Black History Month Resources
Interested in Black History? Check out the celebrations at your Library!
- African American Resources
- Links to pages with information on African and African American history,
geography, and more.
Access/Source: Clearwater Public Library System
- North Greenwood Library
- Javanoir
- A guide to African American resources on the Internet. Links to Books,
Arts & Entertainment,
Health, and
more!
- Black
history hotlist
- A collection of links to various resources, including links to the
history of Black History Month, Slavery and African-American History,
the Civil Rights Movement, "Buffalo" Soldiers, speeches and
quotes from noted African-Americans, poetry, and more.
- Interactive
Treasure Hunt
- Take a quiz and find out how much you really know about Black History.
- Infoplease Black
History
- The Learning Network site that includes links information on The
History of Black History, Important
Cities in Black History, various timelines, the Tuskegee
Experiment, and the Confederate
Flag Controversy.
- Britannica
Guide to Black History
- Includes a timeline.
- CNN Black
History Month
- An interactive site that includes stories
of desegregation and the Island of Goree, an interactive
tour of the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and more.
- Celebrating
Black History
- Family Education.com's site containing activities for discovering
Black History, finding your own roots, quizzes, and other resources
for students and teachers.
- Biographies
- Links to biographies for many African-Americans.
- Events
in African American History
- An interactive timeline beginning in 1600.
- Biography.com's
Black History Resources
- Biographies for many African-Americans, including Billie
Holiday, Jesse
Owens, Rosa
Parks, Ralph
Ellison, Tiger
Woods, Whoopi
Goldberg, and more.
- African
Americans in Sports
- Time.com's
Celebrating Black History
- Profiles of Black leaders, a reading
room for articles from Time magazine on "black culture and
extraordinary achievers in education, business and sports," transcripts
of interviews with Kareem
Abdul-Jamar, Lynn
Swann, and others.
- Kid-Friendly
sites for Black History Month
- Annotated links to sites that are kid-friendly. Includes quizzes,
suggested readings and more.
- Library
of Congress - African American Mosaic Exhibition
- "A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black
History and Culture." This site includes pictures and information
spanning 500 years of "the black experience in the Western hemisphere."
- The African-American
World
- PBS guide to African American history and culture.
- The
Underground Railroad
- National Geographic's interactive journey on the Underground Railroad.
Choose your steps as you escape to freedom from 1850s Maryland. Also
includes a timeline,
pictures
of famous people integral to the Underground Railroad, more online
resources, and more.
Florida Black History
- St.
Petersburg Times Black History Month
- Information from the St. Petersburg Times, including personal stories,
current civil rights issues and more.
- State
of Florida Black History Month "Remembering the Past Celebrating
the Future”
Annie's
Black History Links
- Links for Florida Black History as well as national and global information.
Includes great links for kids and students!
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