WEB SITES CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY
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 “Black History” “afro
centric” “African” “African American” “Afro American” “Negro” and “black” are
shown as they appear in the web site.
All of the sites listed were active as of January 14, 2002. The evaluation is by the AVA Center staff
according to the amount of information given and its potential use in the
classroom.
AFRICA ONLINE
A gateway site for many African sites divided into sections
such as Business & Finance, Sports, Travel, Education, Health, Music and
more. Focuses on Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,
Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Includes current weather and
news information. Excellent
AFRICA ONLINE – KIDS ONLY!
www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverkids.html
Read a Kenyan magazine for kids,
play games, learn about the 1000 languages of Africa, find keypals, learn about
Africa, African schools, Word Search, online quiz, and Our African Art
Gallery. Excellent
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN OHIO NEW!!
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. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY – DIGITAL
LIBRARY NEW!!
http://www.academicinfo.net/africanamlibrary.html
A
large number of links to African American history sites. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE LINKS
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites/aframdocs.html
List of links to African American
literature links with historic texts online.
Excellent
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC – A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXHIBIT
NEW URL!
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Permanent and rotating online
exhibits from the Library of Congress on African American history. 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 LOC’s collection
featuring text, photos, documents and much more. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION SHIFTS –
LESSON PLAN NEW!!
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tpl-anyplacebuthere/index.html
A
lesson plan for grades 6-8 using census data to determine how African American
populations shifted in the last century and the reasons for those
movements. Includes suggestions for
adapting the lesson to older students and for additional reading and web
links. 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 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 NEW!!
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.
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
AFRICAN SCIENCE BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THE “NEW WORLD”
http://www.black-collegian.com/african/science.shtml
An article discussing the
discovery of sophisticated technologies in early African civilizations. Discusses manufacturing processes, plant
use, medicines, and visits to North and South America before Columbus. Excellent
AFRICANA.COM NEW!!
An
online magazine aimed at the African American community with news, articles,
columns, reviews and much more. Note:
The Africana Blackboard includes lesson plans focusing on African Americans and
Africa. Excellent
AMISTAD TRIALS (FAMOUS AMERICAN TRIALS) NEW URL
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
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 NEW!!
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. 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. 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 MONTH NEW!!
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm.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
A BLACK HISTORY TREASURE HUNT – LESSON
PLAN NEW!!
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson052.shtml
A
treasure hunt for students grades 4 and above (by levels) on Black
History. Excellent
BUFFALO SOLDIERS – LESSON PLAN NEW!!
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/rediscoveringamerica-buffalosoldiers/index.html
A
lesson plan for grades 6-8 on the role of African American soldiers in the
military in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes links and suggested readings. Excellent
CIVIL RIGHTS: AN INVESTIGATION – LESSON
PLAN NEW!!
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/civilrights/index.html
A
lesson plan for grades 9-12 exploring the issue of civil rights and the roles
played by President Johnson, Edgar J. Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr. during
the American civil rights movement. It
also examines the effects and implications of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. Excellent
COLORED REFLECTIONS NEW!!
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. Excellent
A DEEPER SHADE OF BLACK NEW URL
http://www.seditionists.org/black/shade.html
A database on people and events
in Black History, short biographical sketches, this week in Black History, a
Black History calendar. Excellent
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA GUIDE TO BLACK HISTORY NEW!!
A
huge site from Encyclopedia Britannica.
Sections: Timeline, Articles A-Z, Eras in Black History, Audio-Video,
Bibliography, Britannica Online (subscription only), Internet Links, and a
Study Guide with six student activities.
Outstanding. Excellent
THE END OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT –
LESSON PLAN NEW!!
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tpl-crossroads/index.html
A
lesson plan for grades 6-8 on the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the
rights and racial relationships we have today.
Includes suggested readings and web links. Excellent
EXPLORING AMISTAD AT MYSTIC SEAPORT
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/
The story of the Amistad. Includes the Story, the Significance, People
and Places involved, 500 Primary Sources (i.e. Personal papers, court records,
government records), Timeline and more.
An outstanding site with a huge amount of information. Excellent
FREE AT LAST – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES – A THINKQUEST SITE NEW!!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/
A
student-created site with extensive information on the Civil Rights Movement
from the 1850s to the 1950s. Navigate
through the site via three routes: Timeline Route, Leaders Route, Issues
Route. Also includes a Civil Rights
Dictionary, Games and a Bibliography.
Excellent
GREENSBORO SITINS – LAUNCH OF A CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT NEW!!
Documents
the sit-ins at Whites Only lunch counters by four black men in 1960 that
launched the Civil Rights Movement.
Includes profiles of all involved, photos, audio clips, video clips and
more. Excellent
HEADBONE DERBY: ESCAPE TO FREEDOM – AN
INTERNET ADVENTURE NEW!!
http://www.headbone.com/derby/escape/
An
online adventure for students grades 4-8 (broken up by level) which takes students
back to the mid-19th century and follows the Underground Railroad as
slaves escaped to freedom. Includes a
Teacher’s Guide with age-appropriate extensions and activities. Excellent
IMAGES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM THE 19TH
CENTURY NEW!!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/
A
large collection of images of African Americans. Sections: Civil War, Education, Family, Labor, Slavery,
Portraits: Men, Portraits: Women, Portraits: Children, Portraits: Groups,
Slavery, Politics, and much more. Each
image is annotated as to caption and source.
Excellent
INTERNET AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CHALLENGE NEW TITLE
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
Use the brief biographies of important
African Americans in the 1800s to answer the questions in the Challenge. The Challenge has three levels. Excellent
INVENTORS ONLINE MUSEUM – AFRICAN
AMERICAN INVENTORS NEW!!
http://inventorsmuseum.com/africanam.htm
Brief
biographical articles about 18 African American inventors. Excellent
KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM – HEROES IN THE
SHIPS – AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WHALING INDUSTRY NEW!!
http://www.kwm.org/collections/exhibits/heroes/home.htm
Documents
the little-known role of African Americans in the whaling industry in New
England as sailors, blacksmiths, shipbuilders, officers & owners. Sections: Whaling Crews, Harpooning and
Boatsteers, Processing the Whale, Master Mariners, Passing the Idle Hours,
Journals & Pictures, Lewis Temple & Harpoons, Whaling Families, and
Bequia and the Islands. Excellent
THE KING CENTER – BELOVED COMMUNITY NEW!!
“More
than a 650,000 visitors from all over the world are drawn annually to the King
Center to pay homage to Dr. King, view unique exhibits illustrating his life
and teachings and visit the King Center’s Library, Archives, his final resting
place, his birth home, gift shop and other facilities. Located in Atlanta’s
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, The King Center utilizes
diverse communications media, including books, audio and video cassettes, film,
television, CDs and web pages, to reach out far beyond its physical boundaries
to educate people all over the world about Dr. King’s life, work and his
philosophy and methods of nonviolent conflict-reconciliation and social change.” The web site includes biographical
information, photos, audio clips, and classroom activities. Excellent
KULTURE ZONE NEW!!
A
family-friendly site for graphics depicting people of color. Includes clip art, stationery, e-cards,
email and more. Includes a Kulture Kidz
section with activities. Excellent
LEST WE FORGET…
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/default.htm
Vast site with a large number of
links and a huge amount of history of Africans and African Americans in the
United States. Excellent
LEST WE FORGET – IMAGES 0F THE BLACK
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY ROBERT TEMPLETON NEW!!
http://www.templeton-interactive.com/lest1a.htm
An
online exhibit of the works of artist Robert Templeton with information and
links about each subject, i.e. Frederick Douglass, Asa Randolph, Benjamin Mays,
Roy Wilkins and many others. Excellent
MAMA’S BLACK BOOKCASE OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/mamas-bookcase.html
Links to web pages featuring
African American woman writers.
Excellent
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PAPERS PROJECT
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
A collection of Dr. King’s
Papers, Speeches, Sermons, Autobiography, Biography, Chronology, and Articles
includes the full text of documents and audio clips. Excellent
MATHEMATICIANS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA NEW
URL & INFO
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/index.html
Shows how mathematical thinking
from non-European continents was ignored by most math historians. Presents
information on countries in Africa with a long history of mathematics. Also presents information on Black
Mathematicians from all over. Includes
new sections. Excellent
THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM NEW URL
http://216.157.9.6/civilrights/main.htm
An online civil rights museum
featuring a museum tour, calendar, maps, exhibits and more. Excellent
NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE ONLINE
http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com
Official web site of Negro League
Baseball, featuring the history of the league, the teams, the players, a chat
forum, links and more. Excellent
NETNOIR – THE BLACK NETWORK
A gateway site to many African
American sites. Includes sections on
Teens, Family, Communities, Chat, Marketplace and much more. Excellent
OFFICIAL MALCOLM X WEB SITE
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/index.html
Malcolm X home page with
biography, photos, bibliography, quotes and more. Excellent
PAINTED VOICES – PORTRAITS OF 20 CELEBRATED AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS
http://www.black-collegian.com/african/painted-voices/index.shtml
Artist Gilbert Fletcher discusses
how he came to create portraits of 20 of the most celebrated African American
writers in US history. Scroll down to
links to all of the portraits with a short bio of each writer. Outstanding site. Excellent
PENN CENTER: NATIVE ISLANDER GULLAH CELEBRATION
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/jhstevens/penncenter.html
St. Helena Island in South
Carolina is one of the few sites in the US where the “Gullah culture” has been
preserved. There are photos, details of
Gullah culture, African culture and more.
Excellent
POETRY AND PROSE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/poetryindex.html
List of poets and writers of the
Harlem Renaissance with full text copies of their works. Excellent
POWERFUL DAYS IN BLACK AND WHITE
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Black and white photos of the
Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s.
Each photo has the date taken, photographer and a brief caption. Excellent
REAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HEROES NEW!!
Focuses
on leaders and positive role models who have made a difference. Sections: African American Medal of Honor
Winners, African American Military Leaders, African American Astronauts, and
Links. Excellent
SMALL TOWNS – BLACK LIVES: AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY NEW!!
The
online exhibit of photos and text from an exhibit planned for 2003 at the Noyes
Museum of Art documenting African American communities in southern New
Jersey. Communities documented include
Springtown (Cumberland county), Small Gloucester(Gloucester county),
Chesilhurst (Camden)county, Port Republic and Morris Beach (Atlantic county),
and Whitesboro (Cape May county).
Excellent
STAMP ON BLACK HISTORY – A THINKQUEST SITE NEW URL
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/
A compilation of US postage
stamps which feature African Americans, includes an outstanding tour, quiz,
games and an alphabetical list of biographical sketches of all of those
featured. Excellent
TEACHING
RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY NEW!!
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/mlk.shtml
A
page of links to lesson plans, units, and activities on African American
history. Excellent
TIME FOR KIDS – BLACK HISTORY MONTH NEW!!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm
Time
magazine’s kids site on Black History.
Sections: Black History Then to Now (timeline), History Challenge
(quiz), Oh, Grow Up! (Guess future leaders from their childhood pictures, Now
Hear This! (audio files of speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy
and Lyndon Johnson. Includes lesson
ideas for teachers. Excellent
USS MASON - PROUDLY WE SERVED
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/5290/
The story of the USS Mason, the
only World War II warship with an all African American crew and the men who
served on her. Includes quotes and
stories from the men who served on her.
Excellent
VOICES FROM THE GAPS – WOMEN WRITERS OF
COLOR NEW!!
“An
instructional Web site focusing on the lives and works of North American women
writers of color.” Designed as a
classroom component in literature classes on the works and lives of women
writers of color. Contributors are
encouraged to choose writers from the list provided and contribute a page on
that author. Author pages include
excerpts, biographical information and more.
Excellent
WHAT’S IN A NAME: UNDERSTANDING MALCOLM
X – LESSON PLAN NEW!!
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tpl-crossroads/index.html
Students
investigate the four stages of the life of Malcolm X and how the four names he
used fit those periods of his life.
Excellent
WRITING BLACK
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html
A long list of black authors and
some of their works. Includes the full
text. Excellent
ABOARD A SLAVE SHIP, 1829 NEW!!
http://www.ibiscom.com/slaveship.htm
Although
the United States had banned the importation of slaves, the trade
continued. The author was aboard one of
the ships patrolling the seas off the coast of Africa, boarding suspected slave
ships and confiscating the ships when slaves were found. The site includes his firsthand account of
the wretched conditions. Very Good
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY NEW!!
http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/
Information
on African American history. Sections:
Inventions; Other Biographies; Recorded Lynchings; Chronology: A Historical
Review; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Quotes by MLK; Coretta Scott King; Medger
Evers; Malcolm X; Nelson Mandela; Significant Documents; Legal Status, The
Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court Cases; Retreat and Dismantlement; Police in
70s and 80s. Very Good