African Americans

Community

AfroAmerica@

NetNoir - Online community for all interested in Afrocentric culture, covering wide range of topics from business & finance to fitness & lifestyle

Genealogy

AfriGeneas - / Extensive helps and resources for African ancestored genealogical research

History

Aboard the Underground Railroad - Traces history of the Underground Railroad including early antislavery movement.  Includes map showing routes of U.R.. and links, by state, to historic places along route, with photos, location & visitor information

Afro-American Almanac - Biographies, full-text books, folktales, historical documents and accounts of historical events

‘I Have A Dream’ Speech, by Martin Luther King, Jr. -  Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963

Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History and Culture - Student resources from Rutgers University.

Smithsonian: African American History and Culture - Selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and organizations

Literature

Coretta Scott King Award Winners - African-American children’s book list of award winners with links to our catalog for availability

Science

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - Site produced by the Chemistry Department of Louisiana, provides bibliographies on African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.  Biographies indexed by name and by profession & include pictures when available
 
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Africans in America presented by PBS   African American Perspectives presented by the Library of Congress   An African American Mosaic presented by the Library of Congress   Civil Rights: Sound Archives of the Civil Rights presented by WebCorp   Civil Rights: Timeline of the American resentation by Western Michigan University   Destination for the Great Migration: Chicago presented by the Library of Congress   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Paper Project by Stanford University   Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport  

Harlem: 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture presents an exhibit on Harlem by the University of Michigan's Cultural Heritage Initiatives for Community Outreach (CHICO)