- Blacks in Alaska History - http://www.yukonalaska.com/akblkhist/index.html
Alaska History Project is dedicated to the pursuit of any information or historical photographs documenting the involvement of Blacks in the history of Alaska.
- A Deeper Shade of Black - http://www.seditionists.org/black/shade.html
Database of historical facts about black people and events. Includes film reviews.
- The American Experience: Jubilee Singers - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/
Traces the history of the choir of former slaves who toured the US and Europe to raise funds to keep Fisk University operating.
- Christine's Genealogy Website - http://ccharity.com/
Numerous historical references including emigrants to Liberia, slave sales, and manumission records.
- African American Pamphlets - http://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.
- Black History Pages - http://5x5media.com/bhp/index.shtml
Stories from black history presented every day, with links to books and other resources.
- Our Shared History - http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/
A comprehensive project of The National Park Service to preserve and interpret African American history.
- African Americans in History - http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html
A brief biographical sketch of several key figures in African American history.
- Afro-American Almanac - http://www.toptags.com/aama/
Presents a historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution.
- Africans in America - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
A collection of images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries depicting America's journey through slavery.
- Black History Treasure Hunt - http://www.education-world.com/a_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.
- The Impact of Dred Scott - http://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.
- The History Makers - http://www.thehistorymakers.com/
Includes biographical information and audio and video clips about African Americans who have influenced history.
- Footsteps African American History - http://www.footstepsmagazine.com/
A magazine that celebrates the heritage of African Americans and explores their contributions to our culture.
- The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys - http://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.
- African-American Women On-line Archival Collections - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
Provides memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson Harris, born in Augusta, Georgia in 1867; letters of Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson, house slaves in Abingdon, Virginia; and a letter written by Vilet Lester, a slave in North Carolina from the Special Collections at Duke University.
- The Ol' Auction Block in Luray, VA. - http://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.
- History of African American Newspapers - http://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.
- Afrigeneas Archives - http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/
Monthly Archives of African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion at Mississippi State University.
- Black Facts - http://www.blackfacts.com/
Offers a free, searchable database of events in black history.
- African Americans on Wall Street - http://www.gregorysbell.com/
Book chronicling the work of African American pioneers who broke social and racial barriers on Wall Street.
- Black Indians and Pioneers - http://www.williamlkatz.com/
William Loren Katz shares his research on black Indians through essays, articles, tributes and photographs.
- Behind the Scenes - http://docsouth.unc.edu/keckley/keckley.html
1868 autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, who went from slavery to the White House where she served Mary Todd Lincoln.
- Kemet Nu Productions - http://www.kemetnu.com/
Lectures, video, and audio tapes that link ancient Africa with African American history.
- African-American History - http://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.
- Tulsa Reparations Coalition - http://www.tulsareparations.org/
The Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The Coalition is working to get reparations.
- Hallowed Ground - http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/nov01/poi.html
Smithsonian Magazine investigation of old grave sites in New England is unearthing hard truths about Yankees and slavery.
- American Experience: Marcus Garvey - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/
Documentary Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind. Explores the life of the brilliant, yet controversial black leader.
- Small Towns Black Lives - http://blacktowns.org/
Photographic documentary, art and history project of African American communities in southern New Jersey.
- Gallery of Greats - http://www.galleryofgreats.com
Calendar program honors great African-Americans.
- An African American Album - http://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.
- African American Album Vol.2 - http://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.
- African-Native Genealogy and History - http://www.African-NativeAmerican.com
Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen ~ Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
- Black History Page - http://hometown.aol.com/klove01/blackhis.htm
Sound, video, historical text and important dates.
- AfricanAmericans.com - http://www.AfricanAmericans.com
Historic guide about African Americans including their culture, society, education, entertainment, and lifestyle.
- Black History Site - http://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.
- Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler - http://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.
- Nat Love - http://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.
- Historic White Rock Cemetery - http://www.historicwrc.org
Historic African-American cemetery under restoration in Lynchburg, Virginia. Searchable gravesite database.
- Cane River Creole Colony - http://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.
- 1,001 Black Inventions - http://www.pinpoints.org
Provides historical plays and programs about the vast intellectual accomplishments of African Americans.
- Black People & Their Place In World History - http://www.geocities.com/cureworks1/
Read this summary of research by Dr. Leroy Vaughn about "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, black inventors, and possible Negro ancestry of five US presidents.
- African American World - http://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.
- Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England - http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/10/29/feat/feat.1.html
The Christian Science Monitor tells some of the stories of black people enslaved in New England prior to the American Revolution.
- Freedmen and Southern Society Project - http://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.
- Charleston Black Heritage - http://www.charlestonblackheritage.com
Charleston, SC guide for black history features history, gullah and geechee culture, points of interest, churches and a calendar of events.
- Black History Review - http://www.BlackHistoryReview.com
Honors African American achievement and teaches history. Includes biographical sketches and book and movie reviews.
- Experience The Past - http://ltorivia.tripod.com/bhm2004.html
Resource for Black History with links, articles, and guestbook.
- Conceive Believe Achieve - http://conceivebelieveachieve.org
Non-profit organization provides photographic displays and syllabus to educate and promote tolerance and justice.
- New Philadelphia: A Pioneer Town - http://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.
- NPR : Hidden Museum Treasures: Fortune's Bones - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1433035
A small museum in Waterbury, Connecticut, is struggling with a big question: what to do with a set of human remains in its collection. Harriet Baskas reports on a real skeleton in the closet, the bones of a slave named Fortune. Hear an excerpt from a poem about Fortune's life. Part of the Hidden Treasures Radio Project series. [5:06 Realaudio broadcast]
- Roberts Settlement - http://hometown.aol.com/white72697/robertssettlementhomecoming.html
Briefly tells the story of Roberts Settlement in Indiana, founded in the mid 1800's by Elijah Roberts and his family.
- Stamps on Black History - http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Stamps.htm
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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