African American History Month (February)
African American History from A to Z
@ thekulturekidz.com (Click an alphabet letter at the top for information) |
African American History Month
(The Library of Congress celebrates the contributions of African Americans throughout U.S. history) |
African-American History Month @ nps.gov
(The National Register of Historic Places lists many properties that exemplify the contributions of African American culture and achievement) |
African American Scientists & Inventors
@ infoplease.com (Biographies include Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jennings, Rebecca Cole & more) |
Biographies of African-Americans
@ ducksters.com (Biographies from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X) |
Biographies of Famous African Americans
@ infoplease.com (Biographies from Aaliyah to James Van Der Zee) |
Biographies of Great African-Americans
@ enchantedlearning.com (Short biographies from Louis Armstrong to Booker T. Washington) |
Black History & Culture
@ google.com (Discover thousands of artworks, artifacts, and stories from cultural organizations from across the United States) |
Black History Month
@ history.com (Topic page includes photos, videos, themes, people/groups, events, and more) |
Black Inventor Online Museum
(#1 resource on the web focusing on the ingenuity and accomplishments of the top Black inventors over the last 300 years) |
Black Wings
African-American Pioneer Aviators (Online exhibit is about the early black pioneers of aviation who learned to fly despite all these formidable obstacles) |
BlackPast.org
(An online reference guide to African American history) |
Culture & Change
Black History in America (Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing & explore history with an interactive timeline) |
Famous Firsts by
African Americans @ infoplease.com (African-American firsts in government, law, diplomacy, military & more) |
The History Makers
(Personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans) |
Inventors & Inventions
@ enchantedlearning.com (Alphabetical list from blood bank to Madame C.J. Walker) |
The Pullman Porters
@ history.com (Overworked, underpaid, and demeaned, but generations of porters on the Pullman Palace Car Company helped promote the rights and futures of African Americans) |
Smithsonian Folkways
Say It Loud (Contains an unparalleled range of examples of African American spoken word recordings that express the richness, complexity, and diversity of African American oral traditions) |
Smithsonian Folkways
Voices of Struggle (Take a look at the profound cultural contribution of the Civil Rights Movement, called by Guy Carawan "the greatest singing movement this country has experienced") |
Underground Railroad History
(You are a slave in Maryland in the 1800s trying to escape so learn what challenges slaves faced, get information, pictures, photographs, biographies, resources, and more.) |
Page updated January 10, 2021