| Black History in America |
| African-American History |
| | Culture & Change: Black History in America
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| | From Scholastic, a tremendous site where you can meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with an interactive timeline. |
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| | Harpers - Black History
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| | From Harper's Weekly, a valuable resource which provides an important perspective on the multifaceted history of black Americans. Website visitors should be warned that several of the words, descriptions, and images from Harper’s Weekly are considered racially offensive by today’s standards. The materials are presented in order to give a true historical picture of the leading 19th-century newspaper’s view of black Americans. |
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| | Aetna African-American History Calendar
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| | This Web site takes you through a journey through African American history. It is a history that is rich with courageous and inspirational stories that touch every facet of American history and culture. |
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| | CNN - Black History Month
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| | A great multimedia site that explores black history. The site includes a timeline, a profile of MLK, and an exploration of other black pioneers. |
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| | Afro-American Almanac
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| | An amazing source for African-American History! The AFRO-American Almanac ® is an on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. |
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| | EB Guide to African American History
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| | American history is filled with voices of African-American people who have spoken out against injustice and inequality. These voices can be heard in all areas of American life. This site will introduce you to the people behind these voices and the events that have affected their lives. |
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| | African American World
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| | Your guide to African American history and culture - from PBS Online. |
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| | From Slavery to Civil Rights: African American History
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| | An incredible multimedia site (it requires the Flash plugin) from the Library of Congress. Select from any era of American history to learn more about the African-American experience. |
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| | African American Mosaic
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| | From the Library of Congress, this site blends art, artifacts and history to form the Mosaic of African American Experience. Sections include: Colonization (Liberia, Personal Stories and ACS New Directions), Abolition (Influence of Prominent Abolitionists, Conflict of Abolition and Slavery), Migration (Western Migration and Homesteading, Nicodemus, KS, Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration), WPA (Cavalcade of the American Negro, Authors and the Federal Writers Project, Ex-slave Narratives). |
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| | Stamp on Black History
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| | From ThinkQuest, a fascinating look at the lives of balck men and women who have been featured on U.S. Postage stamps! Biographies include:Louis Armstrong, Benjamin Banneker, Ida B. Wells (Barnett), Count Basie, Jim Beckwourth, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eubie Blake, Ralph Bunche, George Washington Carver, Roberto Clemente, Nat King Cole, Bessie Coleman, John Coltrane, Dr. Allison Davis, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., Frederick Douglass, Charles R. Drew ... and dozens more!! |
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| | Periscope: Black History Month
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| | Learn about the origins of black history month, and find out more about Martin Luther King and Ruby Bridges. |
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| | Lest We Forget: Triumph Over Slavery
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| | A tremendous multimedia site that explores the transatlantic slave trade and America's gradual emergence from legalized slavery. |
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| | Nineteenth Century African-American History
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| | From the National Park Service, a review of historic sites relating to significant events in 19th-century African-American history. |
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| | A Journey from Slavery to Freedom
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| | An online exhibit with hyperlinked narratives on several key issues relating to African-American slavery in America. |
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| | Long Road to Justice
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| | For more than three hundred years, African Americans have sought racial justice in the Massachusetts courts. In examining this history, we see that victories have been won only through perseverance, courage and the willingness—often with blacks and whites joining forces—to take substantial risks. For African Americans in Massachusetts, the road to justice has been marked by high drama, agonizing frustration, great success and tragic disappointment. |
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