Black History
by
Greg Gainer
Here are some Black History links that I have found on the Web.
The Original Black Fax Calendar for 1997---Calendar that includes twelve African proverbs from different regions. There are 365 sucessful black men and women listed, and includes are their occupations/profesions, birth places and birth years. Each individual is listed on the day of his/her birth. There are 365 categorized questions and answers: Sunday - Religion; Monday - All about black inventors; Tuesday - The Carbbean; Wednesday - The Military; Thursday - Pure Trivia; Friday - Potpourri fill-ins; and Saturday - The Arts.
Today in Black History The African American Genealogy Mailing List
African American Historical Figures (biographies and calendar)
African American History (via Mississippi State University)
African History Site (History of African diaspora)
African Studies Archives (via the Central Connecticut State University African Studies Program)
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center
The Book (a tour through African American culture and history in words, images, and sounds)
The Cemetery (photographs of black towns in New Jersey)
A Deeper Shade of Black (history, literature, film)
Douglas Institute of Government (An educational "think tank" dedicated to research and policy studies in support of Frederick Douglass' admonition to a young student: "agitate, agitate, agitate")
Dr. Mae C. Jemison (the first Black woman in space)
Edward Wilmot Blyden(a virtual museum of the Pan-Africanism historian)
Events and People In Black History
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Black Archives, Research Center, and Museum
Haile Selassie: pictorial and speeches
Happy Bob Marley's 50th Birthday
I Have a Dream! (a multimedia collectible honoring Dr. Martin Luther King featuring audio from his historic speech)
KLRT/KASN Afro-American History Page
Martin Luther King, Jr. (courtesy of The Seattle Times)
Mindstation X: Afro-American History
The Museum of Slavery in the Atlantic
Negro Leagues Baseball (history and collectibles)
Origins: Timechart of World Civilizations
Oware (a variation of the mancala game played in West Africa, South America, and the Caribbean)
Pathfinder Celebrates Black History Through the Ages
Pikes Peak Region Black History
Robert Johnson(an overview of his life and music)
Sam E. Langford (short biography)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Selections from The African-American Mosaic (A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture)
St. Joseph County Public Library: Black History Videos>
Sweatt vs. Painter (a bibliography of the United States Supreme Court decision abolishing "separate but equal" graduate school education)
The Thomas Hearings (September 10 - October 15, 1991)
A Tribute To Ole Brother Nat (a tribute to Nat Turner)
Voices of the Civil Rights Era
William Grant Still (the dean of African American composers)
Zumbi dos Palmares (the slave king of Brazil)
E-mail me if you know of any other Black History sites.