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My Reference Desk
Social & Behavioral Sciences
History
Black History
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The African-American Mosaic This is one of several resources on black
history at the Library of Congress. (Another is the African-American Odyssey).
Highlights in Mosaic include photographs and historic documents that help tell
of events like the colonialization of Liberia by free blacks in the early
1800s and the founding of places like Nicodemus, Kansas, one of the towns
established by blacks after the Civl War.
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African-American Women. Entering this site is like pulling back the cover
on an old family album: sepia-tone photographs appear on a screen that looks
like faded parchment. It's a great place to appreciate the nuances and
complicated language that was used in the 19th century.
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Africana.com. This Web site's producers include the editors of Microsoft's
Encarta Africana, Harvard professors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Kwame Anthony
Appiah. It is a full-fledged Web site -- with chat rooms, news and the like --
and includes content from the encylopedia; it is not sponsored by Microsoft.
It has a great directory of links, and you can browse by subject and find
anything from the history of the Works Progress Administration to voodoo to
Charlie Parker to great sports figures.
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Africans in America Africans in America is done in signature PBS style --
a melange of well-chosen documents, images, quotations, biographies and
commentaries. Together, the effect is a startlingly clear account of both the
history and the culture of the time period from 1450 to 1865.
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Blackbaseball's Negro Baseball Leagues. The Negro Baseball Leagues were,
for many years, the only professional outlet for black baseball players. This
site takes an in-depth look at everything that made the leagues great. You can
buy league memorabilia here or just read about your favorite team or player.
The History section is instructive and illuminating, and the site recommends
other resources and links for more information.
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Black Facts Online. If you want to find out what happened in black history
on any given calendar day, this is the site for you. An easy-to-use search
engine allows you to input any date or keyword to search for important events.
Or, pick a category, such as Arts, Education, Family, Business or Medicine,
set the date for "any" and get a list of interesting topical facts. This isn't
the most comprehensive site for information on black history, but it does have
unique factoids.
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Black History. An interactive treasure hunt through black history is only
one of this site's great features. The superb Subject Sampler includes
information, photographs and stories that help to bring black history to life.
The section on the Tuskegee Tragedy, like the site's other excellent areas, is
a terrific palce for students to learn about important and difficult moments
in history.
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Black Military History. Many people are aware of the 54th Massachusetts, a
division of black soldiers who fought during the Civil War. But they may not
be aware of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Harlem "Hell Fighters" and the 19th
Calvary, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers. This site gives short accounts of
these military units and nearly a dozen other groups of black soldiers who
bravely fought for this country. It also has a lengthy section of suggested
readings.
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Encylopedia Britannica: Black History This collection from the Encylopedia
Britannica includes audio clips of Gwendolyn Brooks reading one of her poems
and Malcolm X talking about civil rights, and links to 15 other sites,
including the Amistad Research Center and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for
Afro-American Research at Harvard.
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Harlem: 1900-1940. Drawn from the collection of the New York Public
Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this site from the
University of Michigan offers a detailed look into Harlem inthe early part of
the 20th century. Click on a date in the Timeline for significant events, or
wander through the Exhibition. Entries are divided into categories --
Activisim, Writers & Intellectuals, Sports, Business, Arts and Community. Look
here for information on Zora Neale Hurston, Marcus Garvey, and Madame C.J.
Walker. The Resources and For Teachers sections provide good ideas and sources
for classroom projects and discussions.
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History Challenge. This site is comprised of 11 profiles of prominent 19th
century black Americans. You can take three levels of multiple- choice
quizzes. The site doesn't simply tell you which answers you got wrong and give
you the correct answer; it tells you where on the site you can read to
discover the correct answer.
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Images of African Americans from the 19th Century. The New York Public
Library's Digital Schomburg collection is an elegantly designed site with a
simple purpose: providing a window on the world of black Americans in the
1800s through photos and artwork. Among the images: A young woman in cap and
gown for college graduation, slaves on the auction block and the weddingof a
soldier and his bride.
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Mathematicians of the African Disaspora. Cready by Scott Williams, a
mathematics professor at the University of Buffalo, this site includes
profiles of notable contemporary black mathematicians, as well as a historical
look at mathematics in Africa.
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Stamp on Black History. Using the United States Postal Service's
commemorative stamps as a platform, this site for young people profiles
important figures in black history. Biographies of influential people such as
Booker T. Washington, jazz genius Thelonious Monk and boxer Joe Louis can be
found in the alphabetical list; biographies are also conveniently arranged by
curriculum area. Actual stamp collecting does get some attention here:
Suggestions for using stamps in the classroom and a list of stamp dealers are
provided. The virtual Black History Tour, a quiz, games and coloring pages
round out this informative site.
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Welcome to African American History. In a text-only, easy-to-read format,
this site addresses five important topics in black history in sequence.
Starting with the Dred Scott case and moving on to the civil rights movement
and school integration, there is well-documented information on these subjects
and a host of subtopics. The section on the murder of Emmett Till is
particularly informative and well presented. A helpful citation guide allows
visitors to link to other relevant resources on the Web.
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