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African Diaspora
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African American Women Writers in the 19th Century (The Digital Schomburg, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library)
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African Americans in History (Institute of African American Studies, University of Georgia)
Brief biographical profiles and photographs; includes two sound files: excerpt from speech by Malcolm X and another by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology (Bruce Fort, Corcoran Department of History & the American Hypertext Workshop, University of Virginia, Charlottesville)
"From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. This web site provides an opportunity to read a sample of these narratives, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews." See also, a related website, "Been Here So Long" below.
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Benjamin Banneker on the Internet:
- 1791 letter from Banneker to the Secretary of State of the United States. (The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville)
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Romare Howard Bearden, 1911-1988 (Romare Bearden Foundation, New York)
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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955):
- Biographical profile by Dorothy C. Salem, African American Women: a biographical dictionary, published by Garland Publishing, in 1996.
- A Short biography from "Profiles in Caring", a syndicated column by Val J. Halamandaris.
- Black Inventors A-Z (About.Com, PRIMEDIA Inc., New York)
- Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912)
- Aimé Césaire, 1913-2008:
- John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998)
- Guide to the Harold Cruse Papers 1943-1994 at New York University (The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York)
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Martin R. Delany: To Be More Than Equal, The Many Lives of Martin R. Delany, 1812-1995 (West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia)
The website includes biographical details, information on the location of some of his writings, and online versions of letters and books such as: The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (originally published in 1852).
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Frederick Douglass:
- Library of Congress: The Frederick Douglass Papers Manuscript Division. (Washington, DC)
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" (Online). Originally published in 1845.
-- Plain text, via gopher (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ethnic Studies, Historic Documents and Books on the Internet)
- "My bondage and my freedom" (Online). Originally published in 1857. (University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections, "Making of America" Books, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- "My Escape from Slavery" (Online). Created for the Web in 1993; originally published in 1881. (University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center)
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The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University (Jennifer Wager, Ohio State University, Columbus)
"The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University is a series of pages detailing various aspects of Du Bois studies. It is my hope that the University will serve as a clearinghouse for information on Du Bois and spur intelligent scholarship and discussion of his life, legacy, and works. Because Du Bois' life spanned nearly a century, Du Bois studies encompasses much of African American history. The study of Du Bois is therefore instructive to the study of American history as a whole."
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Olaudah Equiano:
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Equiano Foundation Online
"The Equiano Foundation aims to provide a valuable educational vehicle through which to resurrect, restore, and celebrate the meaningful contribution of Olaudah Equiano to Western, African, and African American culture..."
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Excerpts from "Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery" Web Site (PBS Online; WGBH Interactive, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts)
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The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences (Mitchell C. Brown et al., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey)
A searchable biographical dictionary of African American men and women in the history of science; some entries contain bibliographies. The site also includes links to other information regarding African American initiatives in the sciences: electronic conferences, data on doctorates, bibliographies, prospects for the future, etc.
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Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration: "Been Here So Long: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives" (New Deal Network, Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University Teachers College, New York)
Narratives, lesson plans for teachers, and other online resources.
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Errol Gaston Hill, 1921-2003 -- Theatre Historian, Director, and Playwright (via Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire)
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The Internet African American History Challenge (Bright Moments Web Com)
The source of information: "The 1998 Black Fax Calendar." "The Internet African American History Challenge is an Internet based curriculum enhancement tool for high school Black History education programs. The Internet African American History Challenge consists of test questions based on the lives of important 19th century African Americans."
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968):
- Yusef Komunyakaa, 1947-- (via Internet Poetry Archive, University of North Carolina Press and North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, North Carolina)
- "Jacob Lawrence -- Exploring Stories" 2002 Exhibition. (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York)
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Malcolm X (1925-1965):
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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library: Malcolm X: A Search for Truth, May 19-December 31, 2005
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Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies: Malcolm X Project (New York)
The public website with information about and excerpts from a multi-media, instructional project at Columbia University.
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Malcolm X: A Research Site -- brothermalcolm.net (Africana Studies Program, University of Toledo, Ohio; Twenty-First Century Books, Chicago, Illinois)
A frequently updated, extensive compilation of links to documents -- texts and audio files, conference proceedings, research projects, and related material.
- Malcolm X: a [short] selected bibliography. By Dorothy Ann Washington (Purdue University, Indiana)
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Dorothy Louis Burnett Porter Wesley (1905-1995): Afro-American Librarian and Bibliophile (Coni Porter Uzelac, ArtNoir Showcase, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
- A profile of Dorothy Porter, her life and work. Last update: 1999.
- See also: A Selected Bibliography (via Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Washington, DC)
- Profiles of Contemporary Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (Dr. Scott W. Williams, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York, Buffalo) -- includes African mathematicians on the African continent.
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Paul Robeson (1898-1976):
- Paul Robeson Centennial Home Page (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
- 1978 Statement by Ambassador Leslie O Harriman (Nigeria) at a special meeting of the U.N. Special Committee against Apartheid to pay tribute to Paul Robeson, April 10, 1978. (via African National Congress, South Africa)
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"Paul Robeson and Africa" by Alex La Guma (1971) African communist. 46, 3rd quarter 1971. (via African National Congress, South Africa)
A paper delivered at a symposium, "Paul Robeson and the Afro-American Struggle," held at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, April 13-14, 1971.
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Walter Rodney, 1942-1980
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Arthur Alfonso Schomburg:
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Sojourner Truth (1797-1883):
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Harriet Tubman (c1821-1913):
- Luther Vandross, 1951-2005 (via AOL Music, USA)
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Philippe E. Wamba (1971-2002):
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Booker T. Washington's "Up from Slavery" (Online). (Originally published in 1901)
- Plain text, via gopher (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ethnic Studies, Historic Documents and Books on the Internet)
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931):
- August Wilson, 1945-2005
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Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950): Founder of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH, Silver Spring, Maryland)
A very brief biographical sketch, plus useful links to other web pages with more information on the association he founded.
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