Since the 1997 Cowell College's Culture Break is focusing on African American culture. Here is a list of some interesting WWW pages that you can visit to increase your knowledge of Afro-centric things! Enjoy.
A very comprehensive page done by the Library of Congress. A guide to African American culture and history. It's called African-American Mosaic.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Want to take a look at some African art? Here's the Durban Art Gallery's South African Collection. Check out the "Soul Bearer 11" piece.
http://durbanet.aztec.co.za/exhib/dag/dagsa.htm
Take a look at some artifacts from West African societies. There is a detailed description beneath each piece. Some way cool masks!
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/exhib/93.ray.aa/Introduction.html
Who is Fredrick Douglas? Hmm? Well, check out this short page to find out who this important African-American figure is.
http://www.webcom.com/~bright/source/fdougla.html
Martin Luther King Jr.? Everyone's heard of him. Here is a homepage honoring the memory of MLK.
http://www.netnoir.com/spotlight/mlk/index.html
What's with all these men? Here's a "Salute to Black Women."
http://www.netlinks.net/Netlinks/afro/blkwoman.html
"The Million Man March" What was that? Perhaps you heard about on the news. Just in case you don't know what its about, here's some info regarding it. With quotes and even some RealAudio!
http://www.igc.apc.org/africanam/archives/
Well, since you read about the "The Million Man March" why don't you find out about Spike Lee's new movie. It's called Get on the Bus. Pictures, multimedia, and text.
http://www.spe.sony.com/Pictures/SonyMovies/features/getonbus.html
A national speaker is coming to UCSC!!! Find out how you can attend the event that makes Berkley jealous. Under "This Month's Events" on Jan 27th, you can get information about the lecture by the title "MLK Jr, Memorial Convocation: featuring Cornel West".
http://events.ucsc.edu/calendar/
Who is this Cornel West? Find out more about him at.
http://nimue.wustl.edu/~ripple/issues/8.2/west.html
http://www.baylor.edu/~Scott_Moore/West_info.html