| Name |
Website |
Description |
| Africans in America |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html |
"The Africans in America Web site is a companion to Africans
in America, a six-hour public television series. The Web site
chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States
-- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century
to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 -- and explores the
central paradox that is at the heart of the American story..." |
| Afro-American's Black History Museum |
http://www.afro.com/history/history.html |
A site that features links to important moments in African American
history (including the Tuskegee Airmen, Jackie Robinson, the Civil
Rights Movement, etc) and discusses the importance such moments
had on the United States and the World. |
| Digital History: African American Voices |
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/
black_voices.cfm? |
A site that looks at the history of slavery and emancipation
through first-hand narratives and, often thought provoking, tales
from America's slavery past. |
| Slavery and Emancipation |
http://cla.umn.edu/american/1001/slavery.html |
An online registry of important documents, speeches, legislative
acts and moments that illuminate the history, legacy and impact
on the United States' past and present. |
| AllAfrica.com |
http://allafrica.com/ |
A website which compiles news stories from Africa and is "
a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer
and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information
worldwide." |
| The Daily Mail and The Guardian Online |
http://mg.co.za |
The first online news source from Africa and the preeminent
online news source for South Africa, this site features online
versions of two of South Africa's most prominent daily papers,
the Daily Mail and the Guardian. |
| H-Net.org |
http://www.h-net.org/ |
" H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization
of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous
educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Our edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia
materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public." |
| University of Pennsylvania's African Studies Homepage |
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/
AS.html |
"The African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
is recognized as a vital and forward-looking center where researchers,
students and cultural and business entities come to gain knowledge
of contemporary and historical Africa." |
| The United Nations in Africa |
http://www.un.org/peace/africa/index.html |
This site details the United Nations humanitarian work on the
continent of Africa and discusses the U.N.'s policies towards
the social, economical, and political aid of African nations. |
