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First posted 1999.
Links for African American History Month:
The Death of Emmett Till
The Death of Emmett Till includes the lyrics for a song that Bob Dylan wrote in 1963 about Emmett Till
Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till, a PBS American Experience Film, tells the story of Emmett Till, a fourteen year old African American who was visiting relatives in Mississippi. He whistled at a white woman, and it cost him his life. He was taken from his bed at night, was beaten and shot. His body was found three days later in the Tallahatchie River. The web link includes a teacher's guide, a timeline and other resources to support the film. This film is rated PG-13.
African-American Mosaic
The African American Mosaic highlights four topics that relate to African American heritage in the Library of Congress collections. These topics include: Abolition, African American involvement in the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Colonization in Liberia and the Great Migration. Primary source documents, histories and images are included on the site.
African American Web Connection
The African American Web Connection has numerous links that include art and poetry, Black authors, businesses, churches, entertainment, history, kids and organizations. Some of the sites are duplicated in the annotated listing of resources.
Africans in America
Africans in America is a four-part series depicting the following eras: of Terrible Transformation, Revolution, Brotherly Love and Judgment Day. Each part includes a historical narrative, a resource bank of primary sources and a Teacher's Guide to use with the television series by the same title.
Biography.com Celebrates Black History Month
Biography on A&E presents Biography.com Celebrates Black History Month. Selections on the website include discussions, groundbreakers, heroes, history, In the News, Photo Gallery and a TV Schedule of Black History
Black History Month: Celebrate Diversity
Black History Month: Celebrate Diversity, is a segment of the Education & Computer Connection Newsletter that has links to a number of other websites, some of which are listed in these resources and others that provide additional information.
Celebrate African-American History Month
Celebrate African-American History Month, sponsored by the New York City Library System, provides an annotated list of recommended African-American children's books and materials. Categories of titles are: biography and history, folk and fairy tales, poetry and song recordings and videos, stories for older readers, stories for younger readers, folk and fairy tales, poetry and song.
Civil Rights Photos by Charles Moore
The collection of Civil Rights Photos by Charles Moore include a number of black and white photos by photojournalist Charles Moore. The photographs are showcased, providing a visual statement of the beauty and horror of the South during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The site also includes biographical information about the photographer, Charles Moore.
Civil Rights Timeline: Milestones in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Timeline covers events from 1954 through 2005. In addition, there are other related links listed plus access to other timelines.
Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community
The Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community exhibition is a history portfolio, produced by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library. It includes education, political movements, religion, social organizations and sports among other topics. It includes a timeline, the exhibition and other resources. Included in the exhibition are subjects such as activism, arts, business, community, sports, writers and intellectuals.
Library of Congress Living Legends
In September 2005, the Library of Congress presented a Living Legend Award to Blues legend B.B. King in recognition of his achievement as a musician and as ambassador for the blues.
Marcogram: Black History Month: Pursuing the American Dream
Marcogram from Marco Polo offers web links to lessons and activities on Black History Month themes that include African-American poetry, the Underground Railroad, and African American contributions to science, agriculture and the arts.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project
The King Papers Project is a research effort to assemble and disseminate information about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the social movements that he led. Stanford University has brought together the papers, speeches, sermons and unpublished manuscripts of Reverend King. Five volumes of a fourteen-volume edition of the most significant works of Dr. King have been published.
National Civil Rights Museum
The National Civil Right Museum, on the site of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, documents key events of the civil rights movement in the United States and the significance of the legacy in the global civil and human rights efforts.
Time for Kids
The Time for Kids website spotlights Black History Then to Now; The Fight for Rights History Challenge; Oh, Grow Up!; Now Hear This and Special Spotlight: The Arts.
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement includes forty-nine sites that have been nominated as national historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement. Along with a photograph, there is a narrative explaining the significance of the site. These sites do not represent a systematic effort to identify, survey and list all important civil rights sites in the United States.
Women's History: African American Women
The Women's History: African American Women website provides links to a large variety of on-line resources regarding African-American women's history, collections and other sources.
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