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Montclair State University


Underground Railroad – National Geographic

Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary

Born in Slavery: Slave Narrative from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-38

Black Facts Online

Images of African Americans from the 19th Century

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909

We Shall Overcome; Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

African American Labor History Links

African American Women’s History

Hall of Black Achievement Gallery (biographies)

Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

Port Chicago Disaster

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD)

Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History

The History of Jim Crow

The Internet African American History Challenge

African American Heritage Teacher Toolkit for Grades K-12

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

The Amistad Comes to Life!

The African American Journey (World Book)

Africans in American (PBS)

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Black History Mont Resource Center – Gale Research

Harlem 1900-1940: An African American Community Center (Schomburg Center)

African American Literature Online (20th Century)

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (PBS)

The Global Malcolm X

The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity

Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories (includes lesson plans)