Ethnic Resources
African Americans
- Black History And the Civil Rights Movement
- The African American Odyssey - an incredible treasure from the American Memory Collection at Library of Congress with topics from Slavery to Civil Rights
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - a full text archive
- Black History: Exploring Issues on the Web - Biographies, civil rights, poetry, quizzes, and links
- Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive: African American History - History links from genealogy to Flavour of the Week
- Encyclopedia Brittanica Civil Rights Movement
- Hawkins' Division of Black Troops at Fort Blakeley - a brief history of the division with links to other sites about black soldiers in the Civil War
- The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs - 4,500 scenes from education in the south, search by state, town or school(or all three to be sure!)
- Kulture Kids contains Black History resources, including downloadable photographs of famous African Americans.
- Martin Luther King Jr.Timeline- Illustrated and easy-to-read for kids k-3
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Powerful Days in Black and White - Photographs by Charles Moore
- Sampling African America - Creative activities for grades 4-12
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Teenie Harris Archive -
Harris' 40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the
largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation
emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement.
Numbering upwards of 80,000 images, this archive represents the largest
single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the
United States - or the world, for that matter.
- Teaching African American History- Lesson plans for teachers
- We Shall Overcome - Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement
- African American Inventors
Jewish Resources
- American Jewish Congress
- Deep South Jewish Voice - Alabama's only Jewish newspaper
- Jewish.Community - get news, info about books, music, food and shop online for all kinds of Judaica
- Jewish Family and Life - All kinds of great info on holidays, ritual, food, traditions, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, etc.
- Kashrut.com - learn about kosher foods, get kosher alerts for mislabeled products, but kosher online
- Maven, the Virtual Know-it-All - Guide to thousands of Jewish/Israel links
- Zipple
Native American Resources
- The African - Native Genealogy Page - the Oklahoma's Black Indians
- Alabama Tribes Resources - links from the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
- American Indian Tribal Directory - U. S. Federally recognized tribes
- Cahokia Mounds - visit an archaeological site with a tour, links and more
- Cradleboard - a great list if links
- First Nations History - Dozens of US and Canadian tribes are covered here with details on location, culture, history, population and language
- The Illustrating Traveller - an online gallery of 18th and 19th century paintings depicting Native American communities
- Indian Circle - connects the Web sites of federally recognized native American tribes
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center - devoted to the preservation of Pueblo sites and culture
- Moundville Archaeological Park - near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Eight hundred years ago Moundville was the largest city in North America.
- National Congress of American Indians - this site covers current issues of concern to the federal government such as land management, political and educational problems of the reservations, etc.
- The National Historic Trail: the Trail of Tears - a vivid portrait of the obstacles faced on this forced trek as well as a look at the prejudice Native Americans have endured. With maps, timeline, diaries, poetry and links.
- National Museum of the American Indian - a virtual tour of parts of the Smithsonian Intitute exhibits preserving Native American culture
- Native American Digitization Project - access to tribal constitutions, codes and legal documents effecting Native Americans
- Native American Genealogy
- Native American Indian Art - sections on art, artists, beads, pottery, basketry, textiles, young people's art, photography, regional art, sculpture and stolen art.
- Native American Rights Fund - legal issues and resources
- Native American Sites (Lisa Mitten) - a mega site with links on a variety of subjects
- Native Americans and the Environment - hundreds of resources on tribal land and treaty rights, with clickable maps, Quick Subject Guide and case studies
- Native Web
- Navajo.com
- Tribes Index by State
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthFinder: Just for You - highlights important topics for a variety of special populations
- Useful Sites for Tribal Libraries - an incredible source for those serving the American Indian population as well as individuals doing research
Hispanics
Asian Americans
Diversity and Ethnic Studies
Learn English as a Second Language
- ESL Self-Study Quizzes - 900 quizzes on all aspects of English Vocabulary and Grammar. Many are tied to topics like holidays, places or culture
- ESL Resources - English as a second language organized into teacher and student categories, includes magazines, games, etc.
- The English Zone - a fun site for those learning English as a second language
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