WEB SITES
Four web sites are listed first, followed by an A to Z list of additional sites. |
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http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/
See Editors' Choice or Subject Browse to get an overview of the many topics covered, including Biographies . Includes Multimedia, an Image Gallery, Source Documents, Learning Activities,+ ++ |
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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20030116.html
From the New York Times Learning Network. The lesson plans cove a range of issues from Thomas Jefferson (exploring old and new accounts of his life) to differing viewpoints on contemporary race issues. |
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http://www.biography.com/black_history/
Sight includes a feature on 200 Notables , organized by broad fields, including scientists, activists,athletes, musicians and more. |
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http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/
History, timeline, video, and much more+. See especially Civil Rights Today : "meet some of today's young civil rights activists, explore the impact of culture on politics and history, and learn about ongoing civil rights issues." |
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ADDITIONAL WEB SITES, A to Z |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/
From PBS. Topics include History, Arts, Race and Society, and Profiles. See TABS at the top of the page for : Timeline , Reference Room (with links to over 300 articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica , as well as PBS and NPR programs on the African American Experience) and Classroom (with links to history resources, arts resources+). |
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http://www.afro.com/history/ |
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http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html
Links to further resources. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ |
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http://www.blackhistory.harpweek.com/
Reports on Black America, 1857-1874 from a prominent 19th century periodical.
"Website visitors should be warned that several of the words, descriptions, and images from Harper's Weekly are considered racially offensive by today's standards. The materials are presented in order to give a true historical picture of the leading 19th-century newspaper's view of black Americans. We at HarpWeek hope this site will serve as a valuable resource which provides an important perspective on the multifaceted history of black Americans, generates a deeper understanding and respect for the subject, and sparks further interest in its study and discussion." |
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http://www.nps.gov/history/aahistory/ |
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Books |
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The DHS catalog can be searched on the Internet at http://library.dedham.k12.ma.us.
To browse a list of titles in the DHS Library on "African-American History" see the DHS Library Catalog >click "Resources" in the left sidebar> choose "Public Lists" from the top right tab. We are building lists for nonfiction, biography, fiction, and poetry.
Recent acqcuistions include:
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- 170.84 HAR Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny, 2006. Letters written by African American men and others to young people.
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- 326.0973 NAS The Forgotten Fifth : African Americans in the Age of Revolution, 2006.
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305.896 RHY NAACP, 2002." Examines the history, development, and key figures involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, showing what the goals are of this organization and how they attempt to reach them. "
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323.0975 OLS Freedoms Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement, 2001. Profiles " female leaders of the civil rights movement, including Ida Wells, who led the protest against lynching, and Jo Ann Robinson, who helped launch the Montgomery bus boycott. "
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323.1196 MCW A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement ,2004. "Explores the sacrifices and triumphs of African Americans in their pursuit of social and political equality, and examines the often violent resistance they met from white Americans."
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342.7308 MCK To Establish Justice : Citizenship and the Constitution, 2004. "From the struggles of Native Americans at the country's birth to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the authors show how the Supreme Court has paved the way for both justice and discrimination throughout American history."
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364.15 CRO Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, 2003. " Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955."
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796 RHO 40 Million Dollar Slaves, 2007." From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built."
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811 MAR Jazz A-B-Z, 2005. Written by one of today's jazz greats,"contains paintings of twenty-six notable jazz musicians, one for every letter of the alphabet, each accompanied by a poem that celebrates the featured musician's life and style.
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Databases |
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Over 2000 African-Americans, past and present, are profiled in this database.
To search for a specific person, bullet "Start of Last Name." Type last name FIRST in the search box. Click tabs to move from reference book material to magazines or web sites. Click over citations retrieved to open to full-text.
To search for African-Americans prominent in a specific field, select Biographical Facts Search , highlight "African American" in the Ethnicity Box , and highlight the occupations of interest.
Use the TABS to move between result types: the "Biographies" tab contains full-text excerpts from reference sources; there are often web site suggestions and periodical articles under the "Websites" and ""Magazine Articles" tabs.
An Infotrac database. To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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Type "African Americans" in the advanced search box to view an extensive article.See the sidebar in the top right for links to many related articles in the encylopedia, as well as web sites and magazine articles. |
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This general interest database is aimed at high school students and includes many articles on black history, along with a variety of other topics. It includes full-text versions of black magazines such as Ebony, Essence and Jet.
To access this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select Student Edition from the database list, once you are logged in. |
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- What's here : more than 470 full-text magazines and newspapers, plus a small number of reference books. There are many other magazines and newspapers in the database that are not full-text.
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- Be patient : if the first few results don't look of interest, keep reading down the page! Improvise as you go: if you are not getting enough good results, look for new keywords or subject tags in the articles you do find.
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- Layout, help with searching: see HELP BOX at top of page + watch for TABS at the top of the page + DROP-DOWN MENUS next to SEARCH BOXES + SIDEBAR SEARCH SUGGESTIONS next to RESULTS.
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- Not all the articles are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.
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- Think of terms to use as keywords for your topic. You may find it helpful to look at terms used in the index or list of entries of one of the print sources listed above.
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- USE TABS WHEN RESULTS COME BACK : Articles are grouped by type of material; use the tabs to move from one type of material to another.
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- MAGAZINES TAB > articles from general interest magazines, such as Newsweek , Time , People, New York Times Upfront, National Geographic, New Yorker, and many others.
- NEWS TAB >use to retrieve articles from many newspapers and newswires (but not all the articles in the New York Times or any articles in the Boston Globe , which must be searched separately in other DHS databases).
- MULTIMEDIA TAB >includes transcripts and podcasts, usually from National Public Radio.
- ACADEMIC JOURNALS TAB >includes articles from peer-reviewed and academic journals.
- BOOKS TAB >may also have material of interest,including reference material.
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Use this database to search several Infotrac databases simultaneously if you are not finding enough information in Student Resource Center above. The search strategies outlined above apply to this database as well.
To retrieve information from this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select PowerSearch from the databases list, once you are logged in. |
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