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Radio
Television and Film
General Resources
African American Art on the
Internet
Alphabetical listing of
sites. Includes specific artists.
African American
Wedding Guide
Provides information on the history of African American weddings and
symbols. Articles include choosing traditional African clothing and music and selecting
invitations.
African Americans in the Visual
Arts
The
African American artists' quest for creative recognition in their chosen art forms:
sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, and more.
Art and
Cultural Sites in the Baltimore Area
(local interest)
Provided by Soul of
America.
Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center
(local interest)
Located in Baltimore on the Morgan State University campus, the Murphy Fine
Arts Center has state of the art facilities for the performing arts including concert halls and
an art museum.
Official
Kwanzaa Web Site
History, the seven principles, symbols, greetings
and more.
Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
A national research
library that collects, preserves and provides access to resources documenting the
experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.
African American Inventors
Top ten African American inventors provided by Scholastic. Geared towards grades 3
to 4.
African American
Mathematicians
Biographies of African American mathematicians provided by the Mathematics
Department the State University of New York at Buffalo.
African
American Scientists and Inventors
Biographies of African American men and women who have contributed to the
advancement of science.
Black Inventors and
Inventions
Biographies of African Americans who are responsible for either inventing or
improving upon the invention of a wide variety of items.
Born in Slavery: Slave
Narratives
From the Federal Writer's Project, 1936 to 1938. Contains
more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white
photographs of former slaves.
Provided by the Library of Congress.
Famous
African American Inventors
Profiles and photos of famous African American Inventors.
Famous African American Women
Resource page from the Librarian's Index to the Internet.
First African Americans in Physics
Timeline and biographies of black physicists.
History Makers
Interviews of both well known and unsung African American heroes and history
makers.
Benjamin
Banneker
(local interest)
Well known mathematician and scientist born in Maryland.
Benjamin S.
Carson
(local interest)
Renowned Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon.
George Washington
Carver
Famous educator, scientist and agriculturalist.
Ray Charles
Mega famous musician.
Charles Drew
Surgeon, scientist, educator.
Frederick Douglass
Famous Marylander; former slave, writer, editor, journalist, orator,
political reformer and one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist
movement.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Famous 19th century poet and writer.
Virginia Hamilton
Award-winning storyteller's home page.
John H. Johnson
Founder of the world's largest African American publishing company.
Coretta Scott
King
Biography of Coretta Scott King from the
King Papers Project, Stanford University
Biography of Coretta Scott King from Thomson Gale
Books and Media on Coretta Scott King from the BCPL catalog
Coretta Scott King Book Award
Martin Luther King, Junior
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Junior from the King Papers Project
Biography from the
Seattle Times
Books and Media on Martin Luther King, Junior from the BCPL catalog
King's speeches, sermons,
letters and documents from the King Papers Project
Henrietta Lacks
(local interest)
Local cancer victim whose cells have been widely used for medical research.
Reginald Lewis
(local interest)
Considered the wealthiest African American man in history.
Rosa Parks
From unknown seamstress to leader of the modern Civil Rights movement, this
ordinary woman changed the world.
Sojourner Truth
Runaway slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activist during
the 1800's.
Madame C.J. Walker
The first American woman to become a millionaire solely by her own
endeavors.
Daniel
Hale Williams
Pioneer in open heart surgery.
Granville T. Woods
A prolific inventor, with more than 60 patents.
Carter G. Woodson
"Father of Black History."
New
African American Interest (local interest)
African American fiction and non-fiction books available for reserve in
Baltimore County Public Library. Updated every two weeks.
African
American Literature Book Club
Featuring a bestseller list, discussion group, literary crossword puzzle
and poetry readings.
QBR:
The Black Book Review
Features top ten fiction and non-fiction titles, Literary Events
calendar, and reviews and recommendations for adult and children's books.
African
American Business Link
Provides a business directory, online catalog shopping and a complete line
of web publishing and communication products that link businesses,
consumers, manufacturers, the United States Small Business Administration
and vendors.
African American Shopping Mall
Shopping for afro centric products.
Black
Market Place
Businesses advertise their products with e-business cards.
Black
Collegian Online
General information on college life, career planning and job
search information. An online version of the magazine.
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
Search by state, region, alphabetically or by degree.
United Negro
College Fund
The nation's oldest and most successful minority, higher education
support organization.
Universal Black Pages
Schools and student organizations. Includes colleges and universities, primary and
secondary schools; and national and international sites.
Africana Heritage Project
A free Internet
site sponsored by the University of South Florida, dedicated to
rediscovering and sharing records that document the names and lives of
former slaves, freed persons and their descendants.
African American Genealogy Mailing List
A moderated mailing list for researchers.
African
American History
An annotated list of sites provided by the African American Web
Connection.
African American History in Maryland
Resources for researching African American history and genealogy provided by
the Maryland State Archives.
The African American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
Amistad
Research Center
Independent archive, library and museum dedicated to preserving
African American history and culture.
Baltimore County Historic Map of African American Communities
[PDF]
(local interest)
Use this map to locate over 40 historic African American settlements and
communities in Baltimore County.
Baltimore County Office of Planning Maps and Research Links(local interest)
Maps and
research links, a history of slavery in Baltimore County and maps of
historically African American communities throughout the county.
Black
Baltimore: A Historic Legacy
(local interest)
Local monuments, Arabbers, and selected
Baltimore City African American databases.
Black
History Quest
African American history, culture, and black studies resources.
Black
Panther Party
Brief and informative story about this organization and a
few of its key players.
Born in Slavery: Slave
Narratives
From the Federal Writer's Project, 1936 to 1938. Contains
more than 2,300 first person accounts of slavery and 500 black and white
photographs of former slaves.
Provided by the Library of Congress.
Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter of
the Buffalo Soldiers
(local interest)
Buffalo Soldiers Membership information.
Christine's
Genealogy Website
Christine Cheryl Charity's comprehensive collection of African
American genealogical resources.
Flight to Freedom: Slavery and
the Underground Railroad in Maryland
(local interest)
History of slavery and the Underground Railroad in Maryland, stories of
flight, interactive maps, and research resources from the Maryland State
Archives.
Hampton Slavery
(local interest)
Information about the Ridgely slaves in the context of the National Park
Service historic site.
Historical
Text Archive and Web
Links
African American
history.
History
of African Americans in the Civil War
Provided by the National Park
Service.
In Motion: The African
American Migration Experience
This site presents a new interpretation of African American history includes
images, maps, text and educational materials from the New York Public
Library's Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Juneteenth
The history of the "oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery."
Local Museums and Historical Sites
(local interest)
Annotated list with links to websites of African American museums and
historic sites in and around Maryland.
Negro Baseball Leagues
The origins of the Negro Baseball Leagues: what they were, why
they were founded, and why they no longer exist.
Today in Black
History
Daily calendar of historical events in African American history.
Tuskegee Airmen
History of the Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 to 1945, and the integration of the Air Force.
Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society
Post Office Box 73086
Washington, District of Columbia 20056-3086
Central Maryland Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society (local interest)
Post Office Box 2774
Columbia, Maryland 21045
410-730-3172
African American Health
Health topics and latest news. A service of the
National Library of Medicine.
Black
Women's Health
Promotes the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of African
American women.
Cardiovascular
Disease in the Black Population
Provides updated information in heart disease, blood
pressure and its effect on the Black population in the United States.
Minority
Health Network
Serves as a network of agencies dealing with minorities and health.
Race,
Health Care, and the Law
Dedicated to improving the health
care and health status of people of color and to assuring access to quality health care.
Includes legal cases, law review articles, statutes and essays .
African American Heritage Site for
Kids
Locate information about African American history and famous African
Americans.
African
Americans in History
Profiles of famous African Americans from past to present.
African American Inventors
Top ten African American inventors provided by Scholastic. Geared towards grades 3
to 4.
Afro-American's Kid Zone
Games, brain teasers,
myths and fables and facts on African countries.
Internet African American History
Challenge
Profiles of important nineteenth century African Americans,
including Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass.
Notable African
Americans
Biographical information on African Americans searchable A to Z list or by
profession.
Pathways to Freedom:
Maryland and the Underground Railroad
(local interest)
Designed for students in grades 4 through 8 by Maryland Public Television. This site explores the history and actual path that slaves followed to
freedom. Includes some primary source documents, photographs,
interactive journey and timeline, audio and video recordings along with
teacher and parent resources.
Underground Railroad
Historical
information from the National Park Service.
Black
Enterprise
Monthly business news for African American entrepreneurs, executives,
managers and professionals.
Afro-American Newspaper
(local interest)
Check Baltimore's Afro-American for weekly local, national and world news.
USAfrica Online
News focused on the United States and Africa.
Black Radio
Guide
A collective guide to black radio stations
around the world.
Check here for Maryland stations.
Black
Entertainment Television
Includes news, financial section, recipes,
music, chat rooms, and more.
Black Film Center
The Black
Film Center and Archive is a repository of films and related materials by and about African
Americans. Included are films which have substantial participation by African Americans as
writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, and consultants, as well as those which
depict some aspect of black experience. On this site you can view selected
historical film clips.
Black Television Web Ring
Any site that has to do with African American
television shows can join this ring.
Black
Studies
A browsable webliography featuring dozens of annotated links to high quality
websites related to African American studies. Provided by the Cohen
Library at the City College of New York.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Historical and current information about the organization.
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