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Black American History
Where February is 365 days of the year!
Created on 2003-11-26 18:48:36 (#1489329), last updated 2009-04-23
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Basic Info| Name: | African American History |
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AboutFive years ago or five minutes ago, have determined
what will happen five minutes from now; five years
From now or five thousand years from now.
All history is a current event." - Dr John Henrik Clarke -
All people who love history are welcome to post here--while dialogue is encouraged please be respectful of others perceptions and experiences. Please introduce yourselves and cite what aspect of black history interests you most, (ie cowboys, sailors, migration, etc.).
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Some good on-line resources:
Sundown Towns by James W Loewen; From Maine to California, thousands of communities kept out African Americans (or sometimes Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans, etc.) by force, law, or custom.
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Slavery in New York The New York Historical Society's first of two exhibits exploring the 'peculiar institution'. Exhibit's up until March 5, 2006.
Common Place a "common place for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture. A bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine, Common-place speaks--and listens--to scholars, museum curators, teachers, hobbyists, and just about anyone interested in American history before 1900". Dig around for some great articles on black history.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century From the Digital Schomburg Collections at the New York Public Library. Essays, poems, narratives--some pictures too.
John Woolman (1720-1772) One of the first abolitionists in the Colonies--wrote an influential and personal Journal
National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
Martha's Vineyard African American Heritage Trail
The Royall House Slaves, Medford MA Learn about some colonial black Americans. Check out Belinda Royall who sued for reparations and won after forty years of servitude.
Stanford University's Dime Novel and Penny Dreadful Images for African-Americans
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of 1963 Website for the book: The Civil Rights Movement A Photographic History 1954-1968 by Steven Kasher
The African American Registry Largest black history website!
'Negro Membership in the Society of Friends' Parts 1-3 with Footnotes An out of print article from the Journal of Negro History detailing black membership in Quaker history.
Without Sanctuary Photographs and Postcards of Lynching in America
Facing History, Facing Ourselves Excellent non-profit that focuses on racial, religious and ethnic histories and the often uncomfortable realities they present.
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia A 'real' virtual museum housed at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.
EServer Reference material, essays, etc. addressing race and ethnicity in U.S.
HipHop Archive By Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Institute
Les Gens de Couleur Libres The Free People of Color of New Orleans A fascinating site detailing Creole history from colonial days to the present.
In Memoriam: Henry Hampton Collection at Washington University Executive Producer of Eyes on the Prize and founder of the now defunct Blackside Productions
The Black Loyalists Heritage Society Preserving History for future generations. Detailing the history of those who sided with the British in exchange for their freedom.
The Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia Another Black Loyalist site.
The Kendall Institute at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Start with "Heroes in the Ships: African-Americans in the Whaling Industry"under Popular Research Topics.
Black Heritage Trail Boston's Museum of Afro-American History
1863 New York City Draft Riots What Gangs of New York was REALLY like---
African and Indian connections A common cultural interaction.
The Schomburg Research Center for Black Culture Excellent resource based in New York City.
Photos of 19th Century Free African American Families from the South
Black Wall Street, Tulsa Oklahoma Northern Californian non-profit founded in 1999 to aid black-owned businesses. Also has information on the 1921 Massacre of 'Black Wall Street' that left 3,000 dead.
Works Progress Administration:
Black Printmakers and the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration
Dox Thrash Innovative Depression era Artist that pioneered carborundum printmaking process.
Slave Narratives General overview of ex-slave narratives.
Documentaries:
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till In this documentary directed by Keith Beauchamp, a family's agony will finally be told revealing the truth surrounding the Till case by the people who were there.
These American Lives Informative article on the lives of Jefferson's slaves at Monticello--part of a greater piece called "Unearthing Secret America". Great stuff on day-to-day living, diets, and how Monticello is designed for 'maximum productivity and minimal slave interactions'.
A Place of Our Own A man's personal history around Oak Bluffs--a vacation spot on Martha's Vineyard for affluent blackfolks.
Partners of the Heart The PBS documentary of Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas' medical innovation at Johns Hopkins during segregation.
Books:
Black Images in the Comics: A Visual HistoryNoble savage, Uncle Tom, Mammy--these are just three of the stereotypical images of African Americans that Stromberg examines in this insightful book. The author tends to allow the artwork to speak for itself; his commentary primarily provides historical and cultural context and, in general, does not set out to impart a specific agenda.
Slavery Remembered An article reviewing Paul Escott's book as well as the validity of using the narratives as a primary source.
Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs and Letters A Black Quaker's Voice from Within the Veil Also has an excellent introduction by Rhett S. Jones on the beginnings of American colonial racial stratification.
Black Jacks by W. Jeffrey Bolster Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage.
Charles Benson: Mariner of Color in the Age of Sail (1830-1881) A career spanning two decades, he was well acquainted with the common privations and tribulations of life at sea. But as a black man, Benson faced even greater challenges, especially when it came to his duties, his shipboard status, and his interactions with the other men on board.
Artists:
Jean Michel Basquiat 1960-1988 Enfant terrible of the artistic world, Basquiat became in a short span of time the symbol of the newyorkese multiethnic culture of the Eighties.
James Hampton: Outsider Artist, Visionary Sculptor of The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly, exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American Art in Washington.
Keith Washington Online exhibition at the National Center for Afro-American Artists of mural paintings about memory and lynching in America
Kara Walker Contemporary artist working in cut paper and silhouettes. This link leads you to the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle and has some good images.
Damali Ayo Creator of Rent-a-Negro Performance Artist, also has done exhibits on the dreaded "Golliwog"
Satire:
Negro Space Program The Untold Story
Rent-a-Negro
Black People Love Us!
Scholarship Opportunity:
Paul Cuffe Memorial Scholarship Fellowship at Mystic Seaport for the study of minorities in American Maritime History
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