African Americans and African American History 

See also: Civil Rights -- Harlem Renaissance

• AAWC: African American History
  Annotated links from the African American Web Connection.
• African American History and Heritage Site
  "Resources For Black History Month, Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth and all year 'round." Includes an African American Studies Toolkit with annotated links for students and teachers.
• African American History Month
  "The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities ... join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society."
• African American Odyssey
  An American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress. Other collections include: African Voices, Frederick Douglass, Jackie Robinson, Born in Slavery (narratives), From Slavery to Civil Rights, Slaves and the Courts.
• African American World
  "From Sojourner Truth to Jacob Lawrence, discover the courage and talent that shaped the African American experience." From PBS.
• Africans in America (1450-1865)
  "America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide."
• American Black Journal
  "Interviews, round-table discussions, field-produced features and artistic performances featuring African Americans, many of who are among the nation's most recognized and controversial figures, and provides the visual and audio context of key debates and discussions surrounding African American history, culture, and politics."
• Banished
  "From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white." A look at racial cleansing in America from the PBS show "Independent Lens".
• Black Eurpoeans
  "Popular versions of history have all too often airbrushed out the contribution of non-Europeans to Western arts and sciences. ...The figures featured in Black Europeans – Alexander Pushkin, Alexandre Dumas, George Polgreen Bridgetower, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John Archer – all have a mixed European and African ancestry."
• Black Facts Online
  "Black Facts Online is the world's largest FREE online database of Black History information.".
• Black History Month
  History and biography from InfoPlease.com.
• The Black Past
  "TheBlackPast.org, an online reference center housed at the University of Washington, Seattle, makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet." Includes online encyclopedia, speeches, documents, digital archives, and more.
• Brown v. Board of Education  Brown v. Board of Education Online Archive  Brown versus Board of Education/Brown Foundation  Evaluating Brown on Its Fiftieth Anniversary  FindLaw: Cases: Brown v Board of Education  NPR: Looking Back: 'Brown v. Board of Education'  Separate Is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education
  
• Civil Rights Resource Guide
  From the Library of Congress, " a wide variety of material related to civil rights, including photographs, documents, and sound recordings."
• Crossroads to Freedom
  " Crossroads to Freedom connects a digital archive of materials from the Civil Rights era in Memphis, TN ... We have over 70 oral history interviews, along with Judge Russell Sugarmon's papers, the 1962 Hearings of the Commission on Civil Rights and more."
• Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History
  "Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History represents an effort to trace the African American experience and achievements in the United States and elsewhere."
• Famous Firsts by African Americans
  "The first African-American billionaire, combat pilot, Nobel Prize winner, poet laureate, Oscar winner, and Miss America" as well as many others.
• Finishing the Dream
  Free online video series from NBC News.
• Gale: Free Resources: Black History 
  Includes free resources for students and teachers
• The History of Jim Crow
  "Explore the complex African-American experience of segregation from the 1870s through the 1950s."
• The History Makers
  "Educational institution committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories."
• Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen Today
  An article with links from the Britannica blog.
• Interactive Timeline: African American History
  "Click through this interactive timeline to view some of the key people and major events that have shaped African American history in the more than 230 years before Barack Obama becomes the nation's first African American president."
• King's Last March
  American RadioWorks oral documentary about Martin Luther King, Jr. Available in both downloadable and streaming formats. With transcripts and links to other sites..
• Legends of Tuskegee
  Exhibit about the famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
• LEST WE FORGET
  "The history, culture, preservation efforts, and current events of African-Americans, other ethnic, non-ethnic groups and individuals" with plenty of links and a special focus on military history.
• Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
  Created by the NY Public Library and the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture "To mark the United Nations International Year to Commenorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (2004). Requires Flash.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights
  From the Seattle Times, information and perspectives on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Includes photo gallery and some mp3s.
• The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
  "Building upon the achievements of Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project, the King Research and Education Institute provides an institutional home for a broad range of activities illuminating the Nobel Peace laureate’s life and the movements he inspired."
• National Civil Rights Museum
  Virtual tour of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
• Powerful Days in Black and White
  "Shocking photos brought the civil rights struggle to all America. Relive it now through the eyes of photojournalist Charles Moore."
• Say Brother
  "Say Brother, now known as Basic Black, is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for, and about African Americans. The archival collection, consisting primarily of broadcast programs and original footage, dates between 1968 and 1982."
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  A selection of online exhibits and digitized primary sources from the New York Public Library.
• Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History
  Resources in "African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. Over 600 sites are available in the searchable guide which is also browseable by subjects."
• Stories of Freedom and Justice
  A retrospective about the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins of 1960.
• Time.com: Black History
  Articles, interviews, and biographies.
• The Underground Railroad
  Illustrated feature from National Geographic.

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