| African American
Culture |
African American Arts, Culture, History,
Etc.
A nicely organized set of links. |
African-American Women Writers
"A digital collection of some 52 published
works by 19th Century black women writers. A
part of the Digital Schomburg, this
collection provides access to the thought,
perspectives and creative abilities of black
women as captured in books and pamphlets
published prior to 1920.
Key-word-searchable."
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Black Film Center/Archive
The Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) is a
repository of films and related materials by
and about African Americans. |
BlackPressUSA
"BlackPressUSA.com is the joint web presence
of America's Black community newspapers and
the NNPA News Service... featuring news
exclusively from African-American
journalists and Black community
publications." |
Soldiers Without Swords
Tells the story of the pioneering men and
women of the Black press who gave voice to
Black America. |
Selections from The African-American Mosaic:
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the
Study of Black History and Culture. |
Documenting the American South
This database presents primary source
materials documenting the cultural history
of the American South from the viewpoint of
Southerners. It offers diaries,
autobiographies, travel accounts, titles on
slavery and regional literature drawn from
the splendid Southern holdings of the UNC--CH
Academic Affairs Library. To date we have
digitized and encoded over 80 titles, or
18,000 pages of primary source materials and
published them on the internet. |
African American Literature Syllabi
From the Teaching American Literature (T-AMLIT)
archive at Georgetown University. |
The Chitterling Site
"Here, you will learn favorite recipes for
some really delicious classic soul food
dishes. Dishes like chitterlings, or "chitlins,"
are catching on in upscale restaurants
around the world. Soul food is often thought
of as foods eaten by poor southerners, but
now some dishes are gourmet foods in many
places." |
National Brotherhood of Skiers
The National Brotherhood of Skiers is an
organization which brings together
African-American ski clubs from across the
country to ski and have a good time. One of
the purposes of the NBS during its creation
was to help get a black skier into the
Olympics. |
The National Bowling Association
NBA promotes friendship, sportsmanship and
fellowship among its members. It also serves
as a recruiting agency and point-of-entry
for black bowlers who otherwise would not
receive the encouragement, tutelage and
guidance needed to learn the game and
develop the skills that are essential to
full enjoyment and successful competition.
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KWANZAA Information Center
Information on KWANZAA, the African-American
spiritual holiday that was formulated,
devised, developed and initiated by Dr.
Maulana Ron Karenga on December 26, 1966.
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