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• Kids and Teens: People and Society: Biography: African-American  (44)
• Science: Anomalies and Alternative Science: Historical Anomalies and Revisionism: Afrocentrist Models  (4)
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• An African American Album - Exhibit from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County features photographs reflecting life in the years before 1950.
• African American Album Vol.2 - 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• African American Historical Text Archive - Collection of articles and historical documents.
• African American History and Culture - Articles on historical achievements and educational interactive trivia game relating to black history.
• African American Pamphlets - 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.
• African American Resources at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library - Guide to 20th Century African American individuals, organizations and topics from the Greater Cincinnati area. Find books, articles, photographs and manuscripts.
• African American Resources at the Maryland State Archives - An archived history of black people in the state Maryland.
• African American World - Presents the broad range of the black experience in the United States, from the Harlem Renaissance to the ongoing debate over affirmative action.
• African Americans in History - Learn about influential individuals who helped the political, social, and technological development of the United States. Includes links to sound files and original texts.
• African-American History - Jessica McElrath features many biographical sketches and stories of notable events and time periods. Her collection of photographs from the various periods is extensive.
• African-American Women On-line Archival Collections - 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.
• African-Native Genealogy and History - Celebrating the Estelusti ~ The Freedmen ~ Oklahoma's Black Indians of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations.
• Africans in America - A collection of images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries depicting America's journey through slavery.
• Afrigeneas Archives - Monthly Archives of African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion at Mississippi State University.
• The American Experience: Jubilee Singers - Traces the history of the choir of former slaves who toured the US and Europe to raise funds to keep Fisk University operating.
• American Experience: Marcus Garvey - Documentary Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind. Explores the life of the brilliant, yet controversial black leader.
• Behind the Scenes - 1868 autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, who went from slavery to the White House where she served Mary Todd Lincoln.
• Black Facts - Offers a free, searchable database of events in black history.
• Black History Page - Sound, video, historical text and important dates.
• Black History Pages - Stories from black history presented every day, with links to books and other resources.
• Black History Review - Honors African American achievement and teaches history. Includes biographical sketches and book and movie reviews.
• Black History Site - 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.
• Black History Treasure Hunt - 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.
• Black Indians and Pioneers - William Loren Katz shares his research on black Indians through essays, articles, tributes and photographs.
• 1,001 Black Inventions - Provides historical plays and programs about the vast intellectual accomplishments of African Americans.
• Black People & Their Place In World History - 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.
• Cane River Creole Colony - History of the Creole descendants of "CoinCoin and Thomas Pierre Metoyer." Includes research information, genealogy, photos, events, database, history, and discussion forum.
• Charleston Black Heritage - Charleston, SC guide for black history features history, gullah and geechee culture, points of interest, churches and a calendar of events.
• Christine's Black History Pages - Directory of black history with over two dozen categories full of resources.
• Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England - The Christian Science Monitor tells some of the stories of black people enslaved in New England prior to the American Revolution.
• Conceive Believe Achieve - Non-profit organization provides photographic displays and syllabus to educate and promote tolerance and justice.
• Experience The Past - Resource for Black History with links, articles, and guestbook.
• Family Heritage House Museum - Features artifacts, literature and other resources, chronicling the history and cultural achievements of African Americans. Includes details of exhibits, workshops, hours, and directions to the location in Bradenton, Florida.
• Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler - PBS provides a biographical sketch of this British actress who married a Georgia slaveholder and became an influential abolitionist.
• Footsteps African American History - A magazine that celebrates the heritage of African Americans and explores their contributions to our culture.
• Freedmen and Southern Society Project - Documenting the history of emancipation during the era of the American Civil War, in the words of the participants themselves.
• Historic White Rock Cemetery - Historic African-American cemetery under restoration in Lynchburg, Virginia. Searchable gravesite database.
• The History Makers - Includes biographical information and audio and video clips about African Americans who have influenced history.
• History of African American Newspapers - 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.
• History of St. Mary's County Maryland - Records the significant contributions of African-Americans in the development of St. Mary's County, Maryland.
• The Impact of Dred Scott - 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.
• In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
• In The Steps Of Esteban: Tucson's African American Heritage - Documents the history of Tucson's African-American community through oral histories, photographs, and texts
• The Internet African American History Challenge - An Internet-based curriculum enhancement tool for black history education programs.
• Kemet Nu Productions - Lectures, video, and audio tapes that link ancient Africa with African American history.
• The Mis-Education of the Negro - A short version of the original book consisting of outlines and notes.
• Nat Love - The life and times of famous African American cowboy Nat Love. Includes key chapters from his "Adventures of Deadwood Dick" autobiography.
• New Philadelphia: A Pioneer Town - 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.
• New Philadelphia Illinois Historic Town - Dr Juliet E K Walker commemorates Free Frank McWorter who, born a slave in 1777, founded the first black town.
• The Ol' Auction Block in Luray, VA. - Through the years the story of the slave block has been kept alive by word of mouth among the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley.
• Our Shared History - A comprehensive project of The National Park Service to preserve and interpret African American history.
• Roberts Settlement - Briefly tells the story of Roberts Settlement in Indiana, founded in the mid 1800's by Elijah Roberts and his family.
• Seacoast New Hampshire Black History - The history of African Americans in New Hampshire.
• Slave Cemetery in Colonial Newport - Extensive information regarding one of America's oldest and largest slave and free person African-American cemetery.
• Small Towns Black Lives - Photographic documentary, art and history project of African American communities in southern New Jersey.
• South Carolina African American History - Honors African-American achievers from South Carolina. Honors a different person each month with a brief biography.
• The Southern Experience in 19th Century America - The narrative of Bethany Veney.
• Stamps on Black History - 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.
• Time Line of African American History - A time line of African American history (1852-1880) from the Library of Congress.
• The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys - 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.
• Tulsa Reparations Coalition - The Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The Coalition is working to get reparations.
• Voices: Tribute to African American Heritage - Feature on African-American history from the Madison Voices newspaper.
• Where in the heck is Allensworth, CA - Historical account on Colonel Allen Allensworth and the town named after him.

• NPR : Hidden Museum Treasures: Fortune's Bones - 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] (September 16, 2003)

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