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.)