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African American Studies: Recommended Websites
General Information
- African Studies CenterThe University of Pennsylvania's list of resources on African and African American Studies.
- Minority (Data) LinksCensus information on minority and ethnic populations in the U.S.
- Voice of the ShuttleList of resources on African American studies compiled by the University of California.
Arts and Literature
- Afrocentric VoicesFocuses on African American performers and composers and on the vocal music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and spirituals composed for concert performance.
- Photographs from the Golden Age of JazzFrom the Library of Congress
- Harvard's Hip Hop ArchiveIncludes artist overviews and timelines from reputable Harvard scholars
- Cornell's Hip Hop ArchiveRich collection featuring concert posters/fliers and other resources
- Tulane's Hip Hop ArchiveFocuses on the New Orleans hip hop and rap scene
- Houston Hip Hop ArchiveCurated by the University of Houston
- Best Black Podcasts to Listen to in CollegeA list of the '10 Best Black Podcasts' provided by Best Colleges.
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History
- Academy of AchievementListing of leaders from the arts, business, public service, science, sports, and more. Includes interviews, background facts, and videos.
- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full CitizenshipFrom the Library of Congress, information about the early national period through the twentieth century.
- Black Abolitionist ArchiveDigital collection of 800-plus speeches and writings, including some 1,000 editorials, by African American abolitionists from the antebellum period.
- Black HistoryA collection of historical articles and images from Harper's Weekly
- Black PastThe largest free website on African American history currently online. Contributed articles are reviewed by a board of scholarly advisors and cover a variety of topics.
- Collection on Alabama Civil Rights and Southern ActivistsThis digital collection of primary sources includes sound and video recordings, photographs, and documents.
- Documenting the American SouthA digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the University of North Carolina.
- Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black HistoryCollection of articles on famous figures and events in African American history
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the SciencesBiographical information and contributions of African American men and women in chemistry, biology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Harlem HistoryPresents a wealth of archival treasures and scholarship from Columbia about the history of one of the world's most influential neighborhoods.
- The History MakersThe nation's largest African American video oral history archive
- Mapping Inequality: Redlining in AmericaInteractive maps showing redlining-- the practice of grading neighborhoods to reinforce housing discrimination. Includes GR!!
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education InstituteInformation from the institute at Stanford University
- PBS BiographiesFind videos and information about historical and contemporary individuals featured in PBS programming through the years.
- Robert Langmuir African American PhotographsFrom Emory University, a collection of photos from the 1840's- 1980's
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Users worldwide can find, in this virtual Schomburg Center, exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams, and selected external links for research in the history and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora.
- Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade DatabaseCompiled by Emory University, this site contains essays, estimates, maps and other resources related to the slave trade.
- UMBRAA national collection of digital materials—images, videos, books, and more. Materials displayed in Umbra are provided by libraries, museums, and other repositories around the country.
- Underground Railroad Primary SourcesImages and documents from this era in African American history.
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