Biography, Literature, & the Arts

bulletAfrican - American Oral Histories: Verbal Self Portraits
An online reference to Internet sources to oral histories ranging from slave narratives to more recent accounts involving segregation and civil rights.
 
bulletAmerican Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
 
bulletBlack Archives of Mid-America
"This project is a collaboration between the Black Archives of Mid-America Inc. and Kansas City Public Library, funded by the Missouri State Library."
http://www.blackarchives.org/
 
bullet The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists. African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians havecontributed in both large and small ways that can be overlooked when chronicling the history of science. Bydescribing the scientific history of selected African American men and women we c an see how the efforts ofindividuals have advanced human understanding in the world around us. "
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html
 
bulletThe Harlem Renaissance
From the Encyclopedia Britannica
http://harlem.eb.com/
 
bulletJim Crow Maryland Oral Histories
Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, MD
http://school.discovery.com/showcase/promisedland/mdoralhist/jimcrow.html
 
bullet The Martin Luther King, Jr. Directory and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford
"This Directory contains secondary documents written about Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as primary documents written during King's life. The folks at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project at Stanford University continuously update and improv e this site. "
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
 
bulletPortraits in Black
"The Samuel N. Waller Memorial Web Site to the Buffalo Soldier & Sailor: An Historical Perspective, the Black Soldier and Sailor."
http://www.con2.com/~blacstar/portraits/
 
bullet Reflections on Black History
by Deborah Willis
http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html
 
bullet Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/index.htm

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