African-American History Internet Sites

African-American History Internet Sites

African American Historic Texts On-line, links to full-text works from African-American history.
African-American Women - On-Line Archival Collections, from the Special Collections Library of Duke University.
American Slave Narratives, a site that contains text of selected WPA interviews with former slaves from the American south (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supppliment)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938,commentaries by former slaves
By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights 1860s -1960s, information on baseball and especially the integration of the sport
A Deeper Shade of Black, covers African-American history and literature.
Encyclopedia Brittanica Guide to Black History, encyclopedia articles covering the history of African-Americans.
The Faces of Science - African-Americans in the Sciences, includes links to information on past African-American scientists arranged by field, PhD graduation rate information, bibliographies, and articles.
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistence and Abolition, involved withthe study of various aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its demise
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Directory, includes a biography, articles, chronology, reference sources, a collection of papers and speeches, and related links from Stanford University.
National Civil Rights Museum, homepage of the Memphis, TN museum.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, information on slavery and freedom issues
Our Shared History, African-American history and culture site from the National Park Service.

Last updated April 19, 2005