African-American History Web Resources

Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

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Academy of Achievement
The Academy of Achievement provides fascinating profiles, biographies, and interviews with outstanding individuals in the fields of the Arts, Business, Public Service, Science and Exploration, Sports, and the American Dream. Rosa Parks is one of the featured achievers.
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/mainmenu.html

African American Webliography
This site provides a collection of links relating to African Americana
resources. Links are available in the following categories: general guides, bibliographies, catalogs (including links to the Harvard Library, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution Library), discussion groups, newsgroups, exhibits, periodicals, and texts.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/african.html#contents

Biographical Profiles of Important 19th Century African Americans
The nineteenth century African Americans profiled here include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Nat Turner, as well as some lesser-known figures such as Mary Ann Shadd.
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/

Civil Rights: Brown v. Board of Education I (1954)
This site contains full texts of historic Supreme Court decisions that affected African-Americans. The section on segregation includes the text of Brown v. Board of Education I (1954) and other important cases addressing issues dealing with integration and segregation in American society.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

Frederick Douglass
This site features a complete biography of Frederick Douglass, a chronology, and a reading list. It also contains the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave," written by Douglass himself.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/HOME.html

Making History on the Web: Emancipation and the Freedmen's Bureau
Organized as a "sample course" outline, this Web site explores the emancipation of slaves and post-emancipation experiences of freed men and women in the United States. It includes photos or narratives of ex-slaves and examples of the black codes and indentured labor agreements, and also links to a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and a John Hope Franklin essay from the National Archives.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/seminar/unit6/index.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.
This site focuses on the life and times of Martin Luther King, Jr. There are time lines documenting his life and the history of the civil rights movement, as well as sections that provide a more in-depth view. The site contains audio downloads and a photo tour of the civil rights movement.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html

NAACP Online
The site of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, focuses on the long history of this major group, its organization, programs, community issues, the recent church burnings, and membership information.
http://www.naacp.org/index.html

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
This compact site covers the civil rights movement and desegregation -- from Brown v. Board of Education to the impact of the civil rights movement on our lives today.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

School Integration in the United States
Exploring the history of U.S. school integration with text and some photos, this site begins with background on the post-Civil War status of African Americans and the "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson. It ultimately examines the groundbreaking case of Brown vs. Board of Education and its ramifications. The six main sections of this site are easy to access through a linkable index.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/index.html

The Constitution of the United States of America
Leading off with the Preamble, the U.S. Constitution is provided at this site, organized under the seven Articles, which can then be broken down into the sections to read the full text. There are descriptive titles for each article and section so that topics can be easily accessed, and the amendments and a list of signers are here as well.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
This timeline spans from the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision to 2003, highlighting milestones in the American Civil Rights Movement. There are photos and several links for more information, including links to primary source documents.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

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