African & African American Studies Resources
Internet Gateways
African Studies Sources
- Africa south of the Sahara: selected Internet resources: materials pertaining to the sub-Saharan area (e.g. Central, East, and Southern Africa), followed by links to specific country information sources.
- Internet African History Sourcebook: A large database of primary and secondary sources relating to African History and Culture. Also includes links to other African interest websites.
- The Story of Africa: A thorough radio and text presentation of Africa's history by the BBC, beginning at the origins of man and continuing to the present.
African American Studies Sources
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project: King's papers, speeches and writings are collected here in searchable audio and text versions.
- The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University: featuring audio and video of Malcolm himself along with secondary scholarly material concerning each period of his life.
- TheHistoryMakers.com: A current list of important African American figures. Each figure is accompanied by a small biography.
- African American History @ The University of Washington: a portal to many African American history websites, which are subcategorized by topic. The site focuses primarily upon slave experience and civil rights.
- Black Studies Links: from the African American Studies Librarian's Section of the the Association of College and Research Libraries.
- Black American Feminisms: A multi-disciplinary bibliography of Black American Feminist thought across many academic fields.
- Black Studies @ CCNY: A web portal on 51 different topics in African American Studies.
Databases
- African National Congress Gopher
- African American Mosaic
- African Studies at UPenn
- OhioLINK International Studies Databases