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African-American
Resources
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Information on Teaching African
and African American History.Managed
by the African & African American
Studies Department, the School
District of Philadelphia, USA.
The Department serves public,
private, and parochial schools;
administrative offices; and local
community organizations (parent
groups, universities, museums,
newspapers, communication media,
etc.).
Culture
Connection Programs
A monthly series of programs hosted
by Dr. Carolyn L. Holmes, past
Supervisor of African and African
American Studies (Mrs. Dianne
S. Partee, former Curriculum Specialist
was the co-host during 1995 to
2002). The program highlights
topics, issues and themes that
reflect the diverse African and
African American cultural and
historical experiences.
African and
African-American Resources,
This information has been made
accessible by the Reference Department
of the Thomas Jefferson Library
of the University of Missouri-St.
Louis.This homepage supplies links
to information, articles, and
narratives about the State's history
taken from sources such as the
Official Manual of the State of
Missouri, Preservation Issues
by the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, the African
American Heritage of St. Louis
by the St. Louis Public Library
African American History
Resources on African American
history, art, as well as Slavery,
and Civil Rights.
African-American History
through the Arts
Resources includes contributions
from the sculptor Martin Puryear,
the painters Michael Ray Charles
and Puvis Young, as well as images
of traditional African art, Africans
in European art, pre-Civil War
art, etc.
African-American History
and Culture (LOC)
The
Manuscript Division has one
of the nation's most valuable
collections for the study of
African-American history and
culture. The Library's holdings
include information about slavery
and the slave trade as well
as other aspects of plantation
life. Papers of slaveholders
provide one view of slavery,
and slave narratives give another.
Up
African-American
Mosaic (LOC)
This exhibit includes selections
from The African-American Mosaic:
A Library of Congress Resource
Guide for the Study of Black History
and Culture. This is the first
Library-wide resource guide to
the institution's African-American
collections, that surveys the
full range size, and variety of
the Library's collections, including
books, periodicals, prints, photographs,
music, film, and recorded sound.
Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
The mission of BDPA is to sustain
a network of information technology
professionals that is a positive
influence in the information processing
industry; a network which shares
information, provides education
and performs community service.
This archive includes a BDPA FAQ,
and information on Chapter Listings,
the BDPANet Bulletin Board System,
the Youth Mini-Conference, and
the Annual National Conferences.
MELANET (Jordan Family Enterprises Co.)
MELANET is an electronic commerce,
resource, and research center.
A service of New Perspective Technologies
Company, MELANET provides a central
location whereby Black business
persons may market their goods
and services to one another as
well as the rapidly growing on-line
consumer base. This section includes
information on Kwanza, Ujamaa
fashions, etc.
Stamp on Black History
The United States Postal Service
has issued Black History-related
stamps to commemorate black men
and women who have contributed
to America's history and who have
made a difference. This web site
highlights important people and
events in Black History from the
era of slavery to the modern civil
rights movement. Also highlighted
are groups of black men and women
who have made contributions in
the world of science, athletics,
politics and the arts etc.
Universal Black Pages (Alou Macalou &
Larry Ward)
This large site points to resources
on Black History, Business, Event
Calendar, Schools & Student
Organizations, Professional Organizations,
Fraternities & Sororities,
Resources, Engineering, Science,
and Technology, Educational Opportunities/Activities,
Businesses, Life, Written Word,
Spoken Word, Art, Politics and
the Diaspora.
Black/African
Information Sites, (Arthur McGee)
Includes links to on-line information
storage sites (FTP, Gopher, Telnet,
WWW, BBS, Database, etc.) that
contain a significant amount of
information relating to or of
concern to Black or African people,
culture, and issues around the
world, either in files or conferences.
Also included are resources relating
to ethnic/intercultural relations,
international/sustainable development
(includes global networking),
and social/progressive activism.
Resouces for Teaching
About The Amistad
A bibliography of resources for
teaching about the Amistad including
books for children and adults,
teachers' guides, a video, and
other materials.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual
University
The
University is dedicated to the
study of the life, legacy, and
works of Dr. Du Bois and the
culture of the African diaspora.
The site offers classrooms and
online conferencing. The Univesity
contains downloadable bibliographies
of works by and about Du Bois,
as well as listings of scholars
who have published on Du Bois.
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