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Images Of African Americans From The 19Th Century
The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture displays an extraordinary collection of images, recording the social, political and cultural life of African Americans before and after the Civil War.

The African American Journey
PBS Online has compiled material from TV programs such as Wonders of the African World, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, and The Mississippi: River of Song.

Africana.Com
Brings together authoritative information about the whole world of Africa and her Diaspora in a provocative and entertaining way with news and analysis, reviews and personal essays, from all around the world.

Black Quest
An African American and Black History resource website established by C. Arthur Blair.

The Universal Black Pages
The primary purpose of the UBP is to maintain a comprehensive listing of African-diaspora-related Web pages at a central site.

The Afrocentric Experience
The Afrocentric Experience is dedicated to the empowerment and the enlightenment processes of all people through out the world especially those of African descent in Africa and the African diaspora

The African-american Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

African American Odyssey
A five-year effort to add rare and unique items from the Library's vast African American collections to the National Digital Library.

Guide To The Harlem Renaissance
Detailed guide to history, music and art of the Harlem Renaissance.

Duke Ellington's Washington
The strong African-American community that flourished in Washington before the Harlem Renaissance.

Smithsonian: African American History And Culture
A great list of resources and exhibitions

Black Noise
A book on Rap and Black culture in America.

Lest We Forget
An ugly site with a ton of info on Black American History

Afrigeneas
A great page to check into your genealogy.

BOOKS REFERENCED FOR SITE

Stars of Soul And Rhythm & Blues:
by Lee Hildebrand
(Billboard Books, NY. 1994.)

This Day in African American Music:
By Ted Holland
(Pomegranate Artbooks, San Fransisco. 1993.)

Blues People:
by Imamu Amiri Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Leroi Jones
(Morrow Quill Publishers, New York. 1963)

The Big Book Of Blues:
By Robert Santelli
(Penguin Books, New York. 1993.)

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