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In addition to Film and Music reviews you can also look at some interesting facts for a particular week in Black History. The information is updated weekly, usually on Sunday or Monday.
An area devoted to cataloging and showcasing historical Black content on the World Wide Web. In this area you'll find information on Political Leaders, Exhibits, Indexes and References to African Americans, as well as pictorials
This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound.
Lots of Good Links
Afro-American Sources in Virginia-A guide to Manuscripts
A useful reference aid to be consulted by scholars of Afro-American history, literature, and culture.
Afrigeneas is a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular. This page serves as a focal point for information about African-ancestored families and for pointers to genealogical sources worldwide.
Griot Online
What is a Griot?
A Griot (gree'-oh) is an African historian. He is a revered clan member who, before the written word, would memorize all of a village's significant events, like births, death, marriages, hunts, seasons and wars, ensuring that the collective heritage, culture and lineage of the clan continued. A Griot would speak for hours, even days, drawing upon a practiced and memorized history, that had been passed on from Griot to Griot for generations. In the Griot tradition, the people of the AFROAM-L discussion group have created a unique compilation of discussions, research and original work about African life, culture and history named it our Griot Online.
THE MUSEUM OF SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC
The Museum of Slavery in the Atlantic is designed to provide accurate, engaging and provocative information to the public about the history of slavery in the Atlantic.
UP FROM SLAVERY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Booker T. Washington
An Abbreviated version of the book
This study includes a general overview of the Underground Railroad, with a brief discussion of slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used by slaves, and alternatives to commemorate and interpret the signficance of the phenomenon.
Biographies
Images and information about very important African Americans.
The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project
Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) form a critical link in black America's centuries-long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. As the leader of the largest organized mass movement in black history and progenitor of the modern "black is beautiful" ideal, Garvey is now best remembered as a champion of the back-to-Africa movement. In his own time he was hailed as a redeemer, a "Black Moses." Though he failed to realize all his objectives, his movement still represents a liberation from the psychological bondage of racial inferiority.
Warning: Very graphic photo essay depicting the horrors of the African American Experience in the United States
Martin Luther King
I HAVE A DREAM the complete text of Martin Luther King's historic speech
Malcom X
The Black Panther Party
Civil Rights. A Status Report.
National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee! Featuring a Virtual tour of the struggle for civil rights in the USAThe Museum's goal is to instill in viewers an appreciation of the history, struggle, and the important events and personalities of the movement. The interpretive exhibits that form the main body of the National Civil Rights Museum are structured as a series of vignettes of key events in the civil rights movement. These events offer a forum for exploring the history of each event, its main participants, what happened just before and during that time, what was achieved or not achieved, and the subsequent changes or resultant efforts.
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences.
Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists. African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed in both large and small ways that can be overlooked when chronicling the history of science. By describing the scientific history of selected African American men and women we can see how the efforts of individuals have advanced human understanding in the world around us.
African American Inventor Series
A site that is dedicated to the memory of the many African-American inventors that have helped to develop this land that we have built.
Biographical Profiles of Some Important 19th Century African Americans
Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists. African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed in both large and small ways that can be overlooked when chronicling the history of science.
THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
Over 180,000 African-Americans served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Of these, more than 33,000 died. After the war, the future of African-Americans in the U.S. Army was in doubt. In July1866, however, Congress passed legislation establishing two cavalry and four infantry regiments (later consolidated to two) whose enlisted composition was to be made up of African-Americans. The majority of the new recruits had served in all Black units during the war. The mounted regiments were the 9th and 10th Cavalries, soon nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Cheyenne and Comanche.
366th Infantry Regiment HomePage
The 366th Infantry Regiment was an all-black unit that saw action in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Check out this link for more information. This site was rated among the top 5% of all sites.
The Tuskegee Airman were the first black fighter pilots. The name comes from an experiment enjoined by the U.S. Army Airforce during WWII to see if blacks were capable of being pilots. The experiment took place at the Tuskegee Institute.They were called the "Schwartze Vogelmenshen" (Black Birdmen) by the Germans who both feared and respected them. White American bomber crews reverently referred to them as "The Black Redtail Angels" because of the identifying red paint on the aircraft tail assemblies and because of their reputation for not losing bombers to enemy fighters as they provided fighter escort on bombing missions over targets in Europe.
More information on the Tuskeegee Airmen
Find out about some of the great events, people and places that we have included in this month's Black history calendar. This calendar also contains links to other sites where you can find more information about some of the events and people listed.
Celebrating Black History Month All Year Round
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Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery"
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Frederick Douglass's "Biography"
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Black America's "National Anthem"
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. "Why civil liberties pose no threat to civil
rights."
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European Slave Trader John Barbot's "Observations on the Slave trade."
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Douglas T. Miller's"Opinion on The Emancipation Proclamation"
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Nat Turner's "Revolt against Slavery"
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Benjamin Banneker's "Letter to Thomas Jefferson"
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Jacob Stroyer's "Material conditions of Slave Life"
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Black People's International Place of Remembrance
This is a simple project that uses the low-cost global accessibility of the Internet to make sure that Black and indigenous people who have died as a result of racism, brutality & oppression ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN.
AFRICAN AMERICANA-Louisian State University's
The Black History Museum
