African-American History & Culture: Recommended Web Sites
Hartford Public Library
Includes links to slave narratives, the Amistad Case, and African-American women.
http://www.hartfordpl.lib.ct.us/bhistory.htmAfrican American Studies
UNC-Chapel Hill Davis Library Reference Department Quick Reference
Links to general resources, African-American culture, history, organizations and literature.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/quick/?display=print_items&item_id=51Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
American University Library College Writing Resources
Selected resources on the author, children's issues and Chicago, including Henry Horner Homes.
http://www.library.american.edu/pathfind/cw/kotlowitz.htmlDuSable Museum of African American History
The only major independent institution in Chicago established to preserve and interpret the historical experiences and achievements of African-Americans.
http://www.dusablemuseum.org/John H. White: Portrait of Black Chicago
National Archives and Records Administration: The American Image
From June through October 1973 and briefly during the spring of 1974, John H. White, a 28-year-old photographer with the Chicago Daily News, worked for the federal government photographing Chicago, especially the city's African American community.
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/americanimage/chicago/white1.htmlA History of my People
Audreye E. Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the Creator and Director of the Black Experience Workshop which sponsors an annual conference. This report was prepared for the 1999 conference held at Chapel Hill on March 18 and 19.
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/bew_aej.htm
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