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From: "Kinkel, Brien" <BKi...@NCPC.ORG>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:20:16 -0600
Subject: SEC: Black History Month
In addition to Karen Schneider's excellent list (attached), here are some
bibliographies:
African American Genealogy -
http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/arch/biblforb.htm
State of Kentucky
African American Inventors -
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afinvent.htm
Smithsonian Institution
African American Reference Books -
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/afam/afambibl.html
Columbia University
Children's Books - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulafro.htm
James Madison University
Harlem Renaissance -
http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/collab_bib/harlem_bib.html
Georgetown University
Selected Bibliography of African-American History 1820-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aapbib.html
Library of Congress
Slavery and Anti-Slavery http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/bib1.htm and
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/bib2.htm University of Houston
Brien Kinkel
Resource Center Manager
National Crime Prevention Council
1000 Connecticut Ave., NW 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-261-4164
Fax: 202-296-1356
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JavaNoir - http://www.javanoir.net/
A guide to African American resources on the
Web; searchable and browsable.
Kids Domain: Black History -
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
This site provides a list of links for children to
celebrate Black History Month. Included are online
games, activities, crafts, quizzes, and stories about
African-American personalities (Martin Luther
King, Jr., Rosa Parks, et al.).
Databases
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent -
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/
This database of over 3,500 digitized visual images
and 50 hours of sound files from 45 African
countries is searchable by keyword, subject, or
country. It may also be browsed by collections of
images (Artisans, Buildings and Structures,
Cities and Towns, Education, Landscape,
Religion, and Women) or sounds (Greetings,
Rites and Ceremonies, Songs and Singing, and
Drums). From the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
Moments in Black History: 365 Days of African
American History - http://www.momentsinblackhistory.com/
"Offers a daily sample of historic African American
events" for the current day, the previous day, and
the following day.
Posters from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African
Studies -
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/collections/posters/
A searchable database of over 70 posters
"published in Africa and elsewhere" on such
African topics as apartheid, elections, and
liberation movements. The posters, dating from the
1970s through the 1990s were "created by
governments (independent and colonial) and
international agencies, as well as political, labor,
social, religious, educational and cultural
organizations." From a collection at Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL.
Specific Resources
African American Newspapers -
http://www.aasm.com/pubs.html
Over 200 listings, sorted by state. Includes
addresses and e-mail where available.
African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal of African
Studies (ASQ) - http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/
"ASQ is an interdisciplinary, fully refereed, online
journal dedicated to publishing the finest
scholarship relating to the African continent." This
scholarly publication includes articles and book
reviews. Past issues (beginning with the first in
1997) are also available online.
African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected
from the Collections of Brown University -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/
Over 1,300 pieces of music associated with
antebellum black face minstrelsy, the abolitionist
movement, the Civil War, and on into the twentieth
century. Composers include James Bland, Ernest
Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will
Marion Cook. "Particularly significant in this
collection are the visual depictions of African
Americans which provide much information about
racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries." From the American
Memory Project, Library of Congress.
Black Film Center/Archive - http://www.indiana.edu/~bfca/
The Black Film Center/Archive is a repository of
films and related materials by and about African
Americans, including films which have substantial
participation by African Americans as writers,
actors, producers, directors, musicians, and
consultants, as well as those which depict some
aspect of Black experience. Primarily a resource
list of historic and contemporary Hollywood and
independent films, the site is enhanced by a
selection of historical film clips. From Indiana
University.
Black Tokyo.com - http://www.blacktokyo.com/
A site for Africans and African-Americans in
Tokyo. News, discussions, and many Web sites.
The Black World Today - http://www.tbwt.com/
News site put together by a "collective of
journalists, writers, artists, communicators and
entrepreneurs" for the purpose of reporting and
interpreting "the daily social, political, cultural and
economic realities of Black communities and
countries." Headline news, sports, entertainment,
health, jobs, and religion are among the topics.
There is also a searchable, annotated directory of
over 3,000 other Black Sites.
blackfilm.com - http://www.blackfilm.com/
Click on the logo on the main page to bypass
registration (not required) and search this database
of film reviews from African American
perspectives. Also features full-length articles as
well as information about conferences, screenings,
and other events.
The Blackstripe Blacklist -
http://www.blackstripe.com/blacklist/
"This list of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgendered people of African Descent was first
developed in response to requests for names of
lesbigay and trans people to include in Black
History Month 1994 celebrations." Hundreds of
entries; includes brief biographies. Browsable
(alphabetical order of last name).
Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the
Harmon Foundation Collection -
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/
This site has twenty portraits with brief biographical
and artist information from a 1944 exhibition,
Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro
Origin, which was organized with the "express
goal of reversing racial intolerance, ignorance and
bigotry by illustrating the accomplishments of
contemporary African Americans." The exhibition
opened at the Smithsonian Institution and then
toured the United States for ten years. The works
are now in the collections of the National Portrait
Gallery.
Celebrating Black History -
http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/
Articles, essays, photographs, and transcripts
about the African-American experience from Time
and Life magazines. Includes "transcripts of
TIME.com's exclusive online conversations with
newsmakers like Toni Morrison and Angela
Davis."
The Chitterling Site - http://www.chitterlings.com/
In addition to the classic soul food recipes linked
from the main page, this site includes many
reader-provided recipes available through the
searchable archive for its discussion board. Despite
a few typos, this is a cook's treat.
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park -
http://cal-parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=583
"Allensworth is the only California town to be
founded, financed and governed by African
Americans....With continuing restoration and
special events, the town is coming back to life as a
state historic park." Includes history, location,
directions, hours for the visitor center, events, a
brochure, and camping information.
Cutting to the Essence, Shaping for the Fire: Yoruba and
Akan Art in Wood and Metal -
http://www.fa.indiana.edu/%7Econner/africart/home.html
Essays on the wood and metal arts of the Yoruba
of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and the making of
goldweights by the Akan and Asanti of Ghana and
the Ivory Coast. There is historical and cultural
background material on these West African groups
as well as examples of their art. Prepared from the
catalog of an exhibition first presented at the
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria,
Illinois in 1994.
The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History -
http://blackhistory.eb.com/
This site "features 600 informative articles and is
beautifully illustrated with historical film clips and
audio recordings, as well as hundreds of
photographs and other images. The Related
Internet Links and Bibliography sections provide
excellent source material and areas for further
study, as does the Study Guide for Students, which
is organized around six classroom activities, each
with their own teacher recommendations, technical
tips, and scholastic bibliographies."
Facts on the Black/African American Population -
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/afamhot1.html
Statistics, demographics, social and economic
characteristics, redistricting data, profile reports,
briefs, and much more. From the U.S. Census
Bureau.
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
- http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/5Views/
To "help people more fully recognize and
appreciate the accomplishments and contributions
of California's varied communities," the California
Office of Historic Preservation recruited experts to
write narrative histories and identify one hundred
recorded historic property sites for each of five
ethnic minorities in California: California Indians,
Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese
Americans, and Mexican Americans. Especially
useful are the lists of historic sites, some with
photographs and links to more detailed reports.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American
Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by
African-American authors and others who wrote
about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation,
Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials
range from personal accounts and public orations
to organizational reports and legislative speeches.
Among the authors represented are Frederick
Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary
Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From
the American Memory Project of the Library of
Congress.
Gateway to African American History -
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/
Many "documents, articles, Internet sites and other
resources" from this site, created to introduce
African-American history to people outside the
United States. Don't miss Key Sites on
African-American Art and Literature, resources
related to Little Rock, or the extensive discussion
of the Amistad.
GLAAD Black History Month Media Resource Kit 2002
http://www.glaad.org/org/projects/cultural/c_of_color/blackhistory/ind
ex.html
This resource from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD) includes lists of
famous people, essays, a language and reference
guide, media contacts, publications, organizations,
and more.
Hall of Black Achievement Gallery -
http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/gallery.htm
This list of African-American leaders includes
page-length biographies, audio clips, and large and
small portraits. Browsable alphabetically or
chronologically.
Hartford Black History Project: A Struggle from the Start
- http://www.hartford-hwp.com/HBHP/exhibit/
This in-depth look at African Americans in
Hartford, Connecticut from 1638 through the
twentieth century offers a view of slavery,
emancipation, and the formation of a black
community in New England. Among the topics
covered are immigration, legal matters, abolitionist
efforts, the "Black Governors" (black individuals
"co-opted" to help whites maintain control over the
Black communities), and Black military and
political participation.
Heroes in the Ships: African Americans in the Whaling
Industry - http://www.kwm.org/collections/exhibits/heroes/
This site tells the story of the Black and Creole
mariners who by 1900 constituted the majority of
the labor force in the New England whaling
industry. Illustrated with a number of historic
photographs. From The Kendall Whaling Museum,
Sharon, Massachusetts.
The Internet African American History Challenge -
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
This site has "profiles of some important 19th
Century African Americans" and a short interactive
quiz based on the material presented.
Subjects: African Americans -- History | Black History
Month
Jet Online: Black History - http://www.jetmag.com/jhist.html
Daily calendar of African American historical
events, from Jet Magazine.
Subjects: African Americans -- History | Black History
Month
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD) -
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/
Profiles of black mathematicians, computer
scientists, and physicists; a history of Blacks in
modern mathematics; a section on Black women in
math sciences; math in ancient Africa; and links to
Black organizations and journals in the field are
some of the features of this site. Searchable.
Minority Ownership -
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/opadhome/mtdpweb/minority.htm
This Web page lists radio and television stations
and networks owned by minorities in the United
States (scroll down to see all the categories). The
list is broken down first by group
(African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Native Americans), then by state, and
finally by type of medium. From National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA).
Preschool Black History Theme Activities for Teachers of
Young Children -
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/black-history.htm
"You'll find action rhymes, songs, art and crafts, a
game, a skit and even a rap song in this theme that
enhances curriculum and celebrates the
contributions of African-Americans."
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers,
1840 To The Present -
http://www.si.edu/anacostia/reflections_in_black2.htm
This brief survey is divided into three main sections:
The First 100 Years, Art and Black Activism,
and Black History Deconstructed, each with a list
of the photographers that represent the period; the
latter two sections having links to Web pages for
some of the photographers. There is also a
selected bibliography. From The Anacostia
Museum and Center for African American History
and Culture, Washington, DC.
Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color -
http://www.clstoons.com/paoc/paocopen.htm
This site features biographies of Black artists in the
cartooning industry who created and drew comics
and cartoons during the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s and
60s. Browsable by cartoonist name, character
name, and cartoon title.
Shadows in the Range of Light -
http://www.shadowsoldier.org/
"African American soldiers of the 24th Infantry and
9th Cavalry protected the National Parks of
California at the turn of the last century." An
unusual, mesmerizing presentation about these
pioneers, who are also known as "Yosemite's
Buffalo Soldiers."
Soul Food Cookbook - http://www.soulfoodcookbook.com/
Recipes celebrating the "culinary delights born from
the Black/African American, Jamaican and
Caribbean cultures."
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