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History: African American

  1. African American History -

    A website maintained by the University of Washington libraries containing links to numerous sites dealing with African American history.
  2. African-American Cemeteries Online -
  3. African-American Mosaic -

    From the Library of Congress.
  4. African-American Women's History -
  5. Africana Heritage Project -

    "Rediscovering the Names and Lives of Slaves, Freedpersons, and Their Descendants."
  6. Africans in America -

    From PBS.
  7. American Experience -

    Watch over 250 films covering the American Experience from Dinosaur Wars to the Polio Crusade, to Amelia Earhart. Also included are teacher's guides, biographies, interactive maps, primary resources, timelines, and much much more. From PBS.
  8. Black History Milestones -

    From History.com.
  9. Black History Month -

    Provides information on African American history, current issues, famous African Americans, holidays, etc.
  10. Black History Month -

    History, timelines, statistics, issues, quizzes, etc. from Infoplease.
  11. Black History Month: February 2013 -

    Facts for Features from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  12. Black Oral History Collection -

    Interviews with African American pioneers and their descendants.
  13. Buffalo Soldiers Research Museum -
  14. Celebrate Black History Month in Colorado -

    From Colorado.com.
  15. Celebrating Black History on the Web -

    From University of Colorado at Boulder.
  16. Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) -

    Browse events, places, people, and topics. From the Digital Library of Georgia.
  17. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -

    Legacy, chronology, biography, and more, from The King Center.
  18. Freedmen's Bureau Online -

    Records on murders and outrages, marriages, labor; Preservation Act of 2000.
  19. Internet History Sourcebooks -

    Series of history primary sourcebooks covering ancient, medieval, and modern history. Subsidiary sourcebooks include African, East Asian, Global, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Science, Women, and GLBT history.
  20. Juneteenth -
  21. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service -
  22. Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute -

    Includes the King Papers Project, curriculum, resources, an online encyclopedia and more.
  23. National Civil Rights Museum -
  24. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database -

    Provides information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages.
  25. Voices of Civil Rights -

    Library of Congress online exhibit featuring individual accounts and oral histories during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.