African-American Studies
African-American
Mosaic
This online guide, The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress
Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture, provides
photographs, primary documents, as well as personal narratives. It is
divided into four general subject areas: Colonization, Abolition, Migrations,
and the WPA (Work Projects Administration).
[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html]
African Women's Bibliographic Database
Contains over 28,000 citations to materials published in English about African women. The database indexes six types of materials: books and government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical and journal articles; Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations as well as a few B.A. theses and honors papers; conference papers; and videocassettes. Coverage is 1986 to the present.
[http://www.africabib.org/women.html]
Africana Periodical Literature
Indexes over 48,000 articles from over 280 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent. Each title is indexed from its first day of publication to the present or, either its date of ceasing or a date where the journal or periodical no longer covered Africa on a regular basis. In only in a few cases were titles dropped due to the difficulty in obtaining copies or irregularities in the journal's publishing schedule. Of the over 280 journals and periodicals indexed, more than half have ceased being published. Until the mid-1960's few Africana journals were indexed in major indexing tools. This work hopes to fill the gap by indexing Africana materials from the mid-nineteenth century to today in one index. The titles indexed in this database represent Africana materials published in from over 22 nations within North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
[http://www.africabib.org/africa.html]
Association
for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
This site contains information on the founder of ASALH, Dr. Carter
Godwin Woodson, who established the first Negro History Week, which officially
expanded to Black History Month in 1976. It includes a list of the Black
History Month themes for the years 2002-2010, brief details about the
Carter G. Woodson Home (a national historic landmark), and information
about the annual essay contest for all full-time graduate and undergraduate
students.
[http://www.asalh.org/]
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Guide to Black History
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 links and the bibliography 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."
[http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/]
Documenting the American South (DAS)
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Currently DocSouth includes seven thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
[http://docsouth.unc.edu/].
Stanford
University Martin Luther King Project
"The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and
disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the social movements in which he participated." This site provides
biographical materials, a chronology, an encyclopedia, as well as Martin
Luther King's autobiography, papers, speeches and sermons.
[http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/]
UNC
Institute of African American Research
"The central mission of the Institute is to promote and advance scholarly
investigation of the history, social experiences, culture, and thought
of people of African descent throughout the Diaspora, with a particular
emphasis on Black Americans. The goal is to be the premier research center
of its kind in the nation ~ for to be created at Carolina is to be created
to become the best."
[http://www.unc.edu/depts/iaar/index.htm]