African American History

Online Collaboration Page Created by George Pilling, District Library Media Specialist

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Aboard the Underground Railroad - www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground  

A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American history to the fascinating people and places associated with the Underground Railroad.

 

African American Web Connection - www.aawc.com/aawc.html

Resource guide about the African-American experience: art, authors, businesses, churches, entertainment, history, organizations, etc. Brief summaries are provided for each link.

The Internet African American History Challenge - www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory  

Read biographys of many famous African Americans, and take the interactive quiz to test your knowledge. Includes bios on Alexander Crummell, Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, Harriet Tubman, Henry McNeal Turner, John Mercer Langston, Mary Elizabeth Boswer, Mary Church Terrell, Mary Ann Shadd, Nat Turner, Richard Allen, and Sojourner Truth.

 

Beyond Black History Month - http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/home.html African American Histroy study toolkit for grades 6-12. Many excellent resources and links. (Courtesy School Library Journal and Kathy Schrock.)

Allensworth, California State Park - See Tulare County History links and http://www.tularecountyhistory.org/Allensworth.htm

(Sites collected with the help of KidsClick!)

  Collected February 2003 Updated January 2008

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