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African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection 1818-1907

This website documents a wide range of events, topics, and issues in African-American history and culture. This collection recreates the public dialogue among African Americans a century ago, and highlights political, cultural, and social issues still debated... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

African American Registry

A calendar-based series of Black American accomplishments from before the Mayflower to the present. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Benjamin Mchie

African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

An online collection of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

African American World

A multifaceted resource providing information from PBS, NPR, and the Encylopaedia Britannica about African Americans. This website targets many audiences and age groups and encourages discussion of their materials via online forums. (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS

Africans in America

Chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States using historical documents and interactive maps to accompany in-depth articles (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS

America's Jazz Heritage

Audio and video documenting the history of American jazz. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass

An online exhibit of artifacts, photos, and primary source documents devoted to the memory of Frederick Douglass. (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Parks Service

American Visionaries: Legends of Tuskegee

A three-part web exhibit that uses primary source documents, photos, and artifacts with supporting text to tell about the lives of Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen. (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Park Service

The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords

Through biographies, historical accounts, activities, and forums, this website interactively provides an in-depth examination of the history and contributions of African American newspapers. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Public Broadcasting System

Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection

An online version of a historical exhibition that featured portraits of outstanding black Americans. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

EDSITEment - All Subject Categories

EDSITEment links to excellent lesson plans in the subject areas of Art & Culture, Foreign Language, History & Social Studies and Literature & Language Arts. Lesson plans are carefully structured, enriched with visuals and provide a wealth of information for... (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Edowment for the Humanities

EDSITEment - Lesson Plans for History and Social Studies

This site supplies a plentiful number of lesson plans and activities for the history and social studies curricula. Resources are divided by subject area and grade range, in addition to a list of EDSITEment approved web links. (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists

Organized lists of quality Web resources that are useful in teaching students about science. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Franklin Institute

Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series

The Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series interactive web program is based on the Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series Teaching Kit developed by educators. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Phillips Collection Washington DC

Race and Place: African American Community

This site includes material on slavery and emancipation, Reconstruction, and the era of Jim Crow segregation in the South. (Learn more)

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Provided by: University of Virginia, Virginia Center for Digital History

Radio Fights Jim Crow

A look at race during the World War II years though the radio programs which were aired at that time in an effort to educate audiences in the United States. (Learn more)

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Provided by: American Radio Works and Minnesota Public Radio

Remembering Jim Crow

The Jim Crow system of segregation was based upon laws that robbed African Americans of basic rights. This documentary site provides first-hand accounts of life in the Jim Crow South. (Learn more)

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Provided by: American Public Media

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Explore the struggles of the African American people during the Jim Crow period of America's history. (Learn more)

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Provided by: PBS and WNET

Say it Plain - A Century of Great African American Speeches

A collection of speeches by famous African Americans speaking out about their long struggle for equal rights. (Learn more)

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Provided by: American Radio Works

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Access point to the digital resources on African American culture provided by the Schomburg Center. (Learn more)

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Provided by: New York Public Library