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.
  

Newsgroups

• rec.music.afro-latin
• r ec.music.bluenote.blues
• rec.music.reggae
• soc.culture.african
• soc.culture.african.american
• soc.culture.caribbean
• soc.religion.islam