Below you can find links to some African-American related websites that serve as good resources for anyone interested in African-American history. Explore and learn more about famous local and national African-Americans.
General History
- About African American History
- African American Civil War Museum
- African American History and Culture
- African American Studies at USC
- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
- Africans in America
- African American Perspectives
- Black History at Harp Week
- Black History – The National Archives Library Information Center
- Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs
- Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19th Century America
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
- Infoplease: Black History Month
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Road Trip! Through SC Civil Rights History
- SC Department of Archives and History
- SC Historical Society
- SCIWay
- The Church in the Southern Black Community
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
- The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 / Library of Congress
- Time Line – From Slavery to Civil Rights
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
- Virginia Runaways Project
African American Leaders
- African American Inventors
- African American Women Artists
- Famous African American Inventors
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Speeches
- Portrait of Black Chicago- 1970’s
- Speeches and Letters from Malcolm X
- The History of Jim Crow
- The Two Nations of Black America / PBS Frontline.
Slavery
- About African American History
- Abolition Exhibit / Library of Congress
- Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938
- North American Slave Narratives / UNC
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
- Slavery Documents
- Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery
- Third Person, First Person – Slave Voices
- University Of Washington Libraries – African American History
Arts and Culture
Civil Rights Movement
- About African American History
- National Civil Rights Museum
- University Of Washington Libraries – African American History
Museums and Memorials
- African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum
- Avery Research Center at College of Charleston
- California African American Museum
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Penn Center
Genealogy
- Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery
- Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
- Time Line – From Slavery to Civil Rights
Facts & Figures
- Black Archives of Mid-America
- Black Facts Online
- Infoplease: Black History Month
- Ten Important U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with annotations
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
- The University of Arizona Library: Africana Studies Facts and Figures
- Virtual Jamestown: Slave Laws
Especially for Educators
- Amistad Case – National Archives
- Educational Study Tools: Mind Maps & Graphic Organizers (K-12) – Allowing students to express and organize their thoughts graphically is a wonderful way to enable them to improve key skills. There are two main methods of achieving this: through graphic organizers or mind maps. A graphic organizer is a way of visually depicting ideas, concepts or pieces of information through charts or sequences.
- Infoplease: Black History Month
- Kids Work! – interactive job exploration experience that connects school work to real work. Find profiles from real professionals, like Dr. Raymond Bynoe
- Let’s Go! (3-12) – Tour historic sites in South Carolina – The South Carolina State House, Historic Brattonsville, The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.
- National Humanities Center
- Teacher’s Guide – Black History Month
- The Last Auction (Middle School/High School) – Explore history and economics through the story of a rural South Carolina tobacco town in transition.
- Tuskegee Airmen (K-12) – Learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black pilots in the U.S. Army Air Force, who served heroically during and after WWII.