African American History Online Resources

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE RESOURCES

ARCHIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND CULTURE

Covers a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era

THE ATLANTIC'S "INHERITANCE"

A multiyear journalism and tech project that endeavors to fill the blank pages of Black history

BLACK MALE ARCHIVES

A website that captures, curates, and promotes positive stories about black men

BLACKPAST

An online reference center dedicated to providing information on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTION

Includes collections such as Illinois Writers Project: "Negro in Illinois" , Remembering Harold Washington, Philip David Sang, and Chicago Renaissance

THE HISTORYMAKERS

The largest archival collection of recorded African American oral histories

JIM CROW MUSEUM OF RACIST MEMORABILIA

Offers educational programming virtual tours and dozens of videos on its YouTube page

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORAN ARTS

Offer musical podcasts and virtual exhibits with a social justice focus

NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

Biographies of antislavery abolitionists to honor their work to end slavery and the legacy of that struggle

THE OBSIDIAN COLLECTION

A user-friendly, virtual portal for African American culture providing access to material of historical artistic and cultural significance gathered from around the country

THE ROBBINS HOUSE

Interpretive materials to support the theme of the Long Civil Rights Movement from slavery to today

SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE

Explore virtual exhibitions, online collections, and digital resources

W. E. B. DU BOIS PAPERS

Digital archive of WEB Dubois papers from the University of Massachusetts

WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER

Preserves and inspires engagement with the history of one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America - includes a digital archive and online oral histories

AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT

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