Following are 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 Freedom Fighters: Soldiers for Liberty
African-American History Links
African-American World
African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
Africans in America
African American Stories for Children
African American Perspectives
AfriGeneas Website - African Ancestry in SC
Black History at Harp week
Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs
Discover South Carolina
Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19th Century America
Emancipation Proclamation
Gateway to African-American History- Black History Month
The History and Hardships of African-American Farmers
Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
Infoplease: Black History Month
Institute for African American Studies
Joseph DeLaine Papers - USC Library
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Fugitive Slave Act, September 18, 1850
On Borrowed Ground: Free African-American life in Charleston,
South Carolina 1810-61
SC African American Heritage Commission
SC Historical Society
SCIWay
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
University Of Washington Libraries - African American History
Virginia Runaways Project
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
African American Leaders
African American Inventors
African American Women Artists
Speeches and Letters from Malcolm X
US Dept. of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Speeches
Portrait of Black Chicago- 1970's
The Two Nations of Black America / PBS Frontline.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
The History of Jim Crow
African-American Women Archival Collection
Infoplease: Black History Month
Institute for African American Studies
Slavery
About African American History
Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
American Slave Narratives
Abolition Exhibit / Library of Congress
African Slavery in America - Written in 1774 by Thomas Paine
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
"Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Chronology of American Slavery
North American Slave Narratives / UNC
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
Slavery Documents
The Slave Trade Archives Project
Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery
Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives
Third Person, First Person - Slave Voices
University Of Washington Libraries - African American History
Arts and Culture
African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian
African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of
Black History and Culture
The Art Institute of Chicago Art Access
California African American Museum
Infoplease: Black History Month
Jonathan Green's Online Studio
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Smithsonian Productions
Moja Arts Festival
Center for Southern African-American Music
Civil Rights Movement
About African American History
Civil Rights Movement
Brown vs. Board of Education Links
Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
National Civil Rights Museum
Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
Greensboro Sit-Ins- Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
"Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
University Of Washington Libraries - African American History
Museums and Memorials
African American Monuments, Museums and Memorials
African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Anacostia Museum: On-line Series
California African American Museum
Rosa Parks Library and Museum
Truman Presidential Museum and Library
Frederick Douglass Museum Exhibit
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Museum of African-American History
Genealogy
AfriGeneas: African Ancestored Genealogy
Archive of African-American Historical Text
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Time Line - From Slavery to Civil Rights
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
Chronology of American Slavery
Facts & Figures
Black Facts Online
Black History Hot list
Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Historic Supreme Court Decisions
Freedom's Journal- First African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the US
Infoplease: Black History Month
Amistad Case - Supreme Court Opinion
Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with annotations
Virtual Jamestown: Slave Laws
Black Archives of Mid-America
The Rise and fall of Jim Crow
Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts
US Census Bureau Facts for African-American History Month
PDF of Cancer Facts from American Cancer Society
The University of Arizona Library: Africana Studies Facts and Figures
Especially for Educators
African American Stories for Children
Infoplease: Black History Month
University Of Washington Libraries - African American History
Periscope (K-8) This online magazine guides students through eight celebrations and observances occurring during the school year, such as Black History Month and Poetry Month.
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.
Caroliniana Collections (K-12)
Visit three image collections from the South Caroliniana Library - African Americana, S.C. Post Cards, and Yesterday’s Children.
History of S.C. Slide Collection (K-12)
Pictures of famous South Carolina people and places
The Last Auction (Middle School/High School)
Explore history and economics through the story of a rural South Carolina tobacco town in transition.
Let’s Go! (3-12)
Tour historic sites in South Carolina-The South Carolina State House, Historic Brattonsville, The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.
Artopia the “Meet an Artist” section in each art area contains excellent interviews with artists like Jonathan Green....
Kids Work! -- the “Real People” section in each work area contains an interview and resume...for folks like Dr. Raymond Bynoe
Amistad Case - National Archives
Special thanks to the State Department of Education and SCETV for compiling and sharing lesson ideas and broad-based activities related to South Carolina African-American History.