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History - African American

*The African American Journal
World Book Encyclopedia's African American History pages.

*The AFRO-American Almanac
The AFRO-American Almanac is an on-line presentation of the African in America. Presenting a historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present.

* American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
Excerpts from full text narratives and photographs.

*Black History Facts Online
A web site which has information relating to Black History. You can look up facts based on time, date, and category and black history facts that pertain to the information requested will come up.

*Coleman Young Portal
Metasite of links to information on the former mayor of Detroit, Coleman Young.

*Daily Black History Facts
Site provides daily quotes or facts, as well as links to other sources of information on history, employment, news, etc.

* The Encyclopedia Britannica guide to Black History
Organized by era.

*Holt House
Information on the historic site located in Capitol Heights, DC. This site contains links to a slavery chronology and the Capitol Heights neighborhood pages

*The Rosa Parks Portal
Directory of online resources on Rosa Parks.

*The Seattle Times Martin Luther King, Jr. site
Honoring the 70th anniversery of King's birth.

*Stamp on Black History
A few important black men and women who have been honored on United States postage stamps.


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