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This 3,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history in the United States and around the world.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. From the Library of Congress.

Jill Hanesworth is a Black woman, a spoken word artist, and the first poet laureate of Buffalo!

This site is about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement can tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement as they lived it.

The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South. Based on the PBS Documentary.

Presents more than 16,500 pages of texts, 8,300 illustrations, and more than 60 maps. Stromberg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY Public Library

The Antislavery Literature Project was established in 2003 to provide public access to the literature and history of the antislavery movement in the United States.

This website provides information about places of significance in the Civil Rights Movement. Travel itineraries, list of places and bibliography are some of the features maintained by the National Park Service's National Registry of Historic Places.

Digital Schomburg provides access to trusted information, interpretation, and scholarship on the global black experience 24/7. Users can find exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams, and selected external links for research in the history and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora

Provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture.

Discusses the history of African Americans from pre-colonial times to the present. Includes memoirs, letters, family histories, newspapers, oral histories, and city directories, providing historical evidence to help understand and interpret past events.

Readers will revel in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields-arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more.

A five-volume set and supplement covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day.

This authoritative resource presents the people, places and times that defined an era and documents the launch of cultural development among African Americans in 1920s Harlem.

Profiles contemporary and historic figures whose accomplishments will inspire students of every heritage.

Take a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention. It features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times.

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