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African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
Yale University offers a free course, called “African American History: From Emancipation to the Present,” which covers many key events in black history from 1863 to the present day.
African Minds
African Minds is an open access, not-for-profit publisher of scholarly books.
American Black Journal
The ABJ programs represent a wide variety of African-American viewpoints on issues important to the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the nation as whole, ranging from labor unrest in the automobile industry, to the urban civil disturbances in Detroit and across the nation riots of 1967, the emergence of outspoken African American political leaders, and the explosion of Motown music.
Black Film Archive
Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. Included is a synopsis of each film and a link to stream it. Although many of the films require a subscription, some are available to view for free on YouTube.
Black History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
BlackPast.org
Reference center dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and on the history of the more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.
Civil Rights Digital Library
The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.
Educating for Black Lives: Readings and Resources for Antiracist Education
A new collection of 55 readings and 20 multimedia resources including videos, lesson plans, workshop activities, thought pieces, and more, completely free to access.
The Fashion and Race Database
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The Fashion and Race Database is an online platform filled with tools that expand the narrative of fashion history and challenge mis-representation within the fashion system. The goal for the database is to center and amplify BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) fashion scholarship, illuminate under-examined histories and address racism throughout the fashion system.
Hop Hop Archive
The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute's mission is to facilitate and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, art, culture and responsible leadership through Hiphop.
Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Provides links to the following publications: Du Bois Review, Transition Magazine, and Lecture Series Publications.
National Archives - African America Heritage
Contains research and links to resources covering African American historical information from pre-Civil War to present.