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African American History
 

  General Sites
Information Please Almanacs: Black History Month Site
African American History at About.com

Primary Sources
The African American Mosaic: The Library of Congress Resource Guide for Studying Black History and Culture
African American Odyssey The Library of Congress American Memory Site
The Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection primary source material on  African-American history and culture from the Library of Congress
Images for African American from the 19th Century The New York Public Library Digital Library Collections
Documenting the American South includes primary sources  such as electronic texts of First Person Narratives of the American South and North American Slave Narratives and images.
Primary Text List alphabetically arranged by author or subject.

History
Harlem 1900-1940 The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture site includes a searchable database, timeline, and resources links to other topics.
US Census Bureau 2000: Facts on Black/African American Population
AFRO-American Almanac includes links to historical documents, biographies, folk tales and more.
Stamp on Black History Month
African American Freedom Fighters: Soldiers for Liberty
Black History
The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History

Literature
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century from the Schomburg Center
A Brief Chronology of African American Literature
Perspectives in American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance 1919-1937
African American Writers: Online E-texts

Art
Afro-Americans in the Visual Arts
African American Art
A Journey Through Art with W. H. Johnson

Music
The Indiana University Archives of African-American Music and Culture
Black History Music
Archives of the Early Lindy Hop

Math and Science
African Americans in the Sciences
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
African American Inventors

Teacher Resources
Black History: Exploring African American Issues on the Web includes hotlist, subject sampler, treasure hunt, webquests, and videoconferencing ideas.


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