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General Black History Resources
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 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 African American Heritage & Ethnography
This is a self-paced learning resource on African American heritage topics for 1500-1799. Although it was designed for National Park Service personnel, the topics will be of interest to a general audience wanting to learn more about the African diaspora (including Africans in Spanish America, the Chesapeake, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and French America), African language and culture, and heritage preservation law. From the National Park Service (NPS) Park Ethnography Program. http://www.nps.gov/history/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Sep 6, 2007 African American History & Heritage Site: Teacher Toolkit for Grades K-12
A huge number of links related to the black experience. The "Reference Offline" section provides a generous quantity of "basic reference resources every library should have," including books, CDs, videos, curriculum guides, and more. http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/library.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 7, 2006 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 Odyssey
"The exhibition 'The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship,' showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress." This online companion features annotated images of books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, photos, artworks, and musical scores. Topics include slavery, the antebellum period, abolition, the Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, the Depression, and the Civil Rights movement. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 12, 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 Sites in the Digital Collections
This webliography's "primary focus is to connect the user to full text online resources regarding significant people, major institutions and events from an African American perspective, historically related to an era." Browse by time period. Includes resources on Brown v. Board of Education, and brief listings of printed resources for young and adult readers. Compiled by Sabrina C. Thomas, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/afam/afam-home.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 13, 2009 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 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 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 America I Am: The African American Imprint
Companion to a "four-year touring museum exhibition that will celebrate 400 years of African American contributions to this country. The exhibition presents a historical continuum of pivotal moments in courage, conviction and creativity." Site features an exhibition preview with Tavis Smiley audio, images of a few selected artifacts (such as the key from the Birmingham jail cell that held Marin Luther King, Jr.), and pre-registration for tickets. http://americaiam.org/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 13, 2009 Avoice: African American Voices in Congress
This site was "designed to capture and preserve the rich history of political and legislative contributions of blacks for future generations. This virtual online library is a central source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues." Features exhibits on the history of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and related topics. Developed by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. http://www.avoiceonline.org/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 22, 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 Studies
A browsable webliography featuring dozens of annotated links to high-quality websites related to African American studies. From the City College of New York (CCNY) Libraries. http://resources.ccny.cuny.edu/resources/subject.jsp?sub_id=60 Topics: Black Resources Last updated Apr 15, 2008 BlackPast.org: Remembered & Reclaimed
This site provides "reference materials to the general public on six centuries of African American history. It includes an online encyclopedia of hundreds of famous and lesser known figures in African America, full text primary documents and major speeches of black activists and leaders from the 18th Century to the present." Searchable, or browse encyclopedia articles about people, places, churches, events, and organizations. Directed by an African American history professor at the University of Washington. http://blackpast.org Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 20, 2007 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 DaCosta 400: A Celebration of Black Canadian Heritage, 1605-2005
Overview of the 400-year anniversary celebration (in 2005 through 2007) of people with African backgrounds living in Canada. "Mattheu Da Costa, thought to be the first Black man in Canada (Acadia), came to Canada with Samuel de Champlain," in 1605. Includes a timeline of Canadian black history, important events and personalities (such as Africville and black cowboys), education resources (including recipes), and more. In English and French. http://www.dacosta400.ca Topics: Black Resources, History By Place Last updated Mar 22, 2006 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 Independent Lens: African American
This page collects links to sites for documentaries about black history and culture. Find programs about individuals (including several musicians) and topics such as civil rights, activism, and families and communities. Documentary websites provide articles, photos, interactive features, and other material to accompany the programs. From Independent Lens. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/africanamerican.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 13, 2009 Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)
This website explores black history through maps of modern and historic buildings and locations in New York City. Use the interactive map to learn about people, places, and themes in black history. Also includes lesson plans and a collection of images, videos, and historic maps. Produced by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) in partnership with Columbia University's Teachers College and Creative Curriculum Initiatives. http://www.maap.columbia.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 22, 2009 Minority Links: Facts on the Black or African American Population
Statistics, demographics, social and economic characteristics, redistricting data, profile reports, briefs, and much more. From the U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWafamML1.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Apr 3, 2004 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 NYPL Digital Gallery: Africana & Black History
This digital collection features "[s]everal thousand items ranging from historical documents and rare visual materials to contemporary photo-journalism, relating to the entirety of African American history from the 16th century to the present." List of items is sortable by title or by library division. Includes a list of related subject headings. From the New York Public Library (NYPL). http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=history&collection_list=AfricanaBlackHistory&col_id=147 Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 13, 2009 Our Shared History: African American Heritage
This site showcases United States National Park Service (NPS) resources related to black history and culture. It includes a section on the Underground Railroad and travel guides for exploring relevant national parks, exhibits, and collections. Through numerous links, this website also serves as a portal to NPS online resources on this subject. http://www.nps.gov/history/aahistory/ Topics: Black Resources, History, National Parks & Forests Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Patchwork of African-American Life
Profiles six websites about African American history and culture "created as models to suggest ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning." Topics include racial desegregation in schools (Little Rock 9) and the Tuskegee [syphilis] Study. Includes an "interactive treasure hunt" and WebQuest, an online research project. From AT&T's Knowledge Network Explorer education program. http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/BHM/ Topics: Black Resources, Diseases & Conditions, Education Last updated Mar 23, 2006 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail
"Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been home to Africans and African-Americans for more than 350 years. This Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail guide takes the reader to a selection of sites where Portsmouth's black residents lived, worked, prayed and celebrated. It tells stories omitted from three centuries of white historical narrative." Features a map and images with commentary. http://www.seacoastnh.com/Black_History/Black_Heritage_Trail/Portsmouth_Black_Heritage_Trail/ Topics: Black Resources, History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 8, 2009 The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century
This exhibition from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "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." http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/WEBEXHIB/legacy/legacy2.htm Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 21, 2004 Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Website for this Washington, D.C., museum (the building for which has not yet been constructed) that "aspires to tell the story of America's history through an African American lens." Features an interactive diagram of selected people and places of African American history and culture, personal memories, images from exhibitions, classroom materials, family activities, children's literature list, a timeline of African American history, and other material related to black history. From the Smithsonian Institution. http://nmaahc.si.edu/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 15, 2008 Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History
"Historic Weeksville was a nineteenth century community located in the Ninth Ward of Brooklyn, New York. It was named for James Weeks, an African American who purchased land there in 1838." It was "'rediscovered' in 1968 when its four remaining historic dwellings were spotted from the air." The site provides information about restoration efforts, historic images, and tour information. http://www.weeksvillesociety.org Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 14, 2005 The Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History: Guide to the Web
Compilation of annotated links to hundreds of websites about "African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. ... The topics covered range from the underground railroad to hip hop music." Other subjects include civil rights, education, health, literature, military, religion, slavery, sports, and women. From the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/webguide/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 14, 2006 Tabor 100
"The Tabor 100 is a Pacific Northwest Association of African-American businesspeople and entrepreneurs." The site features news (such as legislative advocacy and awards) and a directory of member businesses. http://www.tabor100.org Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jun 14, 2006 |
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