African American Studies Research Guide

A guide to research from Yale University.

Africans in America

"America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts, each with a historical narrative."

African Slave Narratives

Interviews with over 2300 former slaves.  The interviews took place from 1936-1938 as a project of the Works Progress Administration.

Citizen King

Companion site to a PBS American Experience Program.  Explores the last five years of King's life.

Education First: Black History Activities

Six web sites with excellent collections of links and ideas for integrating the "World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History

A good timeline with related Internet links and a study guide.

Guide to African American Documentary Resources

Good links from Cornell University.

Kentucky Underground Railroad

From a Kentucky Educational Television special program.

Martin Luther King, Jr :Day of Service

From the corporation for National and Community Service.

The Slave Trade

Slave accounts, slave life, how the slave system worked, individuals involved in the anti slave society.

Resources for Teachers.

African-American History Resources

A variety of net resources from oral histories to lesson plans.

Scholastic Teacher-African American History

Lesson plans and activities by grade level.

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