Social Studies Curriculum Links

Langston Hughes

African American History Resources

See also specific time periods in the American History Bookmarks page.

African American History: Historical Text Archive

The African-American Journey  A compilation of PBS sites that focus on the African-American experience.

The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide

The African-American Pamphlets from the Library of Congress

African-American Women: Online Archival Collections

Africans in America  Resources from the PBS series includes documents, essays, and teacher's resources.

Afro-Americ© Black History Museum

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology  A collection of interviews with former slaves who discuss their lives before and after freedom. The site features photos and RealAudio sound clips from one of the original interviews.

The Amistad Case: Original Source Documents  An original source lesson (middle - high school) provided by the National Archives.

Black Archives of Mid-America   A database of more than 800 online images that chronicle the African-American experience in the Mid-West.

Black History Articles from the Black Collegian Magazine

Black History Activities

Black History Biographies  80 short biographies for children is from the Gale Group reference publishing company.

The Britannica Guide to Black History   Only available during February. As detailed and organized as you would expect from Brittanica. Access is slow.

Don't Wanna Slave No More: African-American Choices in the American Revolution  This PBS site can go with the video documentary but has four lesson plans that stand on their own (including original source material).

Events and People in Black History (Database)

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences.

Frederick Douglass - American Visionary An online exhibit, provided by the National Park Service's Museum Management Program as part of its American Visionaries series, chronicles the history of Douglass, his ideas, and his influence

The Frederick Douglass Papers 2,000 items from the Library of Congress' American Memory collection.

From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909  Pamphlets documenting the African-American experience from slavery to the early twentieth century from the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Desegregation of the Armed Forces

Truman Library

Official Documents

Gateway to African-American History  Created by the State Department's International Information Programs, this has links to bibliographies, archival and research sites, presidential speeches and full-text versions of government reports, and articles on topics like the Amistad revolt, the civil rights movement and President Clinton's "National Conversation on Race."

Harlem, 1900-1940: An African-American Community  Developed by the New York Public Library, this site includes an exhibit, archival photographs, timeline, and resources for teachers that include lessons to go with the photographs.

Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro  Survey Graphic was a social work magazine of the 1920's. This site includes the entire edition of the magazine for March, 1925 which was focused on what is now termed the Harlem Renaissance. An outstanding source for primary materials.

The Harlem Renaissance  From Encyclopaedia Britannica, this site celebrates the intellectual creativity that blossomed in the African-American community in Harlem during the 1920s.

The Harmon Collection: Breaking Racial Barriers - The National Portrait Gallery's use of the famous Harmon Foundation Collection of early twentieth century civil right's activists to illustrate how prominent African-Americans broke racial barriers. Each portrait includes a short biography.

The Internet African American History Challenge  Profiles of prominent 19th-century black Americans with an interactive mutiple-choice quiz.

Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights 1860 -1960  A Library of Congress exhibition. Great Original Source photographs. Well written background information.

Lest We Forget  An astounding collection of resources and links for the study of African-American history and culture.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Life Magazine)

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Seattle Times)

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Includes a number of full-text primary documents (including the "I Have a Dream" speech and the "I've Been To The Mountaintop" sermon), a general biography, a chronology of King's life, and more.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center  Contains a timeline dating, a list of major players and contributors of the Underground Railroad movement, and a list of related resources on each individual.

The Negro Baseball Leagues

Negro League Baseball Online Archives

The North Star: Tracing the Underground Railroad

Portraits in Black Buffalo Soldiers and Sailors Web Site

Seacoast, New Hampshire - Black History  Black History from a New England point of view.

Teaching African-American History

Time.com Celebrates Black History Month

Timeline of African American History, 1852-1925

The Two Nations Of Black America  The companion site to PBS' Frontline Documentary. Contains interviews, statistics and commentary.

US Postage Stamps on Black History

Underground Railroad Activities  Lessons developed by MCPS teachers.

Writing Black  A collection of online documents from African-American authors. A few historical documents, too.