Black History Resources
Interactive Black History Month Activities
General Resources
Time for Kids Black History Resources
(headphones suggested)
Brain Pop Movies
Resources on Civil Rights
Interactive Map of Civil Rights Events
Video Interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Underground Railroad
Scholastic Interactive Underground Railroad
National Geographic Interactive Underground Railroad Site
Music Resources
I See The Rhythm Picture Book (readable online–awesome resource!)
President Barack Obama
A compilation of websites with resources applicable to Black History Month research and African-American history in general.
Harlem Renaissance Resources
Faces of the Harlem Renaissance
Includes information on important writers, musicians, artists, dancers, and activists.
Click on REFERENCE ROOM then on ARTICLES A-Z for an alphabetical index of articles on PEOPLE, TOPICS, EVENT.
Click on BEST OF PBS for categories of ARTS, BUSINESS, CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY, SCIENCE.
History Channel Black History Site
Site contains articles, maps, videos, profiles of 65 African American icons, facts and Voices of Civil Rights (scroll to bottom) which includes audio, timeline, and primary sources.
Black History at Biography.com
Includes a timeline, videos, Harlem Renaissance, photo gallery, quiz, 101 Fast Facts, and 200 notable icons.
Famous African Americans at FactMonster
A comprehensive list of famous African Americans, in alphabetical order, for easy access.
Local Black History Resources
Freedom Crossing Niagara/Underground Railroad
This is the homepage for the local Underground Railroad Center at the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University. By clicking on RESOURCES, you can link to other websites with information.
Local African American women of note. Biographies and other information.
Local African American men of note. Biographies and other information.
Sites w/ Student Activities for Black History
Time for Kids Black History Month
Interactive site with quizzes, a time-line, and a focus on the arts.
Scholastic Site on Black History
Information on the Underground Railroad, African American inventors, History of Jazz and Civil rights. Includes some video/audio and primary sources.
Kid-friendly biographies on 6 African American jazz greats.
Brain Pop Black History Movies
The free movies on this site change, so you have to search for Black History to see which ones are currently free. Last week the movie on MLK was free, this week, the one on Harlem Renaissance is free. Quizzes with each movie as well.
Sites on Specific Topics within Black History
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
A project of the New York Public Library, this site contains text from these women writers, both in poetry and fiction. Very interesting site if you’re a writer 
African American Sheet Music at Brown University
A digital collection where one can access digital images of primary source sheet music, including scores and covers from the past. Allows you to search by BROWSE, TITLES, and SUBJECT (click on images to enlarge them). Subjects to browse include: dance, baseball, children, families, clergy, composers, actors, poets, musicians, and women.
The Academy of American Poets Black History Page
Biographies, poems, and some audio and video files of famous African American poets. Includes sections on the Harlem Renaissance, Slam poetry and jazz poetry.
Library of Congress Civil Rights Era
Primary sources with brief descriptions of important events in the history of the civil rights movement.
Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Oral Histories
A compilation of first-person accounts and experiences related to the civil rights movement. There are a few audio files to accompany interview texts.
Carnegie Museum of Art Teenie Harris Photographs
“The largest collection of photos of any black community in the US…” according to the site. Click on SEARCH OUR COLLECTION, then choose CREATOR NAME (Teenie Harris).
Teacher Tube Videos
The Underground Railroad (8 min)
