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African American World | PBS
Presents the broad range of the black experience in the United States, from the
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African American Web Connection
Black web site listings of churches, businesses, art, entertainment, prominent
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AfriGeneas ~ African American & African Ancestored Genealogy
Site devoted to African American genealogy. Features mail lists, message boards,
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Archives of African American Music and Culture
A guide to Indiana University's research center archives.





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University of Virginia etext Center: African-American
Online texts of literature by or about African-Americans. Some texts restricted
to University users only.


UGA African American Studies
A brief biographical sketch of several key figures in African American history.

  • Returning to the U.S., he graduated from Lincoln University in 1926, publishing his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, that same year

  • During the next four decades he continued to write in a number of forms—novels, poetry, short stories, plays, autobiography, and nonfiction

  • Her father, a scholar and lover of literature, instilled in his daughter a love of American and English classics, the Bible, and poetry

  • Her mother played music, especially ragtime, and read poetry

  • A collection of poetry was published by Yale University Press in 1941, also winning the Yale Younger Poet's Award


    African-American Women - On-line Archival Exhibits at Duke University
    Provides memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson Harris, born in Augusta, Georgia in 1867;
    letters of Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson, house slaves in Abingdon, ...


    AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Black History Homepage
    Pacific Bell's Black History web site with links, interactive quiz, videoconferencing.

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    The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
    This exhibit marks the publication of a Library of Congress resource guide for
    the study of Black history and culture.


    In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
    Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8300
    illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on US ...


    African American Pamphlets Home Page
    The Daniel AP Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a review of history and culture
    spanning almost one hundred years. Among the authors represented are Frederick ...


    Cyndi's List - African-American
    Links to archives, families, libraries, mailing lists, museums, records, researchers,
    societies and general resource sites.

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    African American Shopping Mall
    An index of sites selling Afrocentric merchandise.


    The African American Museum in Philadelphia
    A guide to current and upcoming events, exhibits, lectures, activities, and
    educational programs.


    Our Shared History, African American Heritage
    A comprehensive project of The National Park Service to preserve and interpret
    African American history.


    DuSable Museum of African American History
    America's foremost museum of African American history. Founded in 1957 by Dr.
    Margaret T. and Charles G. Burroughs on the south side of Chicago.


    African American History: Welcome
    This project documents a selection of important events in African American history.
    Currently it begins with the 1857 Dred Scott case and continues through ...


    Tubman African American Museum
    Located in Macon, Georgia, was founded in 1981 and named in honor of Harriet
    Tubman, but is dedicated to educating people about all aspect of African American ...


    African American Museum
    Devoted to the preservation and display of artistic, cultural and historical
    materials, including an extensive folk art collection. Includes exhibit details ...


    African American Biographical Database
    Full text, with illustrations, of more than 40000 biographies, 1790-1950.
    Available on an annual subscription.


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