• The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
  

  Text and images from an online exhibit highlighting the Library of Congress' African-American collections.

• African American Web Connection
  

  This site, subtitled "An African American Cyber Gateway for the Entire Family," offers neatly categorized and extensive links to Afrocentric websites.

• Africana Heritage Project

  From the University of South Florida, this site's stated mission is "to rediscover precious records that document the names and lives of former slaves, freedpersons and their descendants, and share those records on this free Internet site."

• Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820
  

  Online, searchable access to the information compiled by Professor Gwendolyn Midlo Hall and previously made available in her "Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1699 1860."

• Amistad Research Center
  

  The web site of the South's premier repository for civil rights and African American history.

• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
  

  Describes the facilities, holdings, exhibits,, and programs of this civil rights research center.

• Black Inventors
  

  Includes links to biographies of individual African American inventors.

• BLACK Quest's Power Resource Links
• Black Studies from CCNY
  

  An extensive list of African American sites from the City College of New York Libraries.

• Boston African-American National Historic Site
  

  Describes the programs of this historic site, which includes "5 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community."

• EBONETWORKS.COM
  

  "A [New Orleans-based] black-owned web portal to serve African-American on-line users."

• The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
  

  An extensive list of African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.

• Freedmen's Bureau Online
  

  Includes selected extracts from the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, including records of operations, records relating to murders and outrages, freedmen's marriage certificates, records relating to freedmen's labor, monthly reports of destitute discharged soldiers and their families, reports of indigent and helpless freedpeople (in a number of Louisiana parishes).

• In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience

  This stunning site from the Schomburg Center from Research in Black Culture examines the migration of African-Americans throughout history, using more than 16,500 pages of texts, 8300 illustrations, and more than 60 maps. A timeline is also provided, along with educational material for students and teacher.

• Kwanzaa Information Center
  

  A year-round site which explains Kwanzaa, the African-American spiritual holiday. Brought to you by the excellent MelaNet site.

• MLK Online
  

  "Your 'One Stop Source' for MLK on the net.

• Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
  

  This site exhibits "the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences."

• National Civil Rights Museum
  

  Take a virtual tour of the museum in Memphis.

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
  

  Celebrating the historic themes of the Underground Railroad as they relate to contemporary society through commemoration, education and inspiration.

• New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network
  

  The "Soul of New Orleans," "one of the country's most comprehensive tourist guides dedicated to showcasing ethnic New Orleans. "

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  

  The New York Public Library's famed research center.

• The Universal Black Pages
  

  The UBP's goal is "to have a complete and comprehensive listing of African diaspora related Web pages at a central site."

• Virtual Visit: The Emancipation Proclamation
  

  Images of, and information about, Lincoln's great document. From the New York State Library.

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