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Black History: exploring African-American issues on the web: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

The web sites found at this location provide various opportunities for the teacher and student to develop their knowledge of African-American history.

 

February is Black History Month: http://www.dal.ca/~acswww/grfibhm.html This is an article written in the " Ghana Review" Vol. 1. No. 6 Friday 27 January 1995 by Yaw Boateng,
Professor of Education, Eastern Washington University.

 

Celebrating Black History:

http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4818,00.html?yah This month, take a look at our nation's past to learn more about the African-American experience. Then, delve into your own family's heritage and see what you discover.

 

Black History Month: http://socialstudies.com/

Online activities, reproducible lessons from activity books, and reviews of special materials that present exciting ways to bring African American history into your classroom via the Web.

 

African American history and culture: http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm

Featuring selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and organizations about African American history.

 

The National Museum of African Art (NMAfA): http://ww w. nmafa.si.edu/ The National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) fosters and sustains--through exhibitions, collections, research, and public programs--an interest in and an understanding of the diverse cultures in Africa as these are embodied in aesthetic achievements in the visual arts. The museum accepts into its collections and exhibits the art of all African areas, including the ancient and contemporary arts for the entire continent.

 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.htmlThe Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.