AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK
HISTORY
AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
WEBSITES
Access these sites through your
computer’s Internet connection. Open the
underlined address. Information can be
printed or downloaded to your computer.
Be sure to follow links to other sites and find your way back with the
“back” button.
The terms “African-American
History” “Black History” “afro centric” “African” “African American” “Afro
American” “Negro” and “Black” are shown as they appear in the web site.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the
Civil Rights Movement are inextricably linked.
See the Martin Luther King, Jr. website list for more links. Some links
will appear on both lists.
All of the sites listed were
active as of February 5, 2007. The
evaluation is by the AVA Center
staff according to the amount of information given and its potential use in the
classroom.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN OHIO
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html
“This selection of manuscript and
printed text and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical
Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920, a story of
slavery and freedom, segregation and integration, religion and politics,
migrations and restrictions, harmony and discord, and struggles and successes.” An American Memory
collection from the Library of Congress.
Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY
www.nyise.org/blackhistory/index.html
Huge site of
links. Includes
Civil Rights & Politics, Society & Culture, Kwanzaa books, Creative
Arts and more. Good for
students. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY – DIGITAL LIBRARY
http://www.academicinfo.net/africanamlibrary.html
A large number
of links to African American history sites. Excellent
THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC – A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXHIBIT
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Permanent and
rotating online exhibits from the Library of Congress on African American
history and culture. Divided into four sections: Colonization, Abolition, Migration and
WPA. For grade
7 and up.
Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICAN ODYSSEY
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
Outstanding
online exhibit of the African American collection at the Library of Congress. A selection from the Loch’s collection featuring text, photos, documents and
much more. For grade 7 and up. Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICAN RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
http://www.southampton.liu.edu/library/afriamer.htm
A list of links
to African American sites on the Internet. A gateway site. Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOICES – DIGITAL HISTORY
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm
An extensive online history of African
Americans in the United
States. Sections: Introduction, Enslavement, The
Middle Passage, Arrival in the New World, Conditions of Life, Childhood, Family,
Religion, Punishment, Resistance, Flight, and Emancipation. For grade 7 and up. Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICAN WEB CONNECTION
http://www.aawc.com/aawc.html
A gateway site
for the whole family with an African American point of view. Includes Art & Poetry,
Authors, Business, Churches, Prominent People, Entertainment, Resources,
History, more much more.
Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/
An online
collection of works by African American women writers of the 19th
century, both poetry and prose. For grade 7 and up.
Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/
PBS’s site for
African Americans and those interested in the culture and history. Sections: Timeline, Reference Room, Kids,
Classroom, Community, and Resources. And
there are four “Channels” or themes: History, Arts & Culture, Race &
Society and Profiles. The Classroom
section contains Lesson Plans. The Kids
section has a game, email, and Kids Talk.
Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS – E-TEXTS ONLINE
Links to online texts of a very large number of African
American writers including: Maya Angelou, Arna
Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Wells Brown, Robert Hayden, William
Pickens, Margaret Walker and many more. For grade 7 and up. Excellent
AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN HISTORY
http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html
Profiles of
prominent African Americans.
Excellent
AFRICAN
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
http://africanarchitecture.com/index.shtml
Information on
West African architecture. Contains excellent photos of traditional buildings in Senegal, Ghana
and Cote d’Ivoire.
(Note: Each thumbnail photo leads to
several other photos). Discusses how
this architecture can influence architecture in the U.S. Excellent
AFRICANS IN AMERICA NEW!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
A companion site to the PBS series. Sections: The Terrible Transformation
1450-1750, Revolution 1750-1805, Brotherly Love 1791-1831 and Judgment Day
1831-1865. Includes:
Introduction, Resource Bank Index, Teacher’s Guide Contents and Youth Activity
Guide. THESE VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE
FROM THE AVA CENTER.
Excellent
AMISTAD TRIALS (FAMOUS AMERICAN TRIALS)
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM
Very thorough examination of the Amistad trials with Maps of the Voyages, Newspaper
Accounts, Chronology, Biographical Sketches of Trial Participants, Sketches of
the Amistad, the Trial Record, Supreme Court Records
and Decisions, Letters and Diary Entries, Images, links and more. An outstanding site. Excellent
ARTNOIR
SHOWCASE
http://www.artnoir.com/
Explores the art of African
America, Caribbean America, Afro-Native America and
includes Brazil and Polynesia.
Includes profiles of artists and displays some of their works. Excellent
“BEEN HERE SO LONG” – SELECTIONS FROM THE WPA SLAVE NARRATIVES
http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn00.htm
In the 1930s, the WPA collected
the narratives of 2,300 former slaves, some through interviews, and some
through their own writings. There are 17
here along with lesson plans that examine the
narratives. Includes links to other online sources of
slave narratives. For grade 7 and up. Excellent
BIG
DADDY’S LI’L SHELF OF BLACK MEN IN LITERATURE
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/big-daddys-books.html
Links
to web pages featuring African American male writers. For grade 7 and up.
Excellent
BLACK
HISTORY – EXPLORING AFRICAN AMERICAN ISSUES ON THE WEB
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Black History Hotlist,
Interactive Treasure Hunt, Subject Sampler, two Webquests – Tuskegee Tragedy
and Little Rock
9, Integration 0? Also includes
links. Excellent
BLACK HISTORY HOTLIST
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html
A list of links
to resources. Sections: Black
History Month, Slavery & History, Leaders, News, Poetry, Changes, and
General Resources. Excellent
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/index.htm
Free resources
for teaching about Black History Month.
Sections: Biographies, Quiz, Featured Titles (Note: These are books to
order – not free), Activities (by grade level – print out activity sheets),
Literature and a Timeline. Excellent
BORN IN SLAVERY:
SLAVE NARRATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT 1936-1938
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
“Born
in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500
black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project
of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in
1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave
Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with
Former Slaves.” Search by Keyword, Narrator, or Volume. Search the photographs by Subject. Browse all by State.
Excellent
BROWN VS.
BOARD OF EDUCATION – DIGITAL ARCHIVE NEW!
http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
An online exhibit on the
Brown vs. Board of Education case. “This archive contains documents
and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant
case up to the present.The archive is divided into
four main areas of interest: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration
efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public
School District; and recent resegregation trends in
American schools.” Excellent
BUFFALO SOLDIERS – 42EXPLORE
http://www.42explore2.com/bufldier.htm
Basic information for students on the
Buffalo Soldiers with links, activities and webquests. Excellent
CIVIL RIGHTS-
42EXPLORE
http://www.42explore2.com/civilrights.htm
Basic information for students on civil
rights with links, activities and webquests. Excellent
CIVIL RIGHTS
TIMELINE: ORDINARY PEOPLE LIVING EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
IN MISSISSIPPI
http://www.usm.edu/crdp/html/cd/intro.htm
“The U.S.
Civil Rights Movement ranks as one of the most profound watershed events in
world history. While there is much in the areas of race relations and social
reform to be accomplished, no informed observer can deny the momentous changes
brought about by what most people consider ordinary people. The aim of this
project is to shine the spotlight on some of those individuals who courageously
gave their lives to the causes of freedom, justice, and equality in what had
been touted as being the finest country on earth. Nowhere can these sacrifices
be seen more clearly than in the lives of those activists who sought to topple
racial, economic, and political inequality in the deep southern state of Mississippi.” Contains several
audio files. For
grade 7 and up. Excellent
CLASSIC AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/sites/aframdocs.html
A long list of
classic African American literature.
Includes the title and author and a link to the full
text of the book. Approx. 50 books. For grade 7 and up.
Excellent
COLORED REFLECTIONS
http://www.coloredreflections.com/
“Colored
Reflections is a "collective history" site covering the quest for
civil rights and equality over the last fifty years.” Sections: Decades: 40’s, 50’s 60’s, 70’s,
80’s, 90’s. Each gives an overview and
reflections of the people who lived through them, biographies and events.