
African American Internet Resources
University of Michigan
Medical School Yearbook, 1981
[Photograph courtesy of the Board of
Regents of the University of Michigan]
Renee McKinney, compiler
and electronic version designer
Editorial note: The following are links to archival,
historical and cultural resources dedicated to documenting African
Americans and the African Diaspora. Inclusion on this page does not imply
endorsement o
f any of the views or opinions expressed by the creators of
these resources.
Home Pages
- African American
Homepage--An electronic guide to African American cultu
re and
life. It includes links to art, music, history, social and educational
Web sites of interest to African Americans.
- Universal Black
Pages--A subject-oriented guide to the home pages o
f African American
businesses, institutions and services.
- African American
Women--The Institute for Global Communications' page for African
American women. This hom page is strongly ori
ented toward academia.
- Isis: A
Resource for Urban African American Women--A "lifestyles" subject
oriented guide to home pages for, by or about African American women.
This home page f
ocuses more on popular culture.
- African American
Newspapers--This home page was created by the Afro-American Company
of Baltimore, MD to serve as an online version of their Baltimore,
Virginia and Wa
shington, D.C. newspapers which focus on current news
pertinent to African Americans.
- African American
News Service--A gopher for the African American News Service. The
African American
News Service is an electronic news service which contains
information pertinent to African Americans.
- The Onyx Page--An African American
view of li fe in Houston, TX. This home page includes links to music
,
entertainment and education Web sites.
-
Black/African Related Resources(Art McGee's List)--A comprehensive,
annotated list of online information storage sites that con
tain a
"significant" amount of information relevant to African Americans or African
American Studies.
- The Drum--The Drum
is a service whose mission is to provide Internet connectivity to African
Americans. T
his home page includes guides of African and African American
Internet resources and exhibits.
- African American History at Mississippi State University--Provides
full
text of articles, poems, essays and commentaries by and/or about the
African American experience.
-
University of Missouri--St. Louis Black Studies Department--A gopher
for t
he Black Studies Department at the University of Missouri at St.
Louis. This resource contains links to other African American Internet
sites and full text of speeches, scholarly articles and manuscripts by
and about African Americans.
- Black Information Network--A
service of Skynet Technologies, Inc., the Black Information Network
provides links to African American Web sites.
- Afro AmericanS
ources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts--An electronic version of
Michael Plunkett's guide to African American manuscript sources in
Virginia
- African American
Music--Jazz and the Blues--An in
troduction to two uniquely
African American musical forms--Jazz and the Blues through Tom Morgan's
book, "From Cakewalks to Concert Halls".
- Library of Congress American
Memory Exhibits--A major elec
tronic exhibit, American Memory
highlights images and manuscripts which document American life over the
past two centuries--many of which focus on the African American
contribution to American history and culture.
- National Civil Rights
Museum--The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the former
site of the motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in 1968.
The museum's home page serves as an electronic guide to the museum,
including a v
irtual tour.
- Meanderings: A
Journal of Critical Thought--An electronic version of the critical
journal, "Meanderings".
- West
African Music--A catalog of West African music produced by Village
Pulse.
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