List of galleries and other African
American related resources - if your gallery is not listed please e-mail me
the Name and link. Rest assured that I will be adding to this list as I find
the time:
African American History
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African
American History:
- An
African American Album - Exhibit from the Public Library of Charlotte
and Mecklenburg County features photographs reflecting life in the years
before 1950.
- African
American Album Vol.2 - Presents the history of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
County North Carolina's Black community from 1940 to the 1990s through photographs,
oral history, audio and video.
- African
American Historical Text Archive - Collection of articles and historical
documents.
- African
American History and Culture - Articles on historical achievements and
educational interactive trivia game relating to black history.
- African
American Newspapers The 19th Century CD-ROM - Searchable database contains
a comprehensive collection of nineteenth-century newspapers.
- 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.
- 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.
- African
American Resources at the Maryland State Archives - An archived history
of black people in the state Maryland.
- 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 Americans
at World's Fairs and Expositions - Information from the World's Columbian
Exposition of 1893 to the Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition of
1915.
- African
Americans in History - A brief biographical sketch of several key figures
in African American history.
- African
Americans in the Anti-Imperialist Movement - The effect of the anti-imperialist
movement on African Americans.
- African
Americans on Wall Street - Book chronicling the work of African American
pioneers who broke social and racial barriers on Wall Street.
- 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.
- African-American
Women On-line Archival Collections - Provides memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson
Harris, born in Augusta, Georgia in 1867; letters of Hannah Valentine and
Lethe Jackson, house slaves in Abingdon, Virginia; and a letter written
by Vilet Lester, a slave in North Carolina from the Special Collections
at Duke University.
- AfricanAmericans.com
- Historic guide about African Americans including their culture, society,
education, entertainment, and lifestyle.
- African-Native
Genealogy and History - Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen ~ Oklahoma's
Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
- Africans
in America - A collection of images, documents, stories, biographies
and commentaries depicting America's journey through slavery.
- Afrigeneas
Archives - Monthly Archives of African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion
at Mississippi State University.
- Afro-American
Almanac - Presents a historical perspective of a nation, its people,
and its cultural evolution.
- The
American Experience: Jubilee Singers - Traces the history of the choir
of former slaves who toured the US and Europe to raise funds to keep Fisk
University operating.
- American
Experience: Marcus Garvey - Documentary Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in
the Whirlwind. Explores the life of the brilliant, yet controversial black
leader.
- Behind
the Scenes - 1868 autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, who went from
slavery to the White House where she served Mary Todd Lincoln.
- Black
Facts - Offers a free, searchable database of events in black history.
- Black
History Page - Sound, video, historical text and important dates.
- Black
History Pages - Stories from black history presented every day, with
links to books and other resources.
- Black
History Review - Honors African American achievement and teaches history.
Includes biographical sketches and book and movie reviews.
- Black
History Site - Includes articles and book reviews about black history
and how the different races and genders fought hard to ensure that the struggle
for equality by black Americans did not falter.
- Black
History Treasure 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.
- Black
Indians and Pioneers - William Loren Katz shares his research on black
Indians through essays, articles, tributes and photographs.
- 1,001
Black Inventions - Provides historical plays and programs about the
vast intellectual accomplishments of African Americans.
- Black
Inventors Then and Now - Inventions and profiles from the 1700s to date.
- Black
People & Their Place In World History - Read this summary of research
by Dr. Leroy Vaughn about "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, black
inventors, and possible Negro ancestry of five US presidents.
- Blacks
in Alaska History - Alaska History Project is dedicated to the pursuit
of any information or historical photographs documenting the involvement
of Blacks in the history of Alaska.
- 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.
- Charleston
Black Heritage - Charleston, SC guide for black history features history,
gullah and geechee culture, points of interest, churches and a calendar
of events.
- Christine's
Black History Pages - Directory of black history with over two dozen
categories full of resources.
- Christine's
Genealogy Website - Numerous historical references including emigrants
to Liberia, slave sales, and manumission records.
- 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.
- Conceive
Believe Achieve - Non-profit organization provides photographic displays
and syllabus to educate and promote tolerance and justice.
- A
Deeper Shade of Black - Database of historical facts about black people
and events. Includes film reviews.
- Experience
The Past - Resource for Black History with links, articles, and guestbook.
- Fanny
Kemble and Pierce Butler - PBS provides a biographical sketch of this
British actress who married a Georgia slaveholder and became an influential
abolitionist.
- Father
Ryan Black History Sites - African American military history, journalism,
and Harlem Renassaince.
- Footsteps
African American History - A magazine that celebrates the heritage of
African Americans and explores their contributions to our culture.
- 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.
- Gallery
of Greats - Calendar program honors great African-Americans.
- Gateway
to African American History - A comprehensive and well-annotated listing
of sources about African American History.
- Hallowed
Ground - Smithsonian Magazine investigation of old grave sites in New
England is unearthing hard truths about Yankees and slavery.
- Historic
White Rock Cemetery - Historic African-American cemetery under restoration
in Lynchburg, Virginia. Searchable gravesite database.
- The
History Makers - Includes biographical information and audio and video
clips about African Americans who have influenced history.
- History
of African American Newspapers - A project of The Reflector Newspaper,
this page overviews the history and influence of black-run newspapers from
before the Civil War to the present.
- History
of St. Mary's County Maryland - Records the significant contributions
of African-Americans in the development of St. Mary's County, Maryland.
- Images
of African Americans from the 19th Century - A collection of historical
pictures from the New York public library.
- The
Impact of Dred Scott - During the 1850's, 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.
- The
Internet African American History Challenge - An Internet-based curriculum
enhancement tool for black history education programs.
- Kemet
Nu Productions - Lectures, video, and audio tapes that link ancient
Africa with African American history.
- The
Mis-Education of the Negro - A short version of the original book consisting
of outlines and notes.
- Nat
Love - The life and times of famous African American cowboy Nat Love.
Includes key chapters from his "Adventures of Deadwood Dick" autobiography.
- 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.
- New
Philadelphia Illinois Historic Town - Dr Juliet E K Walker commemorates
Free Frank McWorter who, born a slave in 1777, founded the first black town.
- The
Ol' Auction Block in Luray, VA. - Through the years the story of the
slave block has been kept alive by word of mouth among the inhabitants of
the Shenandoah Valley.
- Our
Shared History - A comprehensive project of The National Park Service
to preserve and interpret African American history.
- Roberts
Settlement - Briefly tells the story of Roberts Settlement in Indiana,
founded in the mid 1800's by Elijah Roberts and his family.
- Seacoast
New Hampshire Black History - The history of African Americans in New
Hampshire.
- Small
Towns Black Lives - Photographic documentary, art and history project
of African American communities in southern New Jersey.
- South
Carolina African American History - Honors African-American achievers
from South Carolina. Honors a different person each month with a brief biography.
- The
Southern Experience in 19th Century America - The narrative of Bethany
Veney.
- Stamps
on Black History - Tells the stories of dozens of black men and women
whose faces have appeared on U.S. postage stamps. Also includes interactive
quiz, word puzzles, writing activities, crafts, and coloring pages.
- Time
Line of African American History - A time line of African American history
(1852-1880) from the Library of Congress.
- 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.
- Tucson's
African American Community - Oral histories, photographs, and texts.
- Tulsa
Reparations Coalition - The Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study
the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The Coalition is working to get reparations.
- Where
in the heck is Allensworth, CA - Historical account on Colonel Allen
Allensworth and the town named after him.
- NPR
: Hidden Museum Treasures: Fortune's Bones - A small museum in Waterbury,
Connecticut, is struggling with a big question: what to do with a set of
human remains in its collection. Harriet Baskas reports on a real skeleton
in the closet, the bones of a slave named Fortune. Hear an excerpt from
a poem about Fortune's life. Part of the Hidden Treasures Radio Project
series. [5:06 Realaudio broadcast] (September 16, 2003)
African
American Studies: