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The
Caldwell Journals Memoirs
of Earl Caldwell, prominent reporter, during the civil rights era and after.
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The
African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress resource
guide for the study of Black History and culture
Ø Women of Color Resources Excellent variety of sites and sources - not just African-Americans
This web
site is a companion to the 6hr TV series on PBS. The site is divided into 4
major subjects. Each of these is subdivided into 4 parts: a. narrative, which
describes the subject; b. resource bank, with full-text bibliographies; c.
historical documents, which are reproduced full-text; and d. modern voices,
consisting of modern commentary on the subject. A teachers' guide includes more
resources and lesson plans. This site is very well done, and the full-text
resources are very worth while.
Ø Afro-American Almanac: an African American History Resource.
This site
provides a large selection of full-text resources. Biographies, E-books:
full-text versions of historical books from i.e. Frederick Douglass, Booker T.
Washington and William Wells Brown, and documents, also full text, such as the
Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Dred Scott case, and
others. The Voices section contains historical speeches and modern commentary.
Ø Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web.
This site
is meant as a model to suggest way to integrate the World Wide Web and video
conferencing into the curriculum. It contains teaching resources, ideas.
Ø Historic Books and Documents on the Internet.
Full text documents range from articles by Frederick Douglass, to the Fugitive Slave Act, and many others.
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Lest we
forget. Bennie J.
McRae Jr
This is a modest site, but with good links, among them to a chronology, and to newspaper articles from 1838-1839.
Ø Narratives from the Federal Writers Project Tapes.
Links
are provided to more than a 100 narratives, with a short biography and
photograph of the narrator.
Ø National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
This
site is maintained by the National Education and Distributive Museum Center,
projected to open in Cincinnati in 2003. Their mission is to promote interracial
understanding. The site contains links to different subjects, slavery being one
of them. It also ties in with the Africans in America site (see above). While
visually a bit confusing (it also contains some advertising), the treatment of
the subject and the links to other pages, make it a worthwhile site.
Ø Taking the Train to Freedom. National Park Service.
This
is part of a larger site of the National Park Service, dedicated to
African-American history. There are short articles about the various historic
park sites, with maps. Four subjects are treated: the Slave Trade, early
anti-slavery efforts, the Underground Railroad, and the Civil War. Does not
treat the subject in depth, but can provide an introduction.
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The
African American Mosaic. A
library of Congress Study Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
This site covers a broader time frame, but contains much worthwhile
material, and links to the WPA oral history project.
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The Walk to Canada:
Tracing the Underground Railroad. Anthony
Cohen.
This site is maintained by the National Parks and Conservation Association. It describes the authors’ walk and study of one of the routes of the Underground Railroad. Project is scheduled to become a film and book.