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  • African American Odyssey [*]
    Highlights related rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings from the Library of Congress collection.
    memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
  • African-American Mosaic [*]
    Exhibition that traces black history from the colonization of North America to abolition to the post-World War II migration. From the Library of Congress.
    www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
  • Black Facts
    Database searchable by date, word, or category.
    www.blackfacts.com
  • African-American Women: On-line Archival Exhibits
    Collection of letters and memoirs of 19th century slave women, from Duke University.
    scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
  • Black History.com
    Includes articles about the history and culture of Black Americans, plus interactive features for members.
    www.blackhistory.com
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)@
    Learn about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the United States Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation in U.S. education. Sites provide articles, history, analysis, and text of the Supreme Court decision.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Specific_Cases/Brown_v__Board_of_Education_of_Topeka__1954_
  • Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
    Online reference guide to African American history by Professor Quintard Taylor, from the University of Washington.
    www.blackpast.org
  • African American Perspectives: 1818-1907
    Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture. Held by the Library of Congress.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html
  • In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
    Features articles, photographs, maps, and historic documents devoted to the migrations that have formed and transformed our nation.
    www.inmotionaame.org
  • Black Archives of Mid-America
    Largest repository of African American history and artifacts in the Midwest.
    www.blackarchives.org
  • Amistad@
    Learn about Amistad Mutiny, the historical rebellion of slaves aboard the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839. Sites feature historical background, the vessel, the U.S. Supreme Court case, trial records and judgment, news accounts, biographical sketches, the legacy, and movie based on the 19th century rebellion at sea which became one of the milestones in the American history of abolition.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Amistad_Revolt
  • Freedmen's Bureau@
    Explore the Freedmen's Bureau, the federal agency formed during the Reconstruction to aid distressed refugees of the American Civil War. Sites feature history, documents, activities' handbook, lesson plans to explain the sharecropping system, as well as transcriptions of reports and records of the agency also called the 'Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands' since it helped the 'freedmen' or freed slaves.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Freedmen_s_Bureau
  • Africa Within
    Resource for Africana studies articles, photos of Africa, major events in African American history, and biographies of prominent leaders.
    www.africawithin.com
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica: Guide to Black History
    Examines nearly 400 years of African American history through five distinct time periods, from the struggles of slavery through the successes of the Civil Rights Movement.
    search.eb.com/blackhistory
  • Dred Scott Decision (1856)@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Specific_Cases/Dred_Scott_v__John_F__A__Sandford__1856_
  • Afro-American History
    Provides a directory of black history links and information.
    www.aawc.com/aah.html
  • Stamp on Black History
    An introduction to just a few important black men and women - those who have been honored on United States postage stamps.
    library.thinkquest.org/10320/Stamps.htm
  • American Legacy
    Publication dedicated to documenting African American history and culture.
    www.americanlegacymag.com
  • North Star, The
    Journal of African American religious history.
    northstar.vassar.edu
  • Africana Online: Black History
    Features articles on the history of blacks in America, including slavery, the civil rights movement, and artistic movements.
    www.africanaonline.com
 


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