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Black History Month -
Links That Are Worth a Visit

The BHS Library

February 2009
Bellport High School
205 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven, NY 11719


Association for the Study of African American Life and History "conducts and promotes research and study of the black person's role in world history. The association collects writings and materials relating to African Americans and other ethnic groups. It promotes harmony and understanding among all people. The association's members include historians, scholars, and students. It sponsors Black History Month and sets the national theme for the celebration. It also publishes Black History Bulletin and The Journal of African American History. The American historian Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. The association received its present name in 1998. Headquarters are in Washington, D.C."
Soul Patrol - Night Train - Good streaming of broadcasts and a February calendar for events and music dates for Black Music Month A Musical Black History Month – NPR streams performers. Big Tracks – BBC offers this site whose timeline chronicles top black performers through recent history. Online Jazz – Stream Blues and Jazz online. Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison – film and music recorded by Pete Seeger. Spirituals & Gospel Music – MP3s of some classics. Songs for Teaching – This site offers Songs About African-American History and for Black History Month. Voices Across Time – African American Work Songs and Hollars and discusses here with lyrics.
Biography.com - offers this celebratory site in recognition of Black History Month. Features span our cultural history which has been influenced by Black Americans, Black History in the making, icons, quizzes, the Harlem Renaissance, 101 fast facts, and an amazing slider-controlled time line: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/black-history-timeline.jsp
Road to Equality: Are We There Yet - this feature site offered by CNN to bring readers up to date on this issue. CNN Spotlight on Black History - CNN acts as a BHM portal by offering this list of links
American Memory Project: Voices from the Days of Slavery – The American Memory Project from the Library of Congress American Folklife Center offers readers narratives from former slaves as they tell the stories of their lives.
The Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History – EB offers this beautiful site for you to explore – look at Eras in Black History, the timeline, articles, or audiovisuals. Lots of images and lots of information.
Celebrate Black History Month - From the History Channel -- focuses on milestones, with featured biographies.
African American World - The PBS site offers this guide to African American culture and history.
Black History Month Resources - Tennessee Technological University offers this well rounded list of Internet resources.
Black History Hotlist - AT & T sponsors this huge collection of webpages on Black History Month, Slavery and History, Leaders, News, Poetry, and more. The next two links are also part of this site.
Interactive Treasure Hunt - Test your knowledge of African-American history by trying this Hunt & Quiz.
Sampling African America - This Sampler site helps you form a personal connection with this topic and explore things about it that interest you.
Black History Month Free Resources - Gale Publishing allows you to read biographies of important African-Americans, take a Black History Month quiz, follow a timeline of events that helped determine Black American heritage, use activities taken from the Black History Month Resource Book, and explore African-American literature.
The African American Mozaic - The Library of Congress offers this Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture.
Freedmen's Bureau Online – The Bureau’s extensive records are used as a research tool because they include personnel records and a variety of standard reports concerning bureau programs and conditions in the states.
Herblock’s Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenium – The “Animal Farm” section of the website includes several cartoons that reflect the racial tensions of the 1960’s that exploded into riots. Quilts of Gee's Bend - Listen to the NPR recording of the Gee's Bend women quilters and they sing and stitch their fantastic patterned quilts. Also the Sun-Sentinal's video is excellent.
The Internet African American History Challenge – This site from BrightMoments.Com offers an interactive quiz which can be taken at 3 different difficulty levels.
Celebrating Black History Month – Time.com offers this site filled with historic photography and intimate portraits from the civil rights era.
African Americans in the Law Collection & Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights – Both of these archival collections are from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland School of Law.
Black Icons Making History Now – BET offers quick bios and portraits of black Americans making history now - Innovators, athletes and entrepreneurs are highlighted.
State of Florida Task Force on African American History – This website is a nice portal into local and national BHM sites and archives.
The New York African Free School Collection - The New York Historical Society offers a site describing the creation and history of this special school and its impact on the city. Great primary source materials.
Infoplease - lack History Month prompts this site to offer quizzes and crossword puzzles. About.com – Many pull down menus for topics and issues about Black History
LIBRARY DATABASES YOU CAN USE: Login and password sheet available in library
ABC-CLIO American History – For detailed information on important people and events concerning Black American history. Historical NY Times Suffolk Historic Newspapers Issues and Controversies
Jayne Johnsen-Seeberger, Librarian 1/29/09