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Stone Center Guide to the Web - History by State (124 items)


AL--AfricaTown, USA This site provides information on AfricaTown, a historic Alabama community of Africans illegally sold into slavery that was self-governed and maintained African cultural traditions. The site includes a history of the events surrounding the founding of the community, which involved an illegal international slave trading scheme in the year 1860. Current efforts by the AfricaTown Community Mobilization Project involve historic restoration efforts and work towards a permanent historical district. (Source: Library of Congress)
AL--From Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Era: Records About the African American Experience in Alabama This site provides extensive information on primary documents and records relating to African American history in Alabama. Included is a guide to African American history sources in the Alabama Department of Archives such as private records, public records, newspapers, books, photos, exhibits, and more. (Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History)
AL--Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Story of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement This site is dedicated to the people and events surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956. Included are first-hand personal stories of participants, biographies of key figures including extensive information on Rosa Parks, video interviews, a timeline, and news articles from the time period. (Source: Montgomery Advertiser)
AR--African-American History: Things to Do (Arkansas) This site contains travel and visitor information for historic sites in Arkansas that are relevant to the history of the state’s African American history. (Source: Arkansas Dept. of Parks and Tourism)
AR--Little Rock Central High: The 40th Anniversary Launched in 1997, this site marks the 40th anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957-1958. (Source: Central High School Museum)
AZ--In the Steps of Esteban: Tucson's African American Heritage This site documents the African-American presence and cultural heritage in Tucson, Arizona, starting from the time of 16th Century explorer, Esteban. The site features biographies, oral histories, and photographic exhibits. (Source: University of Arizona)
CA--African Americans in California – (The Bancroft Library) This site contains information about the lives and influence of African Americans throughout the history of California. The site features a searchable collection of books, film, pamphlets, and archival materials, as well as a list of related resources. (Source: The Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkeley)
CA--Black Historical Society of San Diego The Black Historical Society of San Diego seeks to “preserve, protect and interpret African American History in San Diego County.” Included on the site are local history information, historic sites, tours, events, and links to further historical resources. (Source: Black Historical Society of San Diego)
CA--California Underground Railroad, The This site is a digital archive of materials related to California’s underground railroad that uses “digital images of letters, journals, photographs, documents, newspapers and more to tell the often overlooked experiences of African-American slaves in California.” The site is searchable and is also navigable through categories such as newspapers, manuscripts, or reports. (Source: California State University, Sacramento)
CA--Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park “Allensworth is the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans.” The site features brochures, videos, photographs, and teaching tools for the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. (Source: California State Parks)
CA--History of Blacks in California This site provides a detailed history of African Americans in California culled from a variety of sources, including primary materials, first-person interviews, and newspapers. Featured on the site are histories of the A.M.E. church, education, business, industry, and farming. (Source: National Park Service)
CA--San Diego Black History This page from the San Diego Historical Society provides a list of links to information on the history of African Americans in San Diego. The links include journal articles, teacher resources, interviews, and much more. Also included are links to other general black history resources online. (Source: San Diego Historical Society)
CT--African American Resources at the Connecticut Historical Society This website provides to access African American resources available through the Connecticut Historical Society. Seven categories of materials are featured, including broadsides, ephemera, editorial cartoons, and manuscripts. One large index of all the African American resources at the society is available for searching. (Source: Connecticut Historical Society)
CT--Hartford Black History Project This site details the history of the Black citizens of Hartford, Connecticut. Divided in outline form, the site offers short biographies of Black residents in addition to information about the racial climate of the area through the 20th century. (Source: Hartford Black History Project)
DC--African American Heritage Trail Database The African American Heritage Trail Database consists of information on over 200 African American history sites in Washington, DC. The database is searchable by neighborhood or topic, and links to further information are provided for each site. An area map is also included. (Source: Cultural Tourism DC)
DE, MD--A History of African Americans of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore This site contains the full text of A History of African Americans of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, edited by Carole Marks, a volume featuring a series of essays detailing the history of African Americans in the region. The site also includes lesson plans for teachers covering the material. (Source: University of Delaware)
FL--African American Collections This site presents resources which focus on the African-American community in Florida. Particularly well-represented are records from The Visionaires, a Gainesville community organization formed in the 1930s for African American women, and records from the Cunningham Funeral Home, which provide valuable information about community demographics, financial transactions, letters and photographs. The Collections may be browsed or searched. (Source: University of Florida Digital Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries)
FL--Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, The The Black Archives Collection of South Florida was created “to ensure that manuscripts, letters, photographs, articles and other materials documenting South Florida's Black community were preserved.” The website features information for researchers, a history of the Lyric Theater, events, visitor information, and links to other resources. (Source: The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.)
FL--Black Experience: A Guide to African American Resources This site features a detailed guide to materials and resources in the Florida State Archives relating to African-American history. Also included is information on state government history and other Florida document repositories. (Source: Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management)
FL--Images of Florida's Black History This site features images from the Florida Photographic Collection relating to African American history. Included are the images and brief descriptions or backgrounds for each. (Source: State Library and Archives of Florida)
FL—The Florida Memory Project: Zora Neale Hurston in Florida During the Great Depression, Hurston worked with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) recording interviews on the lives of Florida turpentine camp workers. This site provides access to many of the interviews she conducted. (Source: Florida Department of State and State Library and Archives of Florida )
GA--1906 Atlanta Race Riot, The The Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot seeks to “increase public awareness of this shameful episode in the city’s history and inspire Atlantans to appreciate differences as opportunities to build community.” The site includes detailed historical information on the 1906 race riot as well as teacher’s guides and links to further online resources. (Source: One World Archives)
GA--Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 This digital collection documents “a violent episode” in Camilla, Georgia when “freedmen attempted to hold a political rally” on September 19, 1868. The collection includes letters, affidavits, reports, and a newspaper clipping relating to the incident. The site features historical details and biographies as well as lists of web resources and suggestions for further research. (Source: Digital Library of Georgia)
GA--Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library This collection contains historic images that chronicle Atlanta African American community events for a decade. The site features information about the photographer and the Neighborhood Arts Center, as well as a suggested reading list, chronology, and list of related web resources. (Source: Digital Library of Georgia)
GA--Look Back, Ponder, and Move On: Glimpses of the African-American Experience in Savannah 1750-1900 This online exhibit focuses on the experiences of African-Americans in Savannah, Georgia from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. The site features various biographies and images of pertinent people. (Source: King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation)
GA--The Herndon Home: Atlanta’s National Historic Landmark The Herndon Home of Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1910, captures the life of the Herndon Family, prominent African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th century. This site presents a brief introduction to the historic landmark and its place in the history of Atlanta, African Americans, barbering, and the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the largest Black financial institutions in America today. (Source: National Park Service)
GA, SC--In Those Days: African-American Life Near the Savannah River This site is an adaptation of In Those Days: African-American Life Near the Savannah River by Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton. The oral histories in this book provide the reader with personal accounts of African American life in Elbert County, Georgia and Abbeville County, South Carolina from slavery through modern times. (Source: National Park Service)
HI--Life Histories of African Americans, University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Oral History This site contains oral history interviews of African Americans who grew up and live in Hawaii. The interviews presented give insight into the African American experience in Hawaii through discussion of past events and experiences. (Source: Center for Oral History, Unviersity of Hawaii at Manoa)
IL--African Americans in Illinois This site provides a detailed history of African Americans in Illinois beginning prior to statehood in the eighteenth century up through the end of the twentieth century. (Source: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)
IL--Charles Warner Pierce, 1867-1947: A digital Exhibit from Charles Warner Pierce, believed to be the first African American to receive a degree in chemical engineering, studied at Armour Institute of Technology and graduated in 1901. Located in Chicago's historically black South Side neighborhood, Bronzeville, Armour is now known as the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The digital exhibit hosted by IIT features images documenting Pierce's time at Armour, including transcripts and yearbooks. (Source: Illinois Institute of Technology Archives/Paul V. Galvin Library)
IL--Illinois State Archives Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863) This site is a searchable database that contains information about African Americans and slavery in Illinois during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The information is organized into several categories including by county and by document type. (Source: Illinois State Archives)
IL--Labor Trail, The The Labor Trail is an interactive online exhibit examining the history of working class life through the events, places, and people of various historic neighborhoods. One featured neighborhood is Bronzeville, which became Chicago’s first majority African American neighborhood during the Great Migration. The site features interactive maps, historical information, and further resources for researchers. (Source: The Labor Trail)
IL--Servitude and Emancipation Records: Database of Illinois Records Covering the Years 1722-1863 This site features a database of names found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and African Americans. The database is searchable by several criteria such as by name or county, and draws from many types of government documents such as birth and death records, estate sales, inventories, emancipation records and much more. Information is also included on how to obtain copies of any of the documents found. (Source: Illinois State Archives)
KS--African-American History at the Kansas Historical Society This site is a research portal that gathers together information about African-American history in Kansas from a variety of sources, including museums and historic sites. Each profile contains visitor information and a brief essay discussing the importance of the site’s inclusion in the portal. (Source: Kansas Historical Society)
KS--African-Americans in Kansas and the West This site is an online bibliography of resources available that pertain to the history of African-Americans in Kansas and the greater Midwest and West. (Source: Kansas State Historical Society)
KS--Nicodemus National Historic Site Located in the northwest corner of Kansas, Nicodemus was founded by formerly enslaved African Americans in 1877. It is the only remaining town of its kind west of the Mississippi River. (Source: U.S. National Park Service)
KS--The Story of Nicodemus Located in the northwest corner of Kansas, Nicodemus was founded by formerly enslaved African Americans in 1877. It is the only remaining town of its kind west of the Mississippi River. The site explores the historical context of the town’s development. (Source: The National Park Service)
KY--Kentucky African Americans’ History This collection of online resources gathers together a host of information detailing the history of African Americans in the state of Kentucky. This site contains links separated into easily navigable categories, such as historical places, national documents, and genealogical resources. (Source: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives)
KY--Kentucky’s Underground Railroad This site accompanies the Kentucky Educational Television documentary Kentucky’s Underground Railroad – Passage to Freedom. The site features a detailed history of slavery in Kentucky, a timeline, video segments from the documentary, a research glossary, educational resources, and teacher’s guides. (Source: Kentucky Educational Television)
KY--Notable African Americans in Kentucky This site contains biographical information on many notable African Americans who have had roots in or ties to Kentucky. This extensive site lists resources for further research on each person profiled. (Source: University of Kentucky Libraries)
KY--The Daily Aesthetic: Leisure and Recreation in a Southern City’s Segregated Park System This site examines African American urban history in Lexington, Kentucky by focusing on the city’s park system prior to legal integration of public facilities in 1956. A detailed history of the city’s segregated park system during the early 20th century is included, along with audio of personal oral history interviews, photographs, and information on “At Leisure’s Edge,” a documentary on Kentucky’s historic black parks. (Source: University of Kentucky)
KY, NC--American RadioWorks: An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era This site features oral histories, available in audio and text format about desegregation of schools in Louisville, Kentucky and Charlotte, North Carolina. American RadioWorks' program focuses on the past and present issues in these school districts. (Source: American Public Media)
LA--Afro-Louisiana Historical & Genealogical Society The Afro-Louisiana Historical & Genealogical Society is dedicated to the promotion of the historical, cultural, and genealogical heritage of African-Americans in Louisiana. The site includes information on historical tours, publications, and services. (Source: Afro-Louisiana Historical & Genealogical Society)
LA--Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820 This site contains an online searchable database of Africans who were enslaved in Louisiana. (Source: Ibiblio.org)
LA--Cane River National Heritage Area The Cane River National Heritage Area is a historic region with a legacy of African, American Indian, Creole American, Spanish, and French cultures. The area includes many historic sites, including several which focus on African-American history. The website features background historical information, maps, essays, a full list of historic sites, and links to additional online information. (Source: National Park Service)
LA--The World of Francois LaCroix Francois Lacroix was “probably the wealthiest Black man in New Orleans during the years before the Civil War.” This website displays pages from Lacroix’s succession record and offers interpretive information that helps to form a detailed picture of Lacroix, his businesses, and his influence in New Orleans as a free Black gentleman. (Source: New Orleans Public Library)
MA--African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Historical Society presents this online exhibit on the African American struggle for freedom in Massachusetts. The site provides digitized manuscripts and rare published works included pamphlets, legal papers, and other documents. (Source: Massachusetts Historical Society)
MA--Boston African Americana Project The Boston African Americana Project is a collaborative endeavor of the Boston Athenaeum, the Bostonian Society, Historic New England Library and Archives, and Massachusetts Historical Society. The site includes a searchable database of digitized images of materials relating to African Americans in Boston from 1770 to 1950 and held by the repositories. The digitized images include broadsides, pamphlets, and portraits. (Source: Boston Athenaeum)
MA--Images of the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts This site illustrates the role of Massachusetts in the antislavery debate. It includes photographs, paintings, sculptures, engravings, artifacts, banners, and broadsides, browseable by format. A bibliography and reading list is also included.
MA--Place of Our Own, A This site is a companion to the documentary A Place of Our Own by Stanley Nelson. The film documents upper-middle class African Americans who spent summers at Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard. (Source: PBS)
MD--African American History in the Chesapeake Bay This site contains a portal to other web resources detailing the history of African Americans in the Chesapeake Bay area, specifically Maryland. Featured information includes profiles on black watermen and the influence of slavery in the Bay area. (Source: Chesapeake Information Management System)
MD--African-American History in Allegany County Contains an extensive collection of over 400 annotated photographs documenting the history of African-Americans in rural Allegany County, Maryland. (Source: Albert Feldstein and the Western Maryland Regional Library)
MD--Baltimore’s African American Heritage and Attractions Guide This website lists noteworthy attractions and historical landmarks relating to Baltimore’s African-American heritage and history. The site gives street locations of attractions and web sites when available. The site includes links to other sections of Baltimore’s African-American Heritage and Attractions Guide. (Source: Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association)
MD--Beneath the Underground: The Flight To Freedom and Communities in Antebellum Maryland This site features case studies and historical resources concerning the Underground Railroad and the flight to freedom of slaves in Maryland. Included are individual case studies, interactive maps, and online archival resources. (Source: Maryland State Archives)
MD--Blacks of the Chesapeake This site features information on the history of African Americans working in the maritime trades in the Chesapeake region. Included are several historical essays, profiles, and a curriculum guide for teachers. (Source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
MD--Road from Frederick to Thurgood, The This site examines the African American history of the city of Baltimore between 1870 and 1920. Included are detailed histories of both East and West Baltimore, along with highlighted historic sites in each region. Also featured are articles on topics such as civil rights and politics, business and industry, religion, education, and more. (Source: Maryland State Archives)
MI--African-American Presence at MSU, The: Pioneers, Groundbreakers, and Leaders, 1900-1970 This site examines the history of African Americans at Michigan State University. The site features information on historic firsts and brief profiles of important African American groundbreakers and leaders at the university. (Source: Michigan State University)
MI--American Black Journal American Black Journal, originally Colored People’s Time, went on the air in 1969 to provide Detroit's African Americans with media related to the Black experience in the city. The program, which covers a broad range of issues from arts and entertainment to politics and world news. Links to audio and visual content from the show's history are available on the site. (Source: WTVS-Detroit)
MI--John Novak Digital Interview Collection "The John Novak Digital Interview Collection consists of interviews with African-American Detroiters, members of the Black Storytellers Association of Detroit and a participant in the Greensboro Sit-in demonstrations that occurred in February 1960." Students at the college interviewed relatives about their experiences under "Jim Crow" and their migration to the North. Browse entries or search by keyword. (Source: Marygrove College)
MI--Kellogg African American Health Care Project From 1998-2000, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Michigan funded the University of Michigan Medical School's research project, "Documenting the Health Care Experiences of African Americans in Southeastern Michigan: The Compilation and Dissemination of Primary Resources Relating to Health Care, the Health Professions and the Health Sciences." The project sought "to collect and preserve information on the health care-related history of southeast Michigan African Americans during the critical period of 1940-1969" and "to address concerns regarding the current needs and attitudes of African Americans with regard to health care in this geographic area." Excerpts from the oral histories and a bibliography of local and national sources used for the project are included. (Source: University of Michigan, Kellogg African American Health Care Project)
MN--Duluth Lynchings Online Resource In June of 1920 several Black men who worked for a traveling circus were in Duluth, Minnesota. Six of them were accused of raping a white woman and were arrested. Three of them were lynched. This web site provides background information on this incident, a chronology, oral histories, and biographical profiles of key individuals. (Source: Minnesota Historical Society)
MN--North Star This site is the online companion to North Star, a documentary about African Americans who settled in Minnesota. The site offers lesson plans for middle school and high school classes and discussion questions about most of the people and events profiled in the documentary. A timeline covering 200 years of Minnesota’s Black history and a list of additional resources are also available. (Source: Twin Cities Public Television)
MO--Missouri’s African American History This website features various resources on Missouri’s African American history including a timeline, historical essays, lesson plans for teachers, research information, and digital images of primary documents located at the Missouri State Archives. (Source: Missouri State Archives)
MO--Progress Amidst Prejudice: Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920 This site features an online digital collection of historical photograph portraits of African Americans in Missouri. Included along with the images is a background history of the collection and detailed lesson plans for teachers. (Source: Missouri State Archives)
MS--Fatal Flood Part of the American Experience series sponsored by PBS, this site contains information about the documentary film Fatal Flood, which retells the story of an African American community in 1927 Mississippi fighting a wealthy plantation-owning family to stop the Mississippi River from overflowing during heavy rains. The site features a film description and transcript, primary source documents from the time of the flood, a timeline, educational resources, and a list of further reading on the topic and time period. (Source: PBS)
MS--Freedom Now! Co-sponsored by Brown University and Tougaloo College, the Freedom Now! project is an archive of documents and materials in a searchable database that pertain to Tougaloo College, with a special emphasis on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. The site also contains information about the development of the project between the two institutions, as well as links to the Mississippi Freedom Movement. (Source: Brown University, Tougaloo College)
MS--The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Opening in September 2008, this site represents the B.B. King Museum and Interpretive Center to be located in Indianola, Mississippi. The site features a brief biography of King and news events related to the Museum and his life. (Source: The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center)
MT--African Americans in Montana This site features information on the manuscript collections and newspapers relating to African American history that are part of the collection of the Montana Historical Society. Summary information for each collection is included online. (Source: Montana Historical Society)
NC--1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission This site includes a report prepared by the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission. The report provides a history and overview of the Wilmington, North Carolina riot and assesses the economic impact it had on the African American community locally and throughout the state. The site also includes information about the Commission as well as a list of resources for further study. (Source: North Carolina Office of Archives & History)
NC--African American Cemeteries in Albemarle County The African American Cemeteries in Albemarle County project is dedicated to “locating, documenting, and preserving historic African American cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties.” The website contains detailed current and historical information for several cemeteries and churchyard burial grounds, including three slave cemeteries. Also included is information on the preservation of historic African American cemeteries. (Source: Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies)
NC--African American Community - The Charlotte Mecklenburg Story This site contains information about the African American community in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina area. Genealogical information, historic photographs, timelines, and archived exhibits are features of this website. (Source: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)
NC--Black Issues Forum This website accompanies the weekly UNC-TV program “Black Issues Forum.” Included are a discussion board and full text transcripts of shows relating to African-American politics, history, and social issues in North Carolina. (Source: UNC-TV PBS)
NC--Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project The Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project website features detailed information on important events of the local Durham, North Carolina Civil Rights Movement. Personal stories and photographs as well as national and local event timelines are included. (Source: Durham County Library)
NC--Hayti District This site examines Durham, N.C.’s historic Hayti district. Hayti was the Black section of Durham from the 1880s to the 1940s and served as “an island of African-American culture and business in a hostile society.” The site includes information on Hayti’s history, photographs of people and places, and videos exploring sites of interest in Hayti. (Source: Ibiblio at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
NC--North Carolina Experience: Topical Access to African Americans, The Part of UNC's Documenting the American South’s North Carolina Experience, this site includes full-text literary works by Charles Chesnutt, George Moses Horton, and Jack Thorne as well as other writings by or about African American North Carolinians. (Source: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries)
NC--Old Salem African American History This site features historical information on African Americans living in the early North Carolina Moravian settlement of Salem, a community now recreated as the living history restoration Old Salem. Included are a chronology, genealogy of African American families, and detailed information on Old Salem sites related to African Americans. (Source: Old Salem Inc)
NC--The North Carolina Freedom Monument Project The North Carolina Freedom Monument Project’s goal is “to conceive, finance and create, in the capital city of Raleigh” a work of public art honoring African Americans and the struggle for freedom. Under the “Students and Teachers” section are valuable educational resources on the African American experience in North Carolina for primary and secondary school teachers. (Source: The North Carolina Freedom Monument Project)
NC--Thomas Day This site features a biographical sketch of Thomas Day, a free African-American cabinet and furniture maker in Caswell County, N.C., during the 1800s. References, photographs, and outside links are also included. (Source: Caswell County Historical Association Inc.)
NC--Winston-Salem African American Historical & Cultural Guide This site contains information about the history of African Americans in Winston-Salem, along with a guide of resources available for both visitors and residents, including arts and entertainment, religious services, educational institutions, and outdoor recreation. (Source: Winston-Salem Convention & Visitors Bureau)
NH--Seacoast, New Hampshire Black History This site locates African American history on the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine and demonstrates that African American history can be traced back to the 17th century in these areas. Information on the Black Heritage Trail and the recent discovery of a Black cemetery in the area is given as well. (Source: SeacoastNH.com)
NJ--Small Towns, Black Lives: African American Communities in Southern New Jersey Though the site does provide visitors with visual images of small African American communities in the southern part of New Jersey, the photographer notes that this is not a historical record: "it is a visual journal of discovery, memory, and recognition." (Source: Wendell A. White)
NV--Virginia City’s African American Community This site looks at the history of African Americans in the 19th century mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, focusing mainly on the African American-owned Boston saloon. A detailed history is included as well as images, maps, and information on the current archaeological survey of the historic site. (Source: Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs)
NY--African Americans: The Civil War Era in Westchester County This site provides information on the history of African Americans in Westchester, New York during the Civil War era. Highlighted on the site is background historical information on the free black community of the Hills and local African Americans who served in the Union Army. Also included are digital images of related primary archival materials such as manuscript pages and maps. (Source: Westchester County Archives)
NY--African Burial Ground, The Maintained by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this site focuses on the African Burial Ground discovered by archaeologists in New York City in 1991. The remains as well as tribute actions made on the part of members of the African American community are pictured and explained. (Source: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library)
NY--Afro Albanians This site collects information on the history of African Americans in Albany, New York, and the roles they played in the growth and development of the city. Included are profiles of key historical figures and links to historical essays. (Source: New York State Museum)
NY--Bronx African American History Project The Bronx African American History Project is dedicated to “uncovering the cultural, political, economic, and religious histories of the more than 500,000 people of African descent in the Bronx.” The web site includes interviews with members of the Bronx community, information on future and past events, information on archival collections, and news articles. (Source: Fordham University)
NY--Early African New York This site documents the history of African and African Americans in early New York City. Information on issues throughout the time period such as New York’s involvement in the slave trade, African life in Colonial New York, state emancipation, 19th century immigration, and race riots are included, along with accompanying links to additional online information on each topic. (Source: New York Historical Society)
NY--Harlem History This site reveals Harlem’s culture, politics, and neighborhood history through the personal stories of the community’s most revered citizens. Supplemented by photos, interviews, and video clips, Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, Dorothy Height, and others recall their lives and the times within Harlem. (Source: Columbia University, Institute for Research in African-American Studies)
NY--The African Burial Ground: Return to the Past to Build the Future The National Park Service is in the process of completing the African Burial Ground National Monument and Visitor Center in New York City. This website gives information on the project’s progress, plans for the Memorial and Visitor Center, a timeline of important events for the project, and more. (Source: National Park Service)
OH--African American Experience in Ohio: 1850-1920 This site provides primary source information on the African American experience in Ohio from 1850 to 1920. The sources include "manuscript collections, newspaper articles, serials, photographs, and pamphlets." (Source: The Ohio Historical Society and Library of Congress)
OH--Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: African Americans This page contains information on the history of Cleveland’s African American community. The information included is organized by time periods from the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. (Source: Case Western Reserve University)
OH--Oberlin’s Sacred Heritage: The African American Tradition This site represents collaborative work between the Oberlin African-American Genealogy and History Group and a history class at Oberlin College. The site contains information about genealogy records found in various African-American churches in the Oberlin, Ohio area and features links to the churches included in the study. (Source: Oberlin College)
OR--African American History in Oregon Compiled by the Oregon Historical Society, this site contains a list of resources addressing the history of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest, with particular emphasis on Oregon. The site features links to several documents as well as a recommended reading list and a selection of relevant links. (Source: Oregon Historical Society)
PA--Extended Lives: The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia This site contains information about the African immigrant experience in Philadelphia, as told through personal stories, interviews, and anecdotes. This exhibit provides helpful information about the increase of Sub-Saharan African immigration as well as the way in which these immigrants experience life the United States. (Source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
PA--Tears, Trains and Triumphs: The Historical Legacy of African-Americans and Pennsylvania's Railroads This site examines the historical legacy of African Americans and Pennsylvania’s railroads. Several topics are highlighted, including the long historical legacy of African Americans and railroad work, the history of railroad segregation, and the struggles for integration and equal rights for railroad workers. Accompanying historical photographs and images are also included. (Source: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania)
RI--Rhode Island Black Heritage Society The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society is dedicated to collecting and preserving historical materials and to promoting the history of African-Americans in Rhode Island. The site includes exhibit information and links to further resources. (Source: Rhode Island Black Heritage Society)
SC--Charleston Black Heritage This site contains information about the history of blacks in Charleston, South Carolina. The site features historical essays in addition to historic sites, relevant cultural materials, organizations, and businesses. (Source: TechSC Associates)
SC--South Carolina African American Heritage Commission The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission works to “identify and promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, buildings, and culture of the African American experience in South Carolina.” The web site includes information on historic places, historic preservation projects, information on genealogy research, events, and links to information on historic sites and other historical resources. (Source: State of South Carolina)
SC--South Carolina African American History and Resources This site features a list of resources pertinent to African American history in South Carolina. Included is a timeline of events in South Carolina black history, historic sites, biographies of influential people, cultural festivals, educational resources, and organizations. (Source: South Carolina Information Highway)
SC--South Carolina African American History Online This site features resources on South Carolina African American history. Included are a timeline and calendar documenting the achievements of African Americans with roots in South Carolina, profiles of honored individuals whose achievements contributed to both South Carolina and the nation, and extensive resources for further research, including both books and web sites. (Source: BellSouth)
SC--South Carolina State Museum This site from the South Carolina State Museum provides information on the early history of African Americans in South Carolina. Included are information on related exhibits in the museum such as crafts, artifacts, and the Gullah language. (Source: South Carolina State Museum)
TN--Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee This site contains biographical essays on over one hundred African Americans who played an important role in Tennessee’s history. Also included are lists of African Americans who have served in Tennessee state government. (Source: Tennessee State University)
TN--Tennessee African American Authors This site features information and resources on Tennessee African American authors. Included are biographical information, detailed bibliographies, and links to further resources for each author. (Source: University of Tennessee)
TX--Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas Forever Free is an online exhibit examining African American state legislators and constitutional convention delegates in Texas during the nineteenth century. Featured in the exhibit are historical information, individual profiles and biographies, and accompanying historical documents and photographs. (Source: A Joint Exhibit from the State Preservation Board and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
TX--Handbook of Texas: African Americans This site, part of the online Handbook of Texas, is an essay chronicling the history of African-Americans in the state of Texas. The site provides pertinent information about a period in Texas history when several minority groups lived and worked alongside one another. A useful addition is the bibliography for the article, which lists several resources for further research into the history of African Americans in Texas. (Source: Texas State Historical Association)
TX--In Fulfillment of a Dream: African Americans at Texas A&M University This site chronicles the history and influence of African Americans involved with Texas A&M University from the university’s founding to the present. The site features a chronology of significant events pertaining to African Americans and the university as well as digitized historical images accompanied by descriptive text of African Americans in various roles of involvement with the university. (Source: Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University)
TX--Texas African American Photography Archive The Texas African American Photography Archive “provides a broad overview of African American photography in the urban and rural areas of Texas” from the 1870s through the present. Included on the site are a photo tour of the archive, information on selected photographers, and information on tours and exhibits. (Source: Documentary Arts)
UT--Utah’s African American Voices This site accompanies the local public television documentary “Utah’s African-American Voices.” Included are a script of the program, interview transcripts, articles on Utah’s Black history, a photographic timeline, and links to further resources. (Source: PBS KUED)
VA--Alexandria Black History Museum The Alexandria Black History Museum complex in Alexandria, VA features a museum, a reading room and research repository, and the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The website includes extensive information and articles on local African American history, museum exhibits, collections, and program and event information. Also included are educational resources and teacher guides. (Source: City of Alexandria, VA)
VA--Getting Word: The Monticello African American Oral History Project "The Getting Word Oral History Project at Monticello records the oral histories of the descendants of Monticello's enslaved African-American community." The project "helps to expand understanding of life at Monticello two hundred years ago." This site includes photographs, textual documentation and quotations from both living and deceased ancestors of the original slave population that lived at the Monticello plantation of Thomas Jefferson. Also included are photos from a gathering of 110 of those descendants in Monticello in 1997. (Source: Thomas Jefferson Foundation)
VA--Proffit Historic District This site provides an online tool for teachers and researchers examining the history of the town of Proffit, a community of former slaves established in Albemarle County following the Civil War. Included on the site are a history of the town, transcripts of oral histories and interviews of residents, a photo gallery, and extensive historical records such as census information, court records, maps, letters, family trees and much more. (Source: Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies)
VA--Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South: Charlottesville, Virginia The Virginia Center for Digital History and the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African and Afro-American Studies, both at the University of Virginia, created this "archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the late 1880s until the mid-20th century." The site includes oral histories, maps, official records, newspaper clippings, photos, and more relating to the history of the Jim Crow laws. (Source: University of Virginia)
VA--Reflector, The This site chronicles the history of The Reflector, an African-American newspaper published in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1933-1935. Included are full text of articles, information on the paper’s editor, a broad history of African-American newspapers, and information on the national historical context of the time period. Essays on Charlottesville’s African-American community history also accompany many of the newspaper articles. (Source: University of Virginia)
VA--Separate but Not Equal: Race, Education, and Prince Edward County, Virginia This online exhibit chronicles the segregation issues experienced in Prince Edward County, Va., throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The site features many useful resources, including photographs from the era, historical documents, a bibliography of related resources and a list of relevant links. (Source: Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)
VA--Storming the Gates of Knowledge The history of the fight for desegregation at the University of Virginia is examined through historical documents on this website. Featured are profiles of pioneering African American students at the university along with accompanying historical documents such as letters and newspaper articles. (Source: University of Virginia)
VA--Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950-1970 This site contains information about the television news of the Civil Rights era. The site features primary documents, oral histories, essays and interpretations, and clips of the news broadcasts themselves. (Source: Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia)
VA--Voter Registration in Alexandria, Virginia: African Americans, 1902-1954 This site contains information about the voter registration records of the African American community in Alexandria, Virginia, in the first half of the twentieth century. The database contains an alphabetical list of Alexandria’s black residents, including their names, birthdates, occupations, and addresses. (Source: Alexandria Library)
VT--Vermont African Americans: Vermonters Who Served in United States Colored Troops This site features information and resources on African Americans from Vermont who served in the U.S. military, focusing mainly on the Civil War. Included are regiment histories, cemetery burial information, and links to further resources. (Source: VermontCivilWar.org)
WA--African Americans and Seattle's Civil Rights history This site examines, in detail, the history of African American civil rights in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The site includes an online film on Seattle civil rights activism, video excerpts from oral history interviews, photograph collections, primary documents, and links to related resources. The site also features extensive sections on selected topics such as segregation in Seattle and the local Black Panther Party. (Source: University of Washington)
WA--African Americans in the Columbia River Basin This site contains information related to African-Americans in the Columbia River basin, including parts of Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The site features historical and biographical essays as well as a bibliography, lesson plans, and a learning module aimed at making use of historical documents. (Source: Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive)
WA--Black Heritage Society of Washington State The Black Heritage Society of Washington State works to preserve the cultural history of African Americans within the state through the preservation of various artifacts such as letters, family and organization memorabilia, photographs, historical records, scrapbooks, vintage clothing and much more. Available on the site are numerous examples of holdings within the collection. The society also maintains an archive of oral histories. (Source: Black Heritage Society of Washington State)
WA--Seattle Channel: Black History Month Videos This site from the Seattle Channel features a series of online videos that “highlight and celebrate local African Americans and their culture.” Included are videos of interviews and original programming on topics of African-American history. (Source: Seattle Channel)
WA--Seattle’s Black History This site provides a historical overview of African Americans in Seattle from 1852-2002. Included on the site are historical photos and accounts of settlers in the city as well as articles from the Seattle Post Intelligencer on the history of African Americans there. (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
WI--Black History In Wisconsin This site features information on Wisconsin’s African-American heritage and history dating from the 18th century to the present. Included is a detailed historical timeline with links to primary source documents from the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Source: Wisconsin Historical Society)

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