AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES: THE BEST INTERNET RESOURCES

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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES THE BEST
INTERNET RESOURCES

• STEPHEN PERRY, IRO and
• SUZAN METRY, IRC SPECIALIST
• CAIROIRC_at_STATE.GOV
• PERRYLS_at_STATE.GOV
• 797-3411

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In this Presentation...

• We shall also acquaint you with what we have on
  African-American Studies

• We shall bring to light the enormous
  African-American resources available on the
  Internet

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History of African-American History Month
.But first the History and reason behind the
celebration of African-American History
Month. .Contributions of African-Americans have
never been properly documented or recorded.
Blacks have largely been left out of the written
record for America, but this is now slowly being
rectified .The designation of February as Black
History month was an attempt to remedy this
historical neglect. .Who started the month and
the celebrations? In 1926, Dr Carter Woodson, a
Harvard Ph.D who founded the Association for
the Study of Afro-American Life, initiated Negro
History Week.
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History of African-American History Month
.What was the special significance behind
February being chosen as the month for these
celebrations? .Dr. Woodson chose February
because it included the Birthdays of Frederick
Douglass and Abraham Lincoln--two men associated
with championing Black causes. .How did the
celebrations expand from a week to a
month? .During the Nations Bicentennial in
1976, various Afrocentric organizations expanded
the week-long celebration to provide more time
for programs, speakers, observances and
celebrations. .Shortly after this, Embassies
around the world and Universities in the U.S.
devoted February to speakers and special programs
recognizing the enormous contributions of Blacks
to American society.
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How to Research African American History

• From Rutgers University Libraries

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http//newark.rutgers.edu/natalieb/afroam.htm

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The more detailed RESEARCH GUIDE TO AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDIEShttp//www.libraries.rutgers.edu
/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/afrores.sh
tml
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From the African Studies Collection at U
Pennsylvania
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AFRICAN AMERICANS From the University of
California at Santa Barbara http//www.library.uc
sb.edu/subj/black.html
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This site has links to Historical Texts
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Ohio State University Another Gateway Site
http//library.osu.edu/sites/thegateway/display.ph
p
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FROM USINFO WEB SITE HTTP//USINFO.STATE.GOV
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From the STATE DEPARTMENT SITE USINFO
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Section on CIVIL RIGHTS with KEY DOCUMENTS
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AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH KEY DOCUMENTS
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Has CENSUS BUREAU FACTS AND ADITIONAL RESOURCES
We will take Quiz at end of Class.
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CENSUS FACTS 2006 for African Americans
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Variety of Online Publications
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ORGANZIATIONS CONCERNED WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
U.S.
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LEGAL RESOURCES FROM INFO USA
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TIMELINE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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ONLINE READINGS
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E -JOURNALS
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E-JOURNALS IN ARABIC
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African American Literature
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African American Women Authorshttp//digital.nyp
l.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html
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Example of a Digitized Text
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE RESOURCES
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African - American Women from the Duke University
Special Collections http//scriptorium.lib.duke.e
du/collections/african-american-women.html
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African American Literature Analysis from
USINFOhttp//usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0200/
ijse/stepto.htm
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Bibliography on African American
Literaturehttp//usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geo
graphy_and_population/population_and_diversity/afr
ican_americans/african_americans_biblio.html
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Web Sites on the Harlem Renaissance via the
USINFO site http//usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive_I
ndex/Reference_on_the_Web_Harlem_Renaissance.html
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DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS
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http//search.eb.com/Blackhistory/home.dojsession
idF7D388A53F22B4FE2064864C26B496F2
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From Documenting the American South Project
Slave Narratives http//docsouth.unc.edu/neh/inde
x.html
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Library of Congress Collections
http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml
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Library of Congress Digitized Collections via the
American Memory Project.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SLAVE NARRATIVE PROJECT
http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
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African American Collections http//memory.loc.go
v/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?categoryAfrican20Ame
rican20History
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Digitized Collections via the Georgetown
University Project for American Studies
http//lumen.georgetown.edu/projects/asw/aswlinks.
cfm?head1Race2C20Ethnicity2C20and20Identity
head2African20American20Resources
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SCHOMBURG COLLECTION http//www.nypl.org/research
/sc/sc.html
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MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
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Afro-American Museum in Boston
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Smithsonian Museum

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Museums http//usinfo.state.gov/scv/history_geog
raphy_and_population/population_and_diversity/afri
can_americans/african_americans_museums.html
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Continuing Education through American Universities

• Online Courses, Essays, Perspectives

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From USINFO Essays on African-American History,
Culture and Society.

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MIT DISTANCE EDUCATION ocw.mit.edu
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Course on Writing about Race in MIT
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An example from a course on American Women Writers
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Full Text Journals CALLALOOhttp//muse.jhu.edu/
journals/callaloo/
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FULL TEXT DATABASES OF THE IRC

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• PROQUEST
• LEXIS NEXIS
• NEWSPAPERS
• STATISTICS
• MANY OTHERS

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