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Open Directory: Society: Ethnicity: African: African-American: History
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 | An African American Album www.cmstory.org/african/album/volume1 Exhibit from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County features photographs reflecting life in the years before 1950. |
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 | African American Album Vol.2 www.cmstory.org/aaa2 Presents the history of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County North Carolina's Black community from 1940 to the 1990s through photographs, oral history, audio and video. |
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 | African American Pamphlets memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html 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. |
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 | African American World www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld Presents the broad range of the black experience in the United States, from the Harlem Renaissance to the ongoing debate over affirmative action. |
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 | African Americans in History www.uga.edu/iaas/research/history.html Learn about influential individuals who helped the political, social, and technological development of the United States. Includes links to sound files and original texts. |
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 | African-American History afroamhistory.about.com Jessica McElrath features many biographical sketches and stories of notable events and time periods. Her collection of photographs from the various periods is extensive. |
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 | African-American Women library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/african-amer… Slave letters offering firsthand glimpses into the lives of female slaves and their relationships with their owners, from Duke University Library’s Special Collections. |
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 | African-Native Genealogy and History www.african-nativeamerican.com Celebrates the Estelusti - Oklahoma's free Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations. |
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 | Africans in America www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html A collection of images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries depicting America's journey through slavery. |
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 | Behind the Scenes docsouth.unc.edu/neh/keckley/keckley.html 1868 autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, who went from slavery to the White House where she served Mary Todd Lincoln. |
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 | Black Facts www.blackfacts.com Offers a free, searchable database of events in black history. |
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 | Black History Daily www.blackhistorydaily.com Updated daily with Black History facts throughout the year. Also has a database of quotes by African Americans. |
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 | Black History Pages www.blackhistorypages.net Stories from black history presented every day, with links to books and other resources. |
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 | Black History Review www.blackhistoryreview.com Honors African American achievement and teaches history. Includes biographical sketches and book and movie reviews. |
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 | Black History Site blackhistorysite.net 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. |
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 | Black History Treasure Hunt www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson052.shtml 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. |
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 | Black Indians and Pioneers www.williamlkatz.com William Loren Katz shares his research on black Indians through essays, articles, tributes and photographs. |
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 | 1,001 Black Inventions www.pinpoints.org Provides historical plays and programs about the vast intellectual accomplishments of African Americans. |
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 | Black People & Their Place In World History www.computerhealth.org/ebook Summarizes research by Dr. Leroy Vaughn about "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, black inventors, and possible Negro ancestry of five US presidents traditionally believed to be white. |
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 | Cane River Creole Colony www.canerivercolony.com History of the Creole descendants of "CoinCoin and Thomas Pierre Metoyer." Includes research information, genealogy, photos, events, database, history, and discussion forum. |
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 | Charleston Black Heritage www.charlestonblackheritage.com Charleston, SC guide for black history features history, gullah and geechee culture, points of interest, churches and a calendar of events. |
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 | Conceive Believe Achieve conceivebelieveachieve.org Non-profit organization provides photographic displays and syllabus to educate and promote tolerance and justice. |
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 | Family Heritage House Museum www.familyheritagehouse.com Features artifacts, literature and other resources, chronicling the history and cultural achievements of African Americans. Includes details of exhibits, workshops, hours, and directions to the location in Bradenton, Florida. |
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 | Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1569.html PBS provides a biographical sketch of this British actress who married a Georgia slaveholder and became an influential abolitionist. |
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 | First Black Autos stalwartpublications.homestead.com Creative non-fiction book on America's first African-American automobile manufacturer, Ohio's C.R. Patterson & Sons Company. |
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 | Freedmen and Southern Society Project www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen Documenting the history of emancipation during the era of the American Civil War, in the words of the participants themselves. |
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 | Hallowed Ground www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/poi.html Smithsonian Magazine investigation of old grave sites in New England is unearthing hard truths about Yankees and slavery. |
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 | Historic White Rock Cemetery www.historicwrc.org Historic African-American cemetery under restoration in Lynchburg, Virginia. Searchable gravesite database. |
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 | The History Makers www.thehistorymakers.com Includes biographical information and audio and video clips about African Americans who have influenced history. |
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 | History of African American Newspapers cti.itc.virginia.edu/~aas405a/newspaper.html 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. |
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 | The Impact of Dred Scott odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/dred_scott/scottxx.htm 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. |
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 | Kemet Nu Productions www.kemetnu.com Lectures, video, and audio tapes that link ancient Africa with African American history. |
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 | Nat Love www.nat-love.com The life and times of famous African American cowboy Nat Love. Includes key chapters from his "Adventures of Deadwood Dick" autobiography. |
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 | New Philadelphia: A Pioneer Town www.newphiladelphiail.org 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. |
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 | The Ol' Auction Block in Luray, VA. www.crowncity.net/auctionblock Through the years the story of the slave block has been kept alive by word of mouth among the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley. |
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 | Our Shared History www.nps.gov/history/aahistory A comprehensive project of The National Park Service to preserve and interpret African American history. |
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 | Roberts Settlement www3.indianahistory.org/library/manuscripts/collection_guides/m0325.html Briefly tells the story of Roberts Settlement in Indiana, founded in the mid 1800's by Elijah Roberts and his family. |
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 | Slave Cemetery in Colonial Newport www.colonialcemetery.com Extensive information regarding one of America's oldest and largest slave and free person African-American cemetery. |
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 | Small Towns Black Lives blacktowns.org Photographic documentary, art and history project of African American communities in southern New Jersey. |
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 | Stamps on Black History library.thinkquest.org/2667 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. |
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 | This Day In Black History www.dayinblackhistory.com Community-driven, interactive online periodical about the Black experience. Lists significant accomplishments by Blacks for each day. |
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 | The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm 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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 | Tulsa Reparations Coalition www.tulsareparations.org The Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The Coalition is working to get reparations. |
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