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Academic Info: African American History & Studies (directory of online resources, including sections on digital publications, historic African Americans, Martin Luther King, Jr., slavery, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, jazz, museums, and teaching resources) |
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Africana.com: Gateway to the Black World (covers the geography, history, culture, and community of Africa and people of African descent; also offers news, arts, multimedia, music, chat, email, etc.) |
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African American Biographical Database (ProQuest Information and Learning Company) |
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African American Literature Book Club |
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The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (resource guide for the study of Black history & culture) (Library of Congress) |
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African American Studies Research Guide ("starting point for research into various areas of African American studies, including cultural and sociological studies, history, art, and literature") (Amy Shapiro, Yale U.) |
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African American Studies Videography (Media Resources Center, U. California, Berkeley) |
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African American Theses and Dissertations, 1907-2002 (U. California, Berkeley) |
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African-American Women and Identity Bibliography (Xeturah Monique Woodley, U. Colorado, Denver) |
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African American Web Connection: An American Cyber Gateway for the Entire Family (William Richard Jones) |
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African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF) (ArtMattan Productions) |
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African Missouri (Anne Taylor, U. Missouri, St. Louis) |
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Africans in America (PBS Online) |
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AfriGeneas: African American & African Ancestored Genealogy |
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Afro-American Almanac: African-American History Resource |
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The Afro American Newspapers |
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The Afrocentric Experience (Obi Okara) |
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American Women's History: A Research Guide: African-American Women (Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee State U.) |
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The Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History and Culture (Smithsonian) |
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Archives of African American Music and Culture (Indiana U.) |
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ArtMattan Productions: Films from Africa and the African Diaspora (Montana Banana, Inc.) |
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Black 2 Da Future: Urban Entertainment |
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Black America Web ("Internet community and comprehensive source of info for and about African-Americans, providing visitors with relevant news and info produced by original writers and the Black press") |
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The Black Collegian Online - Career Site for Students and Professionals of Color (IMDiversity, Inc.) |
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Black Enterprise (online version of the "magazine for black entrepreneurs, professionals and corporate executives"; "provides personal finance strategies, career guidance and business updates from the African-American perspective") |
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Black Facts Online ("internet resource for black history information") |
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Black Film Center/Archive ("repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans") (Indiana U.) |
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BlackFilm.com ("links the Black film community while cultivating national and international audiences interested in their work"; "forum for filmmakers, scholars, and organizations") |
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Black Film Magazine Online |
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BlackFilmMakers.net (Nommo Speakers' Bureau) |
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Black Film Research Online (U. Chicago) |
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BlackFlix.com ("African American alternative to the standard fare of movie reviews and web sites that impersonally and consistently overlook the contributions of Black stars, film makers, directors, writers and other Black film professionals") |
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Black History Hotlist: A Collection of Internet Sites |
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Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center |
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Black Information Link (The 1990 Trust Human Rights for Race Equality) |
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Black Native American Association |
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The Black Population in the United States (pdf file)(US Census Bureau) |
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The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (PBS Online) |
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Black Quest: African American History Resources |
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Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire (site for journal published by New York U.) |
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BlackVoices.com ("news, lifestyle, career, and entertainment online destination for African-Americans") |
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Black Womens Health |
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The Black World Today (online Black community; "collective of journalists, writers, artists, communicators and entrepreneurs who have banded together to use the information revolution as one means towards the overall empowerment of Black people") |
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Blaxploitation.com |
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The Blue Highway (on the history of the blues) (Curtis Hewston) |
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Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) |
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Callaloo ("premier African and African-American literary journal, publishes original works by, and critical studies of, black writers worldwide") (Johns Hopkins U. Press) |
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Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS) (U. Michigan) |
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History |
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The CIRCLE Brotherhood Association ("group of African American men practicing, and dedicated to, the quality of life, successful manhood and parenting, economic growth and development, and the pursuit of excellence and spiritual development") (Scott Williams) |
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Patricia Hill Collins, "Black Feminist Thought in the Matrix of Domination" (from Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment [1990]) (World History Archives) |
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Norman Coombs, Black Experience in America (1972) (online re-publication of book from Twayne Press as part of The Immigrant Heritage of America series) |
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A Deeper Shade of Black (includes a Black History database, film reviews, literature reviews, and links) (Charles Isbell) |
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Documenting the American South: The Church in the Southern Black Community (includes collection of electronic texts, images, a guide to religious content in slave narratives, and other info on religion in the Southern Black community) (U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
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Electronic Text Center: African American (U. Virginia Library) |
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The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History (includes timeline, bibliography, articles, video/audio clips, etc.) (Encyclopædia Britannica Online) |
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EverythingBlack.com (gateway to Black websites and resources) |
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The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences (Mitchell C. Brown, Princeton U.) |
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Five Views: A History of Black Americans in California (National Park Service) |
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Flashback - 97.02.12. - Black History, American History The Atlantic Monthly |
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G - The Gravity Web Zine |
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Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro: A Hypermedia Edition of the March 1925 Survey Graphic Harlem Number (facsimile reproduction and critical apparatus for an illustrated issue of Survey magazine, the journal of social work in America in the 1920s) (Matthew G. Kirschenbaum and Catherine Tousignant, U. Virginia) |
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Harlem Renaissance (Jill Diesman, Northern Kentucky U.) |
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The History of Jim Crow (includes historical information, multimedia presentations, and teacher's resources) (New York Life) |
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Hollywood Black Film Festival ("festival aims to enhance the careers of emerging and established black filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program") |
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The International Jamerican Film and Music Festival |
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The Internet African American History Challenge ("interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History") |
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Internet Resources for African American Studies (U. Delaware Library) |
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Internet Resources in African American Studies (American Studies Electronic Crossroads, Georgetown U.) |
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K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. Pennsylvania) |
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Keele U. American Studies: Writing Black (collection of links pertaining to literature and history written by and about African Americans) |
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The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr. (extensive resources on MLK, Jr., and the civil rights movement) |
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The King Center ("official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.") |
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Malcolm X: A Research Site (extensive resources, including biography, chronology, bibliography, study guides, images, relevant links, etc.) (Abdul Alkalimat, U. Toledo) |
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Media Resources Center: African-American Studies (U. California, Berkeley) |
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MelaNet: The UnCut Black Experience ("platform for intellectual, economic, and spiritual expression of peoples throughout the African Diaspora") |
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Midnight Ramble ("dedicated to those actors and filmmakers of Race movies, and Black Hollywood that flourished during the first half of the twentieth century") |
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Museum of Afro-American History Boston |
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National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis, Tennessee) |
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National Urban League ("nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream") |
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Negro League Baseball Dot Com ("online home of negro league history") (P. Mills) |
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The Network Journal: Black Professionals and Small Business Magazine ("magazine is dedicated to educating and empowering Black professionals and small business owners") |
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Official Nation of Islam Webpage |
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The Official Website of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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Our Shared History, African American Heritage (National Park Service) |
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PAL: Chap. 9: Harlem Renaissance - Index (Paul P. Reuben, California State U., Stanislaus) |
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Pan African Film & Arts Festival |
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Powerful African-American Images Revealed in Picture Books (Kay E. Vandergrift, State U. of New Jersey, Rutgers) |
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QBR The Black Book Review Online ("first book review exclusively dedicated to books about the Africana experience") |
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Resources in Black Studies (U. California, Santa Barbara Library) |
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS Online) |
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Elna L. Saxton and Jo McClamroch, "African American Culture: Some Sites You Should Bookmark" (C&RL News, Association of College and Research Libraries) |
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Steve Silberman, "Black Flight to the Net" (article on "the rush of blacks to the online world [that] is being driven partly by a hunger to find replacements for news and programming that have vanished during a decade of buyouts of minority broadcast outlets by huge conglomerates") (Wired News) |
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SnallyGaster's African American Phat Library (includes resources on African American writers, Nobel Prize winners, and the Harlem Renaissance) (Scott W. Williams) |
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Still Going On: Celebrating the Life and Times of William Grant Still ("multimedia celebration of the centenary of the birth of...the dean of African-American composers") (Special Collections Library, Duke U.) |
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Subject Guides: African-American Studies (resources through Columbia U.'s LibraryWeb) |
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This Week in Black History (Charles Isbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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Urban Entertainment ("production, exhibition, and distribution company focused on African American and urban-themed entertainment content across multiple platforms and distribution channels") |
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Vibe Magazine Online: Your Online Urban Community |
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Voices of the Civil Rights Era (audio clips, including speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X) (Webcorp) |
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The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University (Jennifer Wager) |
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We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (National Park Service) |
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The Western Journal of Black Studies (Washington State U.) |
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Women on the Net (WON) ("provides resources for women of color, particularly women of African descent"; covers "such topics as women in business; feminism; careers; sexuality; health and beauty; and racial issues as they exist in the U.S. and abroad") |
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World History Archives: African American History (Haines Brown) |
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Courses & Syllabi |
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African American Literature Syllabi (Randy Bass, Georgetown U.) |
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African-American Literature Syllabus (Linda J. Holland-Toll, Newberry C.) |
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African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project (teaching resources, including syllabi) (Amherst C.) |
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African and African American Studies: Syllabi (U. Memphis) |
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Black Studies Course Syllabi (U. California, Santa Barbara) |
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Dale T. Graden |
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Comparative African American Cultures Syllabus (Dale T. Graden, U. Idaho) |
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Comparative Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World Syllabus (Dale T. Graden, U. Idaho) |
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Modern African American Culture Syllabus (Dale T. Graden, U. Idaho) |
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Floyd W. Hayes |
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African American Political Thought Syllabus (Manuel Avalos, Arizona State U. West) |
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African Americans and Leadership: Community, Strategy, and Transformation Syllabus (Manuel Avalos, Arizona State U. West) |
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Black Political Participation in America Syllabus (Manuel Avalos, Arizona State U. West) |
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Studies in African American Literature: Syllabus (Doris Witt, U. Iowa) |
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Survey of African American Literature and Writing: Writing About Issues of Power, Race, and Gender Syllabus (Samantha Blackmon, Purdue U.) |
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Departments & Programs |
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African American and African Studies Programs (The Black Collegian Online) |
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African American Studies Graduate School Programs (GradSchools.com) |
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African-American Studies Programs in the United States (Princeton U.) |
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Yahoo! Directory African American Studies |
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AfricAm @ Cal (U. California, Berkeley) |
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African American & African Diaspora Studies (Indiana U.) |
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African American and African Studies (Ohio State U.) |
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African-American Studies (Colby C.) |
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African American Studies (Temple U.) |
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African American Studies (Yale U.) |
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African & African-American Studies (Duke U.) |
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African & African-American Studies (Stanford U.) |
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African & African-American Studies (U. Kansas) |
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African and African American Studies and Africana Women's Studies (Clark Atlanta U.) |
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Africana Studies and Research Center (Cornell U.) |
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African New World Studies (Florida International U., Miami) |
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African Studies Center (U. Pennsylvania) |
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Afro-American Studies Department (includes Afro-American Studies Research Guide) (Howard U.) |
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Black Studies (U. Nebraska, Omaha) |
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Center for African & African American Studies (U. Texas, Austin) |
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Department of African-American Studies (Morehouse C.) |
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Department of African and African American Studies (Harvard U.) |
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Department of Afro-American Studies (U. Wisconsin, Madison) |
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Department of Black Studies (U. California, Santa Barbara) |
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Institute for African American Studies (U. Georgia) |
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Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) (Columbia U.) |
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Program in African American Studies (Princeton U.) |
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Program in African American Studies (U. California, Irvine) |
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Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies (U. California, Los Angeles) |
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Discussion Lists & Newsgroups |
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AFAM-L: African American Research & Discussions (The Black Agenda) |
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African-American Listservs and Chatrooms (U. Maryland) |
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H-Afro-Am Discussion Network (H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine) |
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H-Net Discussion Networks (H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine) |
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Listservs & Discussion Groups (African Studies Center, U. Pennsylvania) |
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American Memory |
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Homepage of American Memory (gateway to "primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States"; "offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections") (Library of Congress) |
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The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress) |
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African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship |
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Introduction to African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship (Library of Congress) |
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I. Slavery--The Peculiar Institution (Library of Congress) |
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II. Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period (Library of Congress) |
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III. Abolition, Anti-Slavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy (Library of Congress) |
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IV. The Civil War (Library of Congress) |
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V. Reconstruction and Its Aftermath (Library of Congress) |
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VI. The Booker T. Washington Era (Library of Congress) |
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VII. World War I and Postwar Society (Library of Congress) |
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VIII. The Depression, The New Deal, and World War II (Library of Congress) |
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IX. The Civil Rights Era (Library of Congress) |
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African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 (Library of Congress) |
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African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress) |
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (Library of Congress) |
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The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925 (Library of Congress) |
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Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress) |
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From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 (Library of Congress) |
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"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (Library of Congress) |
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Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 (Library of Congress) |
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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress) |
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William P. Gottlieb Collection: Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz (Library of Congress) |
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Zora Neale Hurston Plays (Library of Congress) |
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Africa |
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General Resources |
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Africa -- History (links arranged by topic) (Karen Fung, Stanford U.) |
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Africa (links and bibliography, both to primary and secondary sources, with an emphasis on contemporary politics) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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African History (various links, in this About.com site) (Alistair Boddy-Evans) |
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African Studies Center: U. of Pennsylvania (program information, multimedia archives, and more) (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. of Pennsylvania) |
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African History Homepage (articles, timelines, and maps, arranged by period and by subject) (Jim Jones, West Chester U.) |
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African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal for African Studies (U. Florida) |
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Africa: South of the Sahara Discussion Lists (Stanford U. Libraries and Academic Information Resources) |
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Africultures, Cultures Africaines (French website on African culture) |
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allAfrica.com: BBC Audio (includes audio files on the "Story of Africa") (BBC) |
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Colonial Africa General Resources |
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African History on the Internet: Colonial Period (annotated links) (Karen Fung, Stanford U.) |
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The French in West Africa (overview essay and bibliography) (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. Pennsylvania) |
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The History of Postcolonial Africa (within a larger literary site; articles arranged by topic and by country) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Queen Victoria's Empire: The Scramble for Africa (virtual exhibit within the companion site to PBS's Empires series) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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The Scramble for Africa (articles on European colonization, especially after 1881, with articles on wars, key individuals, and more) (Brett Silva) |
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Fourth World Documentation Project: African Documents (recent African history) (Center for World Indigenous Studies) |
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H-Africa Discussion Network (H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine) |
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The Historical Text Archive: Africa Page (Don Mabry, Mississippi St. U) |
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John Hunwick (Northwestern U.) "Africa and Islamic Revival: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives" (1996) (essay) |
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Internet African History Sourcebook (links to primary documents, arranged by subject and by region) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Maps of Africa and Ghana (maps of empire) (U. California, Berkeley) |
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World History Archives: The History of Africa as a Whole ("documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective") (Haines Brown, Central Connecticut State U.) |
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Colonial Africa |
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The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa) |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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The Earl of Cromer Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908) (e-text, within Fordham U.'s Internet Modern History Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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British Imperialism in Nigeria: Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta (documents) (Urhobo Historical SOciety) |
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Queen Victoria's Empire: The Scramble for Africa (virtual exhibit within the companion site to PBS's Empires series) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture (virtual exhibit, covering colonization, abolition, migration, and WPA) (LOC, Washington, DC) |
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AfricaOnline.com |
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Angola-- A Country Study (historical information, arranged by topic) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Angola (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas Collelo, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Buganda Home Page ("history, language and culture of the people of Buganda") (Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State U.) |
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A Country Study: Chad (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas Collelo, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Egypt |
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Ancient Egypt (links, with intro) (U. of Pennsylvania) |
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Accounts of The Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 (English translations, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
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Duke Papyrus Archive |
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Eternal Egypt ("represents a unique partnership to use innovative IBM technologies and services to create an interactive, multimedia experience of Egyptian cultural artifacts, places and history for a global audience. . [includes] high-resolution images, three-dimensional reconstructions of Egyptian monuments and antiquities, as well as virtually-reconstructed environments, panoramic images, and panoramic views of present-day Egypt captured by robotic cameras located from the top of Karnak Temple to the streets of Old Cairo") (Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage and IBM) |
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt (U. Evansville) |
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Hatshepshut (tutorial article, within the HSC Online web site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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Jacques Kinnaer The Ancient Egypt Site (links, bibliography, articles, and images) |
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria (text and images; within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida) |
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Modern Egypt |
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The Earl of Cromer Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908) (e-text, within Fordham U.'s Internet Modern History Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmosis IV: The Period of Thutmosis IV (tutorial article, within the HSC Online sites) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmosis IV: The First Three Pharaohs (tutorial article, within the HSC Online sites) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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The Great Pryamid of Giza (text and images, within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wrold site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida) |
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The Theban Mapping Project (bibliographies, articles, glossaries, and more) (TMP, American U. in Cairo) |
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Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: From Pre-History to Late Antiquity (virtual exhibit) (Terry G. Wilfon, Kelsey Museum, U. of Michigan) |
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A Country Study: Ethiopia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas P. Ofcansky and LaVerle Berry, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Richard Pankhurst A Collection of Essays (essays on Ethiopian history) |
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Ghana |
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Pekka Masonen (U. of Tampere) and Humphrey J. Fisher (S. of Oriental and African Studies) Not Quite Venus From the Waves: The Almoravid Conquest of Africa in the Modern Historiography of Western Africa (about 1076 conquest of Ghana) |
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Postcolonial Web: Ghana (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Ghana (overview, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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A Country Study: Ghana (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (La Verle Berry, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, written by himself. (1774) (full etext) (U. Virginia) |
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A Country Study: the Ivory Coast (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert E. Handloff, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Kenyan History (articles arranged by topic) (Kenyaweb.com) |
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Liberia |
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African-American Mosaic: Colonization (virtual exhibit on US colonization movement, focused on the American Colonization Society) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 (virtual exhibit of maps from the American Colonization Society) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Roll of Emigrants to Liberia, 1820-43, and Liberian Census Data, 1843 (data archive) (Tom W. Schik, DPLS, U. Wisconsin-Madison) |
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A Country Study: Libya (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Madagascar (and Proximate Islands) |
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(historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Madagascar (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Mauritius (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Seychelles (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Mali Empire and Djenne Figures (historical intro, plus images) (Smithsonian I., Washington, DC) |
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Civilizations in Africa: Mali (overview, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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A Country Study: Mauritania (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from medieval to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert E. Handloff, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia |
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A Country Study: Algeria (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapan Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Algeria (links and bibliography, both on the independence movement and on current politics) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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Postcolonial Web: Morocco (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to poctcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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The Namibia Library of Dr. Klaus Dierks (includes historical information, photos, and more) (Klaus Dierks) |
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Nigeria |
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Abubakar A. Atofarati The Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt (1992 essay) |
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A Country Study: Nigeria (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from medieval to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapan Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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History of Nigeria (articles arranged by topic) (Country Reports.org) |
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National Archives of Nigeria, Enugu Branch (Axel Harneit-Sievers) |
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Nigeria: A Country Study (includes historical articles) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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British Imperialism in Nigeria: Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta (documents) (Urhobo Historical SOciety) |
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Postcolonial Web: Nigeria (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Rhodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence Documents, 1965 (Modern History Sourcebook page) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Somalia (links and bibliography) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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A Country Study: Somalia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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South Africa |
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Historical Documents (ANC archives, Apartheid-related documents, and more) (African National Congress) |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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The History of Apartheid in South Africa (digital essay, with images) (Stanford U.) |
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The Boer War |
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The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa) |
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John Rawlings (Stanford U.) Concentration Camps during the South African / Boer War, 1899-1902 (essay, with bibliogrpahy) |
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Denneys Reitz Commando; a Boer journal of the Boer War (full text of this c.1929 journal) |
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The Western Cape Oral History Project (invludes sound files, historical information, and more) (Sean Field, U. of Cape Town, South Africa) |
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District Six Museum ("District Six is the most famous example of this forced relocation policy under the Apartheid government"; "place of remembrance to all who lost so much during those years of state oppression") |
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Social History of South Africa (links to museum web pages) (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) |
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Postcolonial Web: The Republic of South Africa (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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Robben Island Museum (background on South African exile island) |
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Safundi: The Journal of South African & American Comparative Studies (requires membership to access databases) |
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A Country Study: South Africa (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Rita M. Byrnes, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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South Africa - Robben Island - Prison - Museum (info on Robben Island and apartheid) (Terri Levin) |
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Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan (electronic exhibits on the history of the African states of Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland) (J. Rotondo-McCrod, Xavier U. of Louisiana) |
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A Country Study: Sudan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Libraries of Timbuktu: for the Preservation and Promotion of African Literary Heritage (images, articles, and program description) (Alida Jay Boye, U. of Oslo) |
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Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Uganda (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Rita M. Byrnes, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Zaire (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Sandra W. Meditz and Tim Merrill, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Postcolonial Web: Zimbabwe (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to poctcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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Zulu |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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David W. Koeller (North Park U., Chicago, IL) Shaka Zulu: 1785-1828 (biography) |
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Zululand: History of the Zulu People (Tourism KwaZulu-Natal) |
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Black Cultural Studies Web Site |
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Black Cultural Studies Site Index (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Elizabeth Alexander (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Houston A. Baker, Jr. (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Barbara Christian (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Manthia Diawara (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Ann duCille (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Cheryl Dunye (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Paul Gilroy (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Stuart Hall (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Phillip Brian Harper (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Mae G. Henderson (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Arthur Jafa (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Isaac Julien (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Wahneema Lubiano (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Kobena Mercer (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Valerie Smith (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Hortense J. Spillers (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Claudia Tate (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Michele Wallace (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Black Cultural Studies Links (Nimmy Abiaka, Tim Haslett, Paula Lee) |
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Frederick Douglass |
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American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass (National Park Service) |
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"An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage" (Afro-American Almanac) |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895 (U. Virginia Electronic Text Center) |
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Douglass, "Heroic Slave" (its text and various analyses) (Jim Wohlpart, Florida Gulf Coast U.) |
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Frederick Douglass - Africans in America (short bio; larger site "chronicles the history of racial slavery in the US") (PBS Online) |
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (National Park Service) |
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Frederick Douglass Institute (West Chester U., Pennsylvania) |
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Frederick Douglass Museum & Cultural Center (The Genesee Gateway) |
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Frederick Douglass Papers (American Memory, Library of Congress) |
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Frederick Douglass Papers Project (Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis) |
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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) (Donna M. Campbell, Gonzaga U.) |
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Frederick Douglass (America's Library) |
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Frederick Douglass (Transcendentalists.com) |
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Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (detailed entry with bibliography and list of links) |
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IMS: Frederick Douglass, HarperAudio (clips of Norman Matlock recreating Douglass's "An Appeal to the British People" speech given on 12 May 1846) (Internet Multicasting Service) |
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass SparkNote (free registration) |
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Obituary: "Death of Fred Douglass" (1895) (New York Times) |
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PAL: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) (includes bibliography of primary and secondary texts and questions for The Heroic Slave) (Paul P. Reuben, California State U., Stanislaus) |
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Sandra Thomas, "Frederick Douglass" (detailed bio) (U. Rochester) |
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Useful Links: Portraits: Frederick Douglass (School of American Studies, Keele U.) |
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Harriet Jacobs ("Linda Brent") |
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Harriet Jacobs - Africans in America (short bio; larger site "chronicles the history of racial slavery in the US") (PBS Online) |
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Harriet Jacobs ("Linda Brent") (1818-1896) (Donna M. Campbell, Gonzaga U.) |
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Harriet A. Jacobs - Documenting the American South (extensive primary materials) (U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
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Harriet Ann Jacobs: Writer and Activist, 1813-1897 (extensive resources) (Trudy Mercer) |
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Harriet Ann Jacobs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (e-text, images, and timeline) (U. Virginia Electronic Text Center) |
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NPR: The Remarkable Life of Former Slave Harriet Jacobs (The Tavis Smiley Show, National Public Radio) |
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PAL: Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) (includes bibliography of primary and secondary texts and study questions) (Paul P. Reuben, California State U., Stanislaus) |
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Voices from the Gaps: Harriet Jacobs (U. Minnesota) |
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Jean Fagan Yellin, "Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897)" (Heath Online Instructors Guide, Houghton Mifflin) |
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James Baldwin |
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American Masters: James Baldwin (PBS) |
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James Baldwin (1924-1987): Teacher Resource File (Inez Ramsey, Internet School Library Media Center, James Madison U.) |
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Jean Toomer |
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AfroPoets.Net: Jean Toomer |
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Barbara Foley, "'In the land of cotton': economics and violence in Jean Toomer's Cane (Rutgers-Newark, State U. of New Jersey) |
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Barbara Foley, "Jean Toomer's Washington and the Politics of Class: From 'Blue Veins' to Seventh-Street Rebels" (Rutgers-Newark, State U. of New Jersey) |
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The Jean Toomer Pages (Scott W. Williams, U. Buffalo, State U. of New York) |
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Jean Toomer - The Academy of American Poets |
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Jean Toomer (1894-1967) (Heath Online Instructors Guide, Georgetown U.) |
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Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer (1894-1967) (Cary Nelson, U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) |
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Holly E. Owens, "Up from the Dusk: Jean Toomer's Modernist Imagery" (Belmont U.) |
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PAL: Jean Toomer (1894-1967) (includes bibliography of primary and secondary texts and study questions) (Paul P. Reuben, California State U., Stanislaus) |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford U.) |
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The NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
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Homepage for The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century |
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The African Presence in the Americas: 1492-1992 |
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Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community |
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Images of African Americans from the 19th Century |
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Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery |
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The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century |
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Selected Clips from the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project |
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Slavery & Abolition |
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The Abolitionist (collection of articles related to the abolitionist movement) (African Genesis) |
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Abolition: African-American Mosaic Exhibition |
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Homepage of Abolition: African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress) |
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Conflict of Abolition and Slavery (Library of Congress) |
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Influence of Prominent Abolitionists (Library of Congress) |
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The African American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom (Robert Delaney, Long Island U.) |
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From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 (virtual exhibit on the collection) (and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Africans in America Part 4 Resource Bank Contents (includes info on antebellum slavery, abolitionism, fugitive slaves and Northern racism, westward expansion, and the Civil War, and each topic addresses people, historical documents, and modern voices) (PBS Online) |
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American Memory |
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Homepage of American Memory (gateway to "primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States"; "offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections") (Library of Congress) |
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African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship (includes exhibit sections "Slavery: The Peculiar Institution," "Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period," "Abolition," among others) (Library of Congress) |
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 ("contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves") (Library of Congress) |
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Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress) |
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From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 (Library of Congress) |
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Lincoln Papers: Emancipation Proclamation (provides introduction, timeline, and images, including Lincoln's first draft of the document) (Library of Congress) |
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Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 (Library of Congress) |
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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress) |
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Amistad |
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The Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (1841) ("full-text of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and links to relevant sites") (FindLaw) |
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Amistad Home Page (information about the Amistad incident and legal issues related to Spielberg's film) (Michael Peil, Legal Information Institute) |
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Amistad Research Center (Tulane U.) |
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Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport (info on the Amistad Revolt of 1839-1842, including timelines, an online library of over 500 primary documents including court documents, journal entries, and newspaper stories, and teaching resources) |
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Famous American Trials: Amistad Trials, 1839-1840 (Doug Linder, U. Missouri, Kansas City) |
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record (extensive collection of images) (Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite, Jr., U. Virginia) |
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Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency (US Civil War Center) |
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Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People (Tony Pace, Canada's Digital Collections) |
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A Chronology of American Slavery (Eddie Becker, Holt House) |
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Kenneth M. Clark, "James Madison and Slavery" (James Madison Museum) |
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Featured Document: The Emancipation Proclamation (includes background, transcript, and images of the original document) (US National Archives & Records Administration) |
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Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress) |
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project (books and documents concerning the history of emancipation during the American Civil War) (Steven F. Miller, U. Maryland) |
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H-Slavery Discussion Network (H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine) |
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Terry Matthews (Wake Forest U.) The Religion of the Slaves (lecture transcript) |
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Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 (virtual exhibit of maps from the American Colonization Society) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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LII: US Constitution: Amendment XIII (Legal Information Institute, Cornell U.) |
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LII: US Constitution: Amendment XIV (Legal Information Institute, Cornell U.) |
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The Middle Passage: Voyage into Bondage (K-12 teaching resource) (U.S. News Classroom) |
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The Museum of African Slavery ("virtual museum dedicated to the history of slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic") |
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Charles P. M. Outwin, "Securing the Leg Irons: Restriction of Legal Rights for Slaves in Virginia and Maryland, 1625-1791" (Early America Review) |
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Slave Narratives |
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American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology (includes annotated index of narratives, related readings, other resources, and sound files) (American Studies Hypertexts, U. Virginia) |
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"Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives (New Deal Network) |
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Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives (includes electronic texts, introductions to the slave narrative, a bibliography listed both alphabetically and chronologically, and a guide to religious content in slave narratives) (Academic Affairs Library, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
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Electronic Text Center: African American (U. Virginia Library) |
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Lesson Plan: Slave Narratives: Constructing U.S. History through Analyzing Primary Sources (EDSITEment) |
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The Slave Narrative (introductory page including definitions, examples, purposes, influences, popularity, parallels, patterns, and motifs) (Donna M. Campbell, Gonzaga U.) |
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Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library (Paolo Mangiafico, Duke U.) |
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Slavery in America (includes history, geography, American literature, narratives/biographies, teacher resources, image gallery, and encyclopedia) (New York Life) |
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Sandra Thomas, "Frederick Douglass" (online biography) (U. Rochester) |
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The Time of the Lincolns (PBS Online) |
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The Underground Railroad |
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (educational resources) |
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UGR: Home - The Retracing of the Underground Railroad (multimedia presentation of journeys along the route, made by Southern California educators) (Footsteps to Freedom) |
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The Underground Railroad (National Geographic Online) |
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The Underground Railroad (History Channel exhibit) |
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Underground Railroad: Lower Mississippi Delta Region (Nile of the New World, National Park Service) |
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Understanding Slavery (K-12 teaching resource; includes info on Olaudah Equiano and a virtual slave auction) (Discovery School) |
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United States National Slavery Museum (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
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Virginia Runaways Homepage (transcriptions and images of runaway slave and servant advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers) (Tom Costa, U. Virginia C. at Wise) |
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