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Aboard the Underground Railroad
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This site traces the history of the Underground Railroad and the early antislavery movement.
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African American Authors
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This Milwaukee Public Library list of over 100 popular African American authors contains links to the CountyCat online catalog for a quick check of titles and their availability.
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African American History
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This site provides an extensive list of links to texts, military, slavery, arts and literature from the Historical Text Archive.
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African American Magazines & Newspapers
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Use this NewsDirectory.com site to locate online African-American-oriented newspapers and magazines.
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African American Organizations
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This site links to many organizations, including NAACP, National Urban League and many fraternities and sororities.
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African American World
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This PBS website has in-depth information on African American history, arts, culture, race, society and more.
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African Studies Center
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This site has an extensive collection of current, well-organized links on Saharan African peoples including: Black/African and East African resources, statistics, color photos of flags, and much more.
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Afrigeneas
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This site focuses on the special needs of the African Ancestored researcher including links for slave data, surnames, census, and cemeteries.
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American Slave Narratives
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This site provides a glimpse into the richness of African American History.
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BET.com
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This site covers a wide array of topics including news, music, entertainment, style, sports, personal finance, careers, health, romance and food tailored to the preferences and needs of the African-American and urban communities.
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Black Collegian Online
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This site has an abundance of career planning/job search information, commentary by leading African-American writers, lifestyle/entertainment features, general information on college life, and news of what's happening on college campuses today.
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Black Enterprise Online
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This site covers business news, strategies, information and resources for African-American entrepreneurs, corporate executives, managers and professionals.
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Black History Month
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This site from the History Channel describes the beginning of black history month and provide links to a brief history of the Civil Rights Movement and to short biographies of African American icons.
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Black History Treasure Hunt
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From Education World is this group of Black History Treasure Hunts (listed by grade level).
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Black Inventors A-Z
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This site features an A-Z listing of inventor names along with biographical information and many pictures and diagrams.
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Black Studies
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This University of California-Santa Barbara site deals with the subject of people of African descent in the United States; Africa; the Caribbean & Latin America; Europe & Australasia; which are arranged in categories.
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Black Voices
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Debuted in 1995, this Web site is the most visited African-American virtual community in the world. The site contains links for entertainment, recreation, etc.
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Born In Slavery: Slave Narratives
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This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of
Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time.
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Daddy's Promise
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Ed Gordon, the award-winning broadcast journalist, created a website to help foster a more positive father/daughter relationship and to help strengthen the African-American father figure.
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Exploring AMISTAD
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The site includes background on: the middle passage, slave trade, and the multicultural nature of the nineteenth century American and Atlantic maritime worlds.
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Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
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Historic properties related to the modern civil rights movement make up this new National Register Travel Itinerary provided by the National Park Service.
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Internet African American History Challenge
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Some biographical profiles of important 19th century African Americans as well as an interactive quiz are included on the site.
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King Center
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The official Martin Luther King, Jr. historical site as a living memorial dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
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Take a cyber trip to visit a unique, 23-acre National Historic Site and Preservation District in Atlanta, GA. Includes speeches and photos.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
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A Stanford University project that assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated.
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Nation of Islam Online
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The official communications organ of the Nation of Islam and a leading source for news and information about issues and events relative to the Black community.
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Oxford African American Studies Center
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The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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United Negro College Fund
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UNCF is the nation's oldest African American higher education assistance organization for historically black colleges and universities.
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Universal Black Pages
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A comprehensive listing of African-diaspora-related Web pages at a central site.
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Wisconsin Black Historical Society / Museum
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The museum's mission is to document and preserve the historical heritage of African descent in Wisconsin and to promote community and cultural activities that depicts the African American heritage.
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Writing Black
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Here is an impressive collection of links to African American writings.
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