 Black History
Historical information, biographies, educational activities, and quizzes. The biography section features several dozen prominent black men and women, whose profiles are derived from the African American Almanac. A briefly annotated timeline highlights events from 1619 to 2003. The literature section features summaries of about 30 books taken from the Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jul 13, 2008 Black History Hotlist
Links for exploring African American history and issues. Topics include Black History Month (February), slavery, abolition, the Underground Railroad, Buffalo soldiers, civil rights movement, Million Man March, poetry, news, people, and much more. From AT&T's Knowledge Network Explorer education program. http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Poetry Last updated Sep 4, 2007 Black History Month
To observe Black History Month, this Information Please site features articles on black history and biographies of notable African Americans in politics, history, entertainment, arts, and sports. It also offers information and links about colleges, holidays, the Spingarn Medal, Tuskegee syphilis experiment, preferred racial or ethnic terminology, statistics on population and earnings, a Civil Rights timeline, and literature. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html Topics: Black Resources, Holidays & Observances Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People
Describes "how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa." Features biographies of prominent Black Loyalists, descriptions and maps of Black Loyalist communities, and original historical documents, including first-hand accounts of what life was like as a Black Loyalist in Nova Scotia. Discusses the service of Black Loyalists in the American Revolution, issues such as prejudice and religious faith, and their exodus from Nova Scotia. From Canada's Digital Collections. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/blackloyalists/ Topics: History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 10, 2006 Black Oral History Collection
Features interviews with "African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington [state], Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974." Topics discussed "include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974." Includes sound files and descriptive records. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html Topics: Black Resources, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 4, 2006 BlackPressUSA.com
"The only national web site featuring news exclusively from African-American journalists and Black community publications," mostly from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) News Service -- "the last national Black Press news wire." Includes daily national news, local news, news links, and press releases; a searchable history section with articles and cartoons from black newspapers and journalists of the past, a black history time line, and black history links; and an op-ed page with letters, essays, and current cartoons. http://www.blackpressusa.com/ Topics: Black Resources, News, Newspapers, Notable People, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 4, 2004 The Booker T. Washington Papers
This site is "designed to provide researchers worldwide with full access to the thousands of pages comprising this 14-volume printed work, originally published by the University of Illinois Press." The collection includes autobiographical writings, letters, newspaper articles, tombstone inscriptions, documents from the Tuskegee Normal School (of which Washington was a trustee), and a large number of other documents. The site is searchable, and volumes can be browsed with the aid of the tables of contents. http://www.historycooperative.org/btw/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Education, Notable People Last updated Aug 4, 2004 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
"More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
This National Historic Site, which consists of "Monroe Elementary School, one of the four segregated elementary schools for African American children in Topeka," Kansas, commemorates "the landmark [1954] Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools." The Web site provides information about visiting the school, material about the main lawsuit and related cases, and a bibliography. http://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Celebrating Black History
Articles, essays, photographs, and transcripts about the black experience from Time and Life magazines. Includes "transcripts of TIME.com's exclusive online conversations with newsmakers like Toni Morrison and Angela Davis." http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated May 5, 2005 Documenting the American South (DAS)
Over 1,200 primary sources documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes Southern literature to 1920; first-person narratives, including diaries, memoirs, ex-slave narratives, and travel accounts; the church in black communities to 1920; materials documenting life during the Civil War; and a collection on the history of North Carolina to 1940. Searchable. From the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://docsouth.unc.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Du Bois: The Activist Life
This site features a biographical essay and chronology of the scholar, author, sociologist, co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and editor of The Crisis and other journals. Also contains a description of the W.E.B. Du Bois Papers collection and an exhibit of materials from the collection. From the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/exhibits/dubois/intro.htm Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Social Issues Last updated Nov 21, 2005 Duluth Lynchings Online Resource: Historical Documents Relating to the Tragic Events of June 15, 1920
This digital collection provides access "to a variety of primary source materials relating to the 1920 lynching of three young black men--Isaac McGhie, Elias Clayton, and Elmer Jackson--in Duluth, Minnesota." It includes background information on the event, newspaper accounts, legal documents, photographs, oral histories, a timeline, and recommended additional online and print resources. Searchable. From the Minnesota Historical Society. http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/ Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Social Issues, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 26, 2005 DuSable Museum of African American History
This Chicago museum was "dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation and dissemination of the history and culture of Americans of African descent." In addition to information about the museum, its exhibits, and events, the site lists a few Web sites with more information on African American history and culture. http://www.dusablemuseum.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jan 11, 2004 Emancipation Proclamation
Small exhibit on the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of 1863 during the Civil War. Includes an essay about Lincoln and slavery, timeline, and images of versions of the document. Part of a Library of Congress American Memory Project presentation about the papers of Abraham Lincoln. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almintr.html Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated May 23, 2006 February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Independent Lens film about four college students who, in 1960, "began a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a small city in North Carolina. The act of simply sitting down to order food in a restaurant that refused service to anyone but whites is now widely regarded as one of the pivotal moments in the American Civil Rights Movement." Features biographies, photos, related links, and lesson plans. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Freedmen's Bureau Online
This site looks at the creation and history of the Freedmen's Bureau, as well as issues facing freed slaves after the Civil War. "The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau ... supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine." Links to government records dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau as well as genealogy sites. http://freedmensbureau.com/ Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Aug 4, 2004 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
Presents hours of audio clips, articles, and photographs about the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins that started February 1960. Covers the young black men who sat at a whites-only lunch counter in a Woolworth store, a timeline, and news articles, a video clip of the unveiling of the statue honoring the occasion, and links to other civil rights sites. A project of the News & Record newspaper, which supplied much of the content, and the Greensboro Public Library. http://www.sitins.com/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 3, 2005 Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
This list of black leaders includes page-length biographies, audio clips, and large and small portraits. Browsable alphabetically or chronologically. From Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Gallery.cfm Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 26, 2005 The Handbook of Texas Online: Juneteenth
This essay describes the origins of the Juneteenth holiday. "On June 19 ('Juneteenth'), 1865, Union general Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, thus belatedly bringing about the freeing of 250,000 slaves in Texas." Discusses the history of the holiday and the impact of Juneteenth, which is now celebrated beyond Texas. From the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/lkj1.html Topics: Black Resources, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jan 21, 2008 Harlem, 1900-1940: An African-American Community
"Various elements of the history of the urban experience in Harlem's early days as the Cultural Capital of African Americans are represented here by graphic and photographic images from the Schomburg Center collection. Some of the subjects include the Schomburg Center itself, political movements, education, sports, social organizations, religion, the Harlem Hospital, theater, business and music. ... included are a map of Harlem, a time line, a bibliography and additional resources" for teachers. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 9, 2004 Hartford Black History Project: A Struggle From the Start
This in-depth look at African Americans in Hartford, Conn., from 1638 through the 20th century offers a view of slavery, emancipation, and the formation of a black community in New England. Among the topics covered are immigration, legal matters, abolitionist efforts, the so-called black governors (black individuals "co-opted" to help whites maintain control over the Black communities), and black military and political participation. From Hartford Web Publishing. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/HBHP/exhibit/index.html Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Labor, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 1, 2006 Heroes in the Ships: African Americans in the Whaling Industry
This site tells the story of the black and Creole mariners who by 1900 constituted the majority of the labor force in the New England whaling industry. Illustrated with a number of historic photographs. From the Kendall Institute of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts. http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/heros/index_h.html Topics: Black Resources, Industries, Mammals, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Jun 28, 2009 The History of Jim Crow
"An educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history." The material includes essays, personal narratives, lesson plans, photographs and historical images, and maps and geographical perspectives on segregation in the United States from the 1870s through the 1950s. "Content was generated by a national collaboration of classroom teachers, working with professional historians." http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jan 6, 2004 A Huey P. Newton Story
This is a companion site to a film about Huey Newton, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther movement. It features quotes from the film (based on Newton's own words); profiles of Black Panther Party members Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Hutton, Stokely Carmichael, David Hilliard, Fredrika Newton, Fred Hampton, Elaine Brown, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, and H. Rap Brown; an overview of the Black Panther Party's actions; and related audio and video. http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Political Parties & Theories Last updated Jan 6, 2004 A Huey P. Newton Story: Watts Riots
This portion of a companion site to a film about Huey Newton, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther movement, features brief information about the Watts Riots. "On August 11, 1965, Los Angeles's South Central neighborhood of Watts became a scene of the greatest example of racial tension America had seen." It includes newsreel footage. Note: Not all links are functioning. http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times/times_watts.html Topics: Activism, Black Resources, California: History Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Images of African Americans From the 19th Century
This pictorial database features images selected from family photographs, early African American educational institutions, and the personal collections of various individuals. It is designed to highlight the social, political, and cultural life of the black Americans in the 19th century. The index is fully cataloged and searchable by subject. From the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 25, 2007 In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
This site contains tens of thousands of essays, books, articles, manuscripts, illustrations, lesson plans, and maps related to black migration during the past four hundred years. From the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.inmotionaame.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Lesson Plans Last updated Jan 24, 2007 The Internet African American History Challenge
This site has brief profiles of several important 19th-century black Americans and a short interactive quiz based on the material presented. Created by an African American Baptist minister. http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 26, 2005 Lasting Legacy: An Apology 65 Years Late
Commentary and reactions to President Bill Clinton's public apology for the federal government-sponsored Tuskegee Study, intended "to examine the impact of syphilis invlolving black men," a forty year experiment (1932-1972) in which subjects had no knowledge of their condition, and were not cured by the doctors who examined them. Transcript of a 1997 "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" program. From the PBS "Online Newshour." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/may97/tuskegee_5-16a.html Topics: Black Resources, Diseases & Conditions, Health, Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 1, 2005 Little Rock Nine
This site is devoted to the history of a landmark event in the history of school integration in the American South. In 1957, nine African-American high school students were the first to enroll in the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fearing an explosion of violence, President Eisenhower ordered that troops of the National Guard be brought in to protect the students. The site contains photos, videos, and newspaper articles of the time, as well as an update on the nine students and coverage of the dedication of the Central High Visitor Center on the 40th anniversary of the historic events. http://www.centralhigh57.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Holidays and Observances Individually, K-12 Education, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Feb 16, 2004 Look Back, Ponder, and Move On: Glimpses of the African-American Experience in Savannah 1750-1900
This online exhibit explores how "during those 150 fateful years African Americans had gone from being bondspeople to citizens of the American Republic." The site features images and information about antebellum Savannah, Georgia, the Civil War era, and reconstruction. Topics include Gullah culture, Muslims in coastal Georgia, and education. From the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation. http://www.kingtisdell.org/exhibit.htm Topics: Black Resources, Labor, U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 30, 2006 Lynching in America
This site features a bibliography of materials about lynching of black Americans in the United States. Also includes links to related sites. From the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island (New York) University. Note: Includes graphic images of lynching. http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm Topics: Black Resources, Social Issues Last updated Jun 22, 2005 Moments in Black History: 365 Days of African American History
"Offers a daily sample of historic African American events" for the current day, the previous day, and the following day. http://www.momentsinblackhistory.com/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated May 5, 2005 |
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