Hot Topics: Black History Month
Last update: February 22, 2006 |
- African-American Astronauts
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (via New York Public Library)
- African Voices
- Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture
- Black History Month (via InfoPlease Almanac)
- Black Wings: African-American Pioneer Aviators
- Celebrate Black History Month (via the History Channel)
- Census Bureau, U.S.
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, The
- Library of Congress
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African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the
Study of Black History and Culture - African American Odyssey
- African-American Perspectives, 1818 - 1907
- African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860 - 1920
- From Slavery to Freedom: the African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
- Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860's - 1960's
- Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938 - 1943
- Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
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We'll Sing to Abe Our Song: Sheet Music About Lincoln, Emancipation, and
the Civil War - Words and Deed in American History
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African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the
- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month (via Louisiana State University Libraries)
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National Archives and Records Administration
- Black History Sources
- The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
- The Amistad Case
- Beyond the Playing Field: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
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From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in
the Civil War Era
(from Prologue Summer 1997, v.29 no.2 )
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National Park Service
- African American in Slavery: Lower Mississippi Delta Region
- Arlington House, Slavery, and the Plantation Mistress (.pdf) by Marie Tyler-McGraw
- American Visionaries Exhibits
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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
(the Supreme Court case that desegregated American schools in 1954...this year marks the 50th Anniversary) - Lincoln Home
- Our Shared History: African-American Heritage
- Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War
- Negro League
- Speeches by African-American Women
(via Gifts of Speech )
- Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth (1851)
- Change: From What To What by Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1992)
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Democratic Convention Keynote Address: Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?
by Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1976) - Equal Rights for Women by Shirley Chisholm , New York Congressman(1969)
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Father Gave Her to His White People After The War: Oral History
Of Her Days As A Slave by Ms. Holmes, Former Slave (1930) - On The Pulse Of Morning by Maya Angelou, Poet (1993)
- Opening Statement To The House Judiciary Committee, Proceedings On The Impeachment Of Richard Nixon by Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1974)
- Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Lucinda Davis, Former Slave (1930)
- Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Tempe Herndon Durham, Former Slave (1937)
- Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Mary Reynolds, Former Slave, (1930)
- The Progress of Colored Women Mary Church Terrell, President, National Association Of Colored Women (1898)
- World War II African American Medal of Honor Recipients
Related Websites:
- Rosa Parks: A 5oth Anniversary
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The Search for Equality: Marking the 50th Anniversary
of Brown v. Board of Edcuation - Women's History Month
