New York State Library | Internet Bibliographies

Selected African-American Web Sites

General | Advocacy Organizations | Business | Census | Education, Employment and Professional Organizations | Genealogy | Health | History and Culture | Literature | Media | Music
Last reviewed: February 9, 2007

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General

AFRO-Americ@
The Afro-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore's Web site. News from around the nation that is of interest to the African-American community, as well as a virtual gallery of contemporary artists, an online community discussion, a Black History museum, and multicultural myths and fables for kids.
http://www.afro.com/

Melanet: The Uncut Black Experience
A wide range of African-American information resources including Kwanzaa events, an African wedding guide, and online mentoring for children.
http://www.melanet.com/

Advocacy Organizations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Provides advocacy information on a variety of cultural, educational, business, labor, and political issues.
http://www.naacp.org/

National Urban League
Premier social service and civil rights organization. Includes programs, news, events, and local branches.
http://www.nul.org/

Business

Blackenterprise.com
Business, finance, stocks, and technology with information on conferences and print subscription details to Black Enterprise magazine.
http://www.blackenterprise.com/

Creative Investment Research
Lists minority-owned banks and analyzes their performance.
http://www.creativeinvest.com

IM Diversity.com African-American Village
One-stop career and self-development site for minorities.
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/african/village_african_american.asp

Investing for Success
An interactive, multimedia web course on the basics of investing from a partnership of the National Urban League and the Investment Company Institute Education Foundation.
http://www.icief.org/

Minority & Women Owned Businesses Searchable Database
An online database of minority- and women-owned businesses in New York State. Search by economic development region, county, SIC code, company name, and sales. Maintained by the New York State Division of Empire State Development.
http://205.232.252.35/

Minority Business Entrepreneur
Bi-monthly magazine on minority- and women-owned business which includes the table of contents and subscription information.
http://www.mbemag.com/

US Dept. of Commerce - Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) | En español
Background and contact information.
http://www.mbda.gov/

US Dept. of Labor - Office of Small Business Programs
The Office of Small Business Programs works to provide opportunities for small, disadvantaged or minority owned businesses. OSBP also manages the minority colleges and universities program.
http://www.dol.gov/osbp/welcome.html

Census

Black Population Census Data
Selected tables and graphs from the latest African-American census statistics on income, employment, family, education and poverty.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html

Education, Employment and Professional Organizations

African Studies Association (ASA)
Information about the society, including its membership, board, and affiliated groups, as well as announcements on upcoming conferences, meetings, and publications.
http://www.africanstudies.org/

Black Collegian
Online version of magazine about African-American career opportunities. Provides career planning/job search information and general information on college life.
http://www.black-collegian.com/

Minority On-Line Information Service (MOLIS)
Information on scholarships, minority institutions, and minority colleges faculty members.
http://www.molis.org/

National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
History, objectives, and contacts for professional and student chapters.
http://www.nabj.org/

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Information on membership, regional conferences, careers, events, and scholarships.
http://www.nsbe.org/

NIH Black Scientists Association
Promotes issue of importance to underrepresented minority communities in general and to the Black community in particular. Mentoring programs and other opportunities which assist Black scientists are provided.
http://bsa.od.nih.gov/

Organization of Black Designers
Gallery of members' designs, plus bulletin board, mission statement, feature articles, and membership details.
http://www.core77.com/OBD/welcome.html
 

Genealogy

AfriGeneas
Excellent resource on African-American genealogy. Features an e-mail newsletter, genealogy news, book recommendations and links to Web sites on African-American cemeteries and African-Native American genealogy.
http://www.afrigeneas.com/
 

Health

Black Health Care
Black Health Care is a comprehensive internet-based health and medical information provider that works to address the special health problems of African-Americans.
http://www.blackhealthcare.com/

Black Women's Health Imperative
The Black Women's Health Imperative is the new name of the National Black Women's Health Project.  It is a leading African American health education, research, advocacy and leadership development institution.
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/PageServer
 

History and Culture

African-American Archaeology Newsletter
Articles from various editions discussing archaeological issues, digs and artifacts of African-American archaeology.
http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/newsletter.html

African American Archives, Manuscripts and Special Collections
African American Studies subject guide including respositories, collections in several repositories and single repositories, and individual collections.
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/blks/internet/afamarc.htm

African-American Collections in the Milwaukee Urban Archives
Abstracts and genealogical information available for these manuscripts.
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/arch/blacks.htm

The African-American Mosaic
A resource guide for the study of African-American history and culture from the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html

African American Odyssey
This Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African-American collections. The special presentation is not only a highlight of what is on view in this major history exhibition, but also a glimpse into the Library's vast holdings of African-American materials. Both include a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

African-American Perspectives
Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection (1818-1907) at the Library of Congress. Spans almost 100 years of African-American history and culture.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

Afro-American Almanac
Online presentation of the African in America. Includes biographies, historical documents and events, and folk tales.
http://toptags.com/aama/

Black American West Museum and Heritage Center
Details of the Center's historic exhibits and materials about African-Americans in the West. Provides location, hours and calendar of events.
www.blackamericanwest.org/

Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues
Comprehensive index of information concerning the Leagues, including histories, books, collectibles, player profiles and more.
http://www.blackbaseball.com/

Black History Quest
A wide variety of resources on African-American history, culture and studies. Includes information about Africa, Britain, music, culture, marines, and biographies of individuals as well as much more.
http://blackquest.com/link.htm

Black Studies
The Black Studies program at CUNY has a wide collection of resources here. Currently resources are arranged into 51 topics ranging from Abolition and Affirmative Action to the Underground Railroad (including several links re N.Y. State) and Women. You'll find the text of John Quincy Adams' argument before the Supreme Court in the Armistad Case, guides to African American manuscript collections, texts of unpublished plays by Zora Neale Hurston discovered in the Library of Congress, lesson plans, speeches, information on Martin Luther King Jr. and even the FBI files on the Black Panthers.
http://origin.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/library/blacks.html

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Project containing over 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery as well as 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American history
Located in Detroit, Michigan, the Charles H. Wright Museum is the world's largest on African-American history and culture.
http://www.maah-detroit.org/

Diaspora Studies
The University of California at Berkeley's online catalog of its video and audio-cassette resources on African and African-American culture.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/AfricanAmVid.html

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Information on African-American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection
From the Library of Congress American Memory Project with 396 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division,  by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/

Gale Black History Month
Thomson Gale's collection of activities and information relating to Black History Month.
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/.

Guide to Black History
Encyclopædia Britannica's online edition of The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History.
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/

Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
Alphabetical listing of members of the Hall of Black Achievement with links to biographical information, images, and audio clips.
http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/

History Makers
Oral history archive with information on African American history, education, music, law, the arts, science, technology, media, medicine, entertainment, fashion & beauty, business, the military, politics and sports.
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/

National Civil Rights Museum
Virtual exhibitions and details about the museum with links to travel and tourism.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org

National Underground Railroad. Network to Freedom
The National Park Service's Web site about its Underground Railroad project. Historic places and educational or interpretive programs associated with the Underground Railroad will become part of a network, eligible to use or display a uniform network logo, receive technical assistance and particpate in program workshops.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/ugrr/

New York State Archives Records Relating to African Americans
Descriptions of documents in the New York State Archives that pertain to such subjects as slavery and emancipation, military service, performing arts, political radicalism, human rights, and education.
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/researchroom/rr_pgc_afri_amer.shtml

Roy Wilkins Memorial
Photographs and achievements of the "father of civil rights."
http://www.tccom.com/wilkins/

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
One of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center promotes the study of the histories and cultures of people of African descent. This excellent resource includes a digital library of images of 19th century African-Americans.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

Stamp on Black History
Commemorates the African-Americans who have been honored on US postage stamps, beginning with Booker T. Washington in 1940.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Stamps.htm

Third Person, First Person
Duke University's library exhibit probing the life experiences of slaves from the late 18th century through the 19th century.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/

The Underground Railroad in New York State
Balanced, reliable information about the people and places of New York that were involved in the activities of the Underground Railroad.
www.nyhistory.com/ugrr/
 

Literature

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
The full text of published works selected by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, one of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library.
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html

African American Writers: Online E-texts
Full text of books, poetry and narratives by contemporary and historical African-American writers, both prominent and little known. This Internet School Library Media Center Web site includes resources for teachers, parents, and students.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/afroonline.htm

Harlem Renaissance
A research guide to the writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/CHAP9.HTML

San Antonio College LitWeb African American Literature Index
An informative chronology of African-American literature with links to a specific author's Web page (if available) for more in-depth study.
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/aframlit.htm
 

Media

African American Newspapers
State-by-state listing of over 200 African-American newspapers and other printed media.
http://www.aasm.com/pubs.html

AfroNet
News for the African-American community, including entertainment updates, business reports, and opinion pieces.
http://www.afronet.com/

BET.com
Savvy features on computers, health, home-buying tips, money, music, and more.
http://www.bet.com/

Blackenterprise.com
Business, finance, and technology with subscription information to the print edition of Black Enterprise magazine.
http://www.blackenterprise.com/

Black Voices
Features entertainment, news, currents events, a business and finance section, and reports on fitness and family.
http://www.blackvoices.com/

Essence
Online edition of the popular magazine for African-American women with features on health, careers and lifestyle.
http://www.essence.com/

Heart & Soul
Online articles based on the current newsstand edition.
http://www.heartandsoul.com/

USAfrica Online
News, travel, arts, and business in Africa and US. Includes details of paper version.
http://www.usafricaonline.com/

Vibe
A guide to rhythm and blues, rap, and traditional African-American entertainment. Founded by Quincy Jones.
http://www.vibe.com/

Music

African-American Sheet Music 1850-1920
The collection is made up of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmhome.html

Archives of African American Music and Culture
Indiana University Department of Afro-American Studies' selected list of Internet and written resources for African-American music.
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/

Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Information on the inductees from the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which  is dedicated to the preservation and education of gospel music throughout the world.
http://www.igmhf.org/

Harlem.org
In August 1958, 57 jazz greats showed up in Harlem for a photograph. Identifies each musician in this monumental photograph. Includes short bios which are indexed by name, jazz style, and instrument.
http://www.harlem.org/

Vibe
A guide to rhythm and blues, rap, and traditional African-American entertainment. Founded by Quincy Jones.
http://www.vibe.com/