Black Studies
Other Resources
General ResourcesAfrican-American Women On-line -- The "African-American Women" web pages, developed in collaboration between The Digital Scriptorium and the Women's Archives of Duke University, feature scanned images of manuscript pages and full text of the writings of African-American women.
African Studies World Wide Web -- Resources for African Studies presented by the African Studies Consortium: Penn, Bryn Mawr, Haverford & Swarthmore.
The Aframian WebNet--The Aframian WebNet is a cyberspace launching pad designed for the convenience of the African American community and the global Internet community at large.
AFROAM-L Griot Online -- a compilation of discussions, research and original work about African life, culture and history.
AfroNet Magazine -- Focusing on technology from a Black perspective, AfroNet Magazine fuses domestic and international issues of technology, business, and culture in a format that is "funky" as well as informative.
Manuscripts and Rare Books at UVA -- Recent aquisitions in African American History and Literature by the Manuscripts and Rare Books Departments of the University of Virginia Library Autobiographies, Biographies, Church Histories, Letters, Slave Narratives, Fiction, Journalism, Letters, and Poetry.
A Deeper Shade of Black -- Black History, Literature, and Film site at MIT.
United Nations -- The site for one-stop information on all aspects of the United Nations including human rights.
The Universal Black Pages -- The main purpose of the UBP is to have a complete and comprehensive listing of African diaspora related Web pages at a central site.
WWW Virtual Library -- Museums and Popular Culture Collections.
World Wide Web Server for Cultural Studies -- Includes black studies, cultural and ethnic collections, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, future culture, National Indian Policy Center, and numerous other listings.
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American Studies -- An interdisciplinary teaching and research center at The University of Virginia.
- African American History on the Web -- A wide variety of African American history links including the Black History Museum: Interactive Excursions.
- African Diaspora -- Telling the Story from the Continent to the New World.
- Documents from the University of Groningen -- This site is especially strong in colonial and revolutionary war documents, yet also offers Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech.
- The Museum of Slavery in the Atlantic -- numerous sub-sites with essays on slavery and the African diaspora.
- National Civil Rights Museum -- The National Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was tragically assassinated April 4, 1968, is the world's first and only comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form.
- Selections from The African-American Mosaic -- A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art - Easily acessible galleries.
- The Smithsonian Institution -- Provides information about the programs and collections of teh Smithsonian's art museums (Freer-Sackler Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of Design, National Museum of African Art, Hishhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, etc.).
- WebMuseum - A definite must! This site includes the artworks of Paul Cezanne, Medieval Art, Famous paintings, a tour of Paris, and classical music.
- World Art Treasures - An exceptionally well-developed internet collection of World art from various civilizations.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library Museums -- An excellent source for locating museums and online exhibitions.
- Philadanco --The Philadelphia Dance Company, An African American modern contemporary dance Company.
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre -- A company dedicated to enriching the American modern dance heritage and preserving the uniqueness of black cultural expression. Dance Theatre of Harlem -- Founded in Harlem, New York City, by Arthur Mitchell this group was the first black classical ballet company.
- Malipenga Dancing -- A dance found in the former British colonies of South Africa.
- Tap Dance Home Page -- A site dedicated to the complete history of Tap dancing up to the present.
- The Black Collegian Online -- the electronic version of the 27 year old, national career opportunities magazine.
- Black World Today -- Purpose is to chronicle the daily, political, cultural, and economic realities of black communities and countries.
- Callaloo -- A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, founded in 1976 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Meanderings -- An African American Journal of Politics, Art and Culture.
- ONE: Life, Art & Culture - For A New State of Mind--A chronicle of progressive Black politics and culture that features some of the nation's best Black writers.
- The Vision -- A journal of African American history and culture.
- Western Journal of Black Studies -- Online journal designed to provide easy access to the most current colume and the volumes of the past two years.
- Black Film Center/Archive -- The Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
- The Library of African Cinema -- a list of African-produced films available on video in the US.
- Archives of African American Music and Culture -- The Archives of African American Music and Culture is a repository and center devoted to the research and study of African American music and cultural life.
- The Jazz Web -- Site devoted to jazz, of course.
- The Evolution of Rap -- An online site dedicated to the birth and development of rap music.
- The Blue Highway --Site devoted to the evolution of the Blues.
- Afro-Caribbean Music Guide -- Site that explores the music of the Afro-Caribbean culture.
- H-AfLitCine -- for information on African literature and film.
- H-AfrArts -- a discussion list dedicated to the expressive cultures of Africa.
- H-Africa -- homepage of this general Africanist discussion list.
- H-SAfrica -- a discussion list focusing on South and southern Africa.
- H-AfrTeach -- encourages a wide consideration of both the possibilities and problems involved in teaching about Africa in many educational settings.
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