AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES

• African Genealogy - http://www.afrigeneas.com/ -
  This site is the best known African based genealogy forum on the Web. Find surname databases, slave ship logs, and more.

• African Voices - http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/ -
  This site explores the history and culture of Africa's peoples..

• The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress) - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html -
  The Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture provides access to materials on colonization, abolition, migration, and more.

• Africans in America - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html -
  This site presents America's journey through slavery.

• Afro-American Almanac - http://toptags.com/aama/ - 
  This site provides access to links on African-American culture, including folktales, biographies, historical documents , speeches, and much more.

• American Slave Narratives - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html -
  This narrative collection of interviews with former slaves discusses their lives before and after freedom.

• Archives of African American Music and Culture - http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/index.html -
  This site contains links to African American music and other related cultural links.

• Author's Profiles - http://authors.aalbc.com
  This site will help you learn about African-American authors.

• BET - http://www.BET.com -
  This site is devoted to the lifestyle and culture of Black Americans.

• Biography Celebrates Black History Month - http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ The site provides access to biographies of famous African Americans from Hank Aaron to Tiger Woods.

• The Black Collegian - http://www.black-collegian.com -
  This is the electronic version of the magazine providing information on career planning, job searches, and college life.

• Black History Activities - http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
  This site was created to support students as they investigate topics related to black history and African-American issues.

• Black History Month - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html -
  Find a wide variety of information on notable African Americans.

• The Black Press:  Soldiers Without Swords - http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/ -
  A history of African-American journalism, writers, and newspapers is covered in this site.

• Black Press USA - http://www.blackpressusa.com/
  This site provides access to news from African-American journalists and community publications.

• Black Voices - http://www.BlackVoices.aol.com/

          This site serves as a gateway to the Black world with information on lifestyle, education, entertainment and more.

• Born in Slavery - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html - 
  This collection, part of the Federal Writer’s Project, includes first person accounts of former slaves.

• Genealogical Sites - http://www.apollo3.com/~cmesiah/geneasites.html -
  Provides a comprehensive list of genealogy sites for African-Americans.

• Juneteenth - http://www.juneteenth.com -
  Find information on the day celebrating the ending of slavery.

• Malcolm X: A Research Site - http://www.brothermalcolm.net/mxcontent.html -
  The Malcolm X Research Site includes a bibliography, chronology, biography, speeches and more.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. - http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/ -
  This site contains information on the Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches and writings.

• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project - http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/mlkpapers
  This site provides papers, speeches, sermons, biographical information, and more about Martin Luther King, Jr.

• NAACP - http://www.naacp.org
  This site provides access to the official web site of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

• The Official Kwanzaa Web Site - http://officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ - 
  This site discusses the history, the seven principles and symbols, and the different ways to celebrate the holiday.   

• Racial Profiling in America - http://www.aclu.org/profiling/ - 
  The ACLU has released the report "Driving While Black: Racial Profiling On Our Nation's Highways."  This documents the practice of substituting skin color for evidence as a grounds for suspicion by law enforcement officials. 

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html -
  Provides an online guide to an extensive collection of African-American culture.

• The Underground Railroad - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html -
  Explore this site which gives background and history of the Underground Railroad. Includes the journeys, maps, and more.

• We Shall Overcome - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights -
  The National Park Service provides the "Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement."