African American Studies: Find Websites

Originally published in the New York Times Magazine on August 18, 2019, the 1619 Project commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Jamestown, Virginia. The Pulitzer Center has made this resource available open access.

A collection of over 2,000 slave narratives and 500 photos of former slaves. From the Library of Congress' American Memory project.

18th, 19th, and early 20th century books and articles covering slave narratives and biographies. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy Libraries, this special collection houses over 800 speeches and over 1000 editiorials. Users may browse by speaker, organization, or keyword.

Includes historic American newspapers from 1836 - 1922. Users can also search for information about newspapers in press from 1690 - present. From the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Online reference resource covering all aspects of African American life, as well as African history.

Public Broadcasting Service's website for their riveting program, "The African-Americans."

Washington Post's no-spin data on fatal police shootings in the United States. Filters include race, gender, age, State, and more. This link goes to 2015 and leads to 2016 and 2017 real-time data.

The ASALH promotes and distributes information about African American history and culture. Each February, the organization sets the official theme and supporting information for Black History Month.

This branch of the New York Public Library System houses books, art, music, and ephemera that reflect the intellectual, creative, spiritual, and everyday lives of peoples of African descent.

The CRDL chronicles America's continuing evolution towards racial equality through this collection of archival video footage, virtual library resources and learning modules.

A branch of the Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library system, the AARL is a great place to search genealogy records and learn more about the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement.

Click to see a listing of all African-American history-related collections, from slave narratives and manuscripts to photographs and other ephemera.