Black History Month: Web Resources and Videos

Information from 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

From the Law Library of Congress

America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide.

The Founders of Black History Month

Association for the Study of African American Life and History The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

A selection of 100 recorded oral history interviews from Duke University documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South, 1890s to the 1950s.

Includes biographies and videos from Biography.com

Fold3 presents military records of African Americans in the US from pre Civil War to the Vietnam War. Free access for the month of February.

Videos from the History Channel

Online reference source for African American history.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Provides learning opportunities, exhibitions, programs and events based on collections and research that explore the diverse history and culture of African Americans and their African origins.

Online exhibitions, audio/video, and digital books on a wide range of topics in African, African-American, and African diaspora history.

African American history, culture and art exhibits

Digital version of the 2007-08 National Portrait Gallery exhibition, including photographs and brief biographical detail. From the Smithsonian Institution.

Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Promotes the legacy educator of Ms. Lucy Craft Laney through art and history.

Streaming documentary videos and interviews from PBS.

The nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.

Construction of the NMAAHC began in 2012 and will be completed in 2015.

Explore Black History Month at the NMAFA.

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio

Streaming audio and transcripts of speeches by African-American activists and public figures from Booker T. Washington (1895) to Barack Obama. From American Public Media.

Smithsonian Exhibit

A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history & culture

The King Center Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The website includes information about Dr. King's Life and Work, information about the King Library and Archive, an online photo and video archive, and more.

Jim Crow was not a person, yet affected the lives of millions of people.

Learn more about TAI and the people who composed a little known, but intriguing part of American history--people who will forever be known as Tuskegee Airmen.