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Harlem
and Related Web Sites
- Experience Brooklyn's own Crown
Heights Live
- Discover the magazine of DiscoverHarlem.com
- Harlem-Ontime
Explore, enjoy, and join "Harlem-Ontime" a comprehensive online community
based system dedicated to the economic, educational, social, and cultural
development of people everywhere." Harlem.NYC has an excellent index,
with links to community centers, cultural institutions, services,
tourism, business and much more.
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Cultural,
Spiritual, and Business Links
- UrbanYouth
A site for teens in urban cities with a goal to unite different communities
online.
- Ebony
The popular African American Magazine
- SavvyVoter
A non-partisan election forum for NYC residents.
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Black
Families.com BlackFamilies.com is the place to find useful family-oriented
content and resources, and to interact and react to relevant issues.
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In
The Mix
The web site of the P.B.S reality show for teens
- Listen
Up
Listen Up!has
engaged more than 1,000 youth from diverse backgrounds in the researching,
writing, production, editing and distribution of their own media.
- African
American Literature Book Club
The goal of AALBC.com is to increase knowledge of the diversity of
African American literature, to facilitate the exchange of opinions,
and satisfy your online book buying needs and serve as a resource
and vechicle of expression for aspiring and professional writers.
- Daily
Candy
A New-York based new media company that is providing educational information
on activities, dinning and local services in the new york area. This
site delivers a fruitful knowledge on the life in this diverse city
called NY.
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- IN
QUEST OF BLACK HISTORY Students
are assigned a news story to write and edit, based on African American
achievements and successes-- both men and women.
- AFRICAN
AMERICAN INVENTORS This page presents a full hands-on research
and creative lesson plan on African American inventors. Students work
in teams to research the inventor and his invention, and then must
create a video program for a fictional mini- series on African American
History Month. Rubrics included.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH--A CELEBRATION Find several biographies on
distinguished and notable African Americans.
- THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC From the Library of Congress, find a resource
guide for studying all aspects of African American history and culture.
- POWERFUL
DAYS IN BLACK AND WHITE Sometimes pictures say it all... A look
at the Civil Rights movement in America.
- BLACK
HISTORY PAST TO PRESENT This interactive webhunt addresses some
powerful ques- tions to students, using online resources from prominent
African Americans to search back in time for the his- tory of Black
America and the issues concerning all Amer- icans today.
- BLACK
QUEST POWER RESOURCE LINKS A comprehensive source/guide and gateway
to African and African American history, culture and society
- "The
African-American Mosaic,"the Library of Congress's online exhibition
about black history and culture. Includes sections about colonization,abolition,the
migration of African Americans to the North and the western U.S.,
and WPA projects pertaining to African Americans.
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African
American History: Historical Text Archive Many sites giving
incite into the lives and customs of blacks
living in small towns across the U.S.
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Black
History Month Site A Web-ring informing the universe of African
American History.
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Black
History Month Sites A Site with many African American Links
- Americans
United for Affirmative Action timeline of people and events, 1776-1991
- Harlem:
Mecca of the New Negro
- Tips
on talking to children about diversity and racism,with links to
sites on civil rights and hate crimes. Sponsored by the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
- PBS
"Dialogue on Race". President Clinton and eight others,representing
various minority groups discuss questions such as "unfinished business"
, "class vs. race",and "the roots of racism. "Links to other discussions
connected with the President's Initiative on Race. listener comments
- A.Philip
Randolph and the PBS documentary about his and achievements. ordering
information for video
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www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
A very informative site with many links, and different activities
- Links to Amistad-related
texts,materials,and projects, both historical and contemporary
- Collection of
Civil Rights
projects created by ninth-graders at North Hagerstown (Maryland)
High school
- Birmingham Civil
Rights Institutes description of it's permanent exhibits.
- Synopsis of current
African geography
and politics, country by country. Also African games. Also very
little on African-American history
- Writings by and
about African
Americans, mostly focusing on late nineteenth, early twentieth
century and links to other similar sites
- Human and civil
rights web-site including guides
to African-American studies, South Africa, Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.,slavery; also, Civil Rights lesson plans and links to sights of
numerous organizations and institutions concerned with Civil and human
rights. From the Indiana Civil Rights Commission
- Links to sites
about Amistad,
MLK, lesson plans, African American history, the arts, etc
- Study Guides
and lesson plans based on the New Orleans Civil Rights movement, Plessy
vs. Ferguson, and "Eyes on the prize."
- National
Civil Rights museum. Overview of African-American history, with
short bios of selected individuals and events
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Youth
and Interactive Media
- Link to VTEENS.ORG
a website reaching out to youth members. Also updating teens on the
latest news with a teen point of view.
- Link to Youth
Media. MediaChannel is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism,
breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations
worldwide. As the media watch the world, we watch the media.
- Link to Wiretap
is the independent information source by and for socially conscious
youth.
- Link to Youth
Outlook. The award-winning monthly publication by and for young
people who have stories to share.
- Link to Teen
Voices an online magazine about girls being themselves and realizing
their potential.
- Link to The
International Youth Hall of Fame a non-profit organization to
show appreciation and support for the majority of youth who are making
a positive difference at home, in school, and in the community.
- Link to Goosehead.com
a community entertainment network for teenagers, created by a teenager.
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