Featured Websites
National Museum of African Art
The Museum opens each day at 9 a.m. till September. Childrens workshops, adult lectures, films and more are happening at African Art all the time.
The Library of Congress African American Resources
A special display of items from the collections of the Library of Congress focusing on outstanding African Americans who, through their personal contributions and sacrifices, have helped enhance the origins of multiculturalism.
African American National Biography
African American National Biography, a joint project of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University and Oxford University Press, was published in an eight volume print edition in January 2008.
BlackGivesBack
A Blog Dedicated to Philanthropy in the Black Community.
Actor and activist Kerry Washington and Grammy winner/songwriter John Legend joined arts supporters from across the US for Arts Advocacy Day in Congress on April 1, 2008. This was Kerry's second time addressing the subcommittee urging lawmakers to increase federal arts funding.
The USF Africana Heritage Project
Our 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.
archives of african american music and culture
aaamc
Established in 1991, the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) is a repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. Our collections highlight popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop. The AAAMC also houses extensive materials related to the documentation of black radio.
Tentative Step for Black Museum
The New York Times
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
October 15, 2007
Of all the hyphenated museums built in recent years or planned for the coming decade, of all the institutions exploring ethnic, racial or religious identities and their relationship to the larger American experience, none is as important as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, expected to open on Washington’s Mall in 2015.
AfriClassical.com
The African Heritage in Classical Music
Here you will meet 52 composers, conductors and instrumental performers - Africans, African Americans and Afro-Europeans. Many are alive today, but one lived 500 years ago! These artists are unknown to most of us, yet are so numerous this site can present only a fraction of them.
bHM
The official Guide to black history month in the UK
Black History Month has been celebrated across the UK every October for over 30 years, each year growing from strength to strength. This provides a comprehensive guide to activities taking place throughout the month.
www.amistadartandculture.org
A vital collection of over 7,000 items including art, artifacts and popular culture objects that document the experience, expressions and history of African American heritage.
Black Oral History Collection
The Black Oral History Collection consists of interviews conducted by Quintard Taylor and his associates, Charles Ramsay and John Dawkins. They interviewed African American pioneers and their descendents throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974.
Booker Rising
News site for black moderates and black conservatives
