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Table of Contents (Updated 2/06 - new sites coming soon!)


General Sites

 

AfricanAmerica.org

The Africana Heritage Project

Omaha's Urban Connection

Free business networking site for African companies, professionals and the diaspora

African American Soul Food Recipes and Resources

Midwest Region of the National Conucil on Educating Black Children

http://www.halala.com - a web site devoted entirely to the promotion of books written by or pertaining to African Americans from Time Warner Trade Publishing.

HireDiversity.com

blackEnergy Today - a monthly email newsletter for African Americans and others interested in electricity and gas choices, home and office energy-saving tips, and cooperative economics.

PoliticallyBlack.com

StoryTellers of the American

CMYJOY Creations - Hard-to-find FREE African-American graphics, clipart

Untold - the Black History site

DallasBlack - informs the general African American public about what is happening in the Metroplex

Mr. Kenyada's Neighborhood - a nonprofit corporation that celebrates black culture, while promoting computer literacy and computer ownership in the African American community.

Electronic Village - Afrikan-centered website with information on genealogy, black history, investments, cyberspace, black business, africa, and a wide variety of other interests.

BlackTexas - all about Blacks in Texas

The Afrocentric Experience - An Afrocentric Experience dedicated to the empowerment and enlightenment process of all people of African descent in Africa and the African Diaspora.

Black Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California- To advocate and promote Black business and economic development within the public and private sectors, resulting in a sound economic base that supports the survival and self-determination of the African-American community.

The John Henrik Clarke Africana Library - provides a special collection focusing on the history and culture of people of African ancestry.

The African American Biographical Database

Sundownlady - At this Web site you'll find a collage of jazz, funk, rock, and fusion audio clips. Take the cruise with the Sundownlady .

The Institute for African Development (IAD) fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to food security, human resource development including refugee assistance environmental resource management, economic growth, and policy guidance in Africa.

The World of Black Studies - At this web site you will find information about the Providence College Program in Black Studies.

Davey D's Hip Hop Corner - This web site has hyperlinks to the diverse Hip Hop scene.

Bill McCreary's Website - New York City news personality.

Quarterly Black Review of Books - The latest black book reviews from this leading reviewer.

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - The SPLC is known for its years of courtroom accomplishments, legal victories against white supremacist groups, monitoring of hate activity across the country, national tolerance education and the Civil Rights Memorial.

BlackPower - Our purpose here at blackpower.net is to show our pride in the Black race. Our race started life on this Earth at the top of the ladder, and, until recently remained there.

ONE Magazine ONE Magazine is a bi-monthly publication. It was originally created as a generational response to traditional Black-oriented newspapers and magazines.

The John Henrik Clarke Africana Library - This library provides a special collection focusing on the history and culture of peoples of African ancestry.

Childwatch International - At this Web site you'll find CHILDWATCH, an international network for institutions and individuals involved in research for children.

BLACK QUEST POWER RESOURCE LINKS

TimBookTu: Stories, Poetry and Essays with an African American Flavor - At this Web site you'll find a variety of original stories, poetry and essays designed to showcase up-and-coming African American writers and poets who desire a place to have their works made available to the World Wide Web audience.

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse coalition of organizations committed to the protection of civil and human rights in the United States

National Center For Children In Poverty

Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro

African American Buying Power - By the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth

Catch-a-Fire - Igniting the Web in Color

Cultural Survival - a non-profit organization founded in 1972 to defend the human rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous peoples and oppressed ethnic minorities.

DiversityWeb - A resource hub for Higher Education

National Black Child Development Institute

BUPPIES (Black Urban Professionals) Online

Ready to Live - Art & Life Beyond Street Violence

Salon Magazine - Experts and entrepreneurs struggle to explain why African-Americans are underrepresented in the online population and in the Net industry

African American Photos - This collection of African American images features several hundred photographs which were taken from the mid-1800s to the present time..

Taliferro - Promoting the arts

BlackGeeks Online

Hatewatch

EXODUS Magazine

The National Urban League

Essence Magazine

Black Facts Online

Ethnology of World Languages

Stanley "Tookie" Williams - Co-founder of the Crips.

The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley

Minority Telecommunications Development Program

Martin Luther King Directory

African Population Database

Black/African Related Resources

Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families

The Electronic Urban Report

The InterNetwork

BlackVoices

Detroit’s John Arnold Show

Why is it so hard to find the birthplace of Frederick Douglass? Check out this site for the answer!

Melanet's Watoto World - TheWebsite for Children, Parents and Educators of African Descent.

The African American Shopping Mall - another site where you can find products and services from numerous African American entrepreneurs. Your place to shop for afrocentric products.


Children's Sites

Books For Black Children


Breastfeeding and Child Development

La Leche League: International support group for breastfeeding moms

The Midwife Archives

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

ParentsPlace.com: ASK THE LACTATION CONSULTANT Growth Charts for Breastfed Babies

Not enough milk

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (RE9729) - Policy Statement

BREASTFEEDING GOD'S WAY

The Advantages of Formula

BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Breastfeeding: Good For Babies, Mothers, And The Planet -



Entertainment Sites

The Manhattans

Soul Music Resource: The Soul-Patrol Mailing List

The Blue Highway - a history of the blues.

InterJazz - The Internet Jazz Plaza

Rosewood - The Movie

Patti LaBelle

The Harlem Renaissance

P-Funk Review

FunkJazz Kafe - for the growth & development of the progressive fusion of music, poetry, and visual arts in the underground of cultural cities worldwide.

Women In Jazz



(Black) Women's Sites

 

Black Girl: A Web Opera

The Voluptuous Woman Company - "Size is Just a Number". An organization for the full figured woman.

National Council of Negro Women - Founded in 1935 by noted educator and human rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.

Women In Technology International

Moondance: Celebrating Creative Women

Eye on Women, a not-for-profit newsletter spotlighting the diversity and accomplishments of metro Atlanta women.

Read the powerful story of the slave Celia, hanged for defending herself against sexual assault.



Black Men's Sites

None at the moment.



Health Related Sites

The Minority Health Network - A collection of good information sources for individuals interested in the health of minority groups.

The Magic Johnson Foundation



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Black Religious Sites

The Joy of Gospel Music

kpraise100- a good site for black praise and worship music and preaching

Gospel International's Gospelweb - The pulse of the Gospel Music Industry.

WalkerHouse - An interactive Christian community on the internet.

Christian Services



Relationship Issues

AfroDateLine - Black Singles

My Shoes Passing For White? Passing For Black? - My Shoes is a support group in cyberspace hosted by clinical psychologist Dr. Juanita Brooks for biracial/multiracial children, adolescents and adults who have a white appearance

Aalize - Features relationship articles, advice, chat surveys and more!

HeartBeat! Black Love and Relationships - Providing a wealth of cultural and educational information on Black love and relationships, and the effects current society has on marriages and relationships of people of color.

The Interracial Voice

A site dealing with the INTERracial issue.



African/Black Newspapers

None at this time



Black Historic Sites

 

New!African American History & Resources

Portraits In Black - This Web Site is gratefully dedicated to the memory of black men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces and defended freedom and democracy.

BLACK Baltimore a Historic Legacy

The Black Loyalists - History of Birchtown, Nova Scotia. Among the founding group were 936 freed slaves.

Agnes Kane Callum - Baltimore's Premier African American Genealogist.

BlackWest Presentations, Inc. - Black cowboy Histor

The Cemetery During the past few years Wendel A. White has photographed communities and towns in the southern counties of the state. Most of these locations originated as African American settlements, some as early as the 18th century.

Afro-American History - At this Web site you will find a collection of hyperlinks about Afro-American History. Whether you are interested in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry or A historical resource on the Gullah culture, this site can guide you there.

Uncle Remus History/Ethnology Research Project - At this Web site you'll find the Uncle Remus History/Ethnology Research Project.

African-American History and Culture Items List - At this Web site you'll find hyperlinks to twelve historical documents with an explanations

African Americans in The Visual Arts, A Historical Perspective - This exhibit tells the story of the African-American artists' quest for creative recognition in their chosen art forms.

Underground Railroad Research Center of Southern Ohio - to celebrate and revendicate the African-American legacy of Southeastern Ohio thru its people, its culture and artifacts, etc.

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora - these web pages have been created to exhibit accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences.

About Race Relations

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Government Site on Race and Ethnicity

H-AfrArts - Expressive Cultures of Africa

All Black 366th Infantry Regiment

Historical Documents on Slavery

African Studies Quarterly

The African Diaspora

Black Sci Fi Page: ASCENSION: SCIENCE FICTION AND THE NU-AFRIKAN EXPERIENCE

Anthony Cohen's The Walk to Canada: Tracing the Underground Railroad

A brief history of The Black Panther Party.

The Seattle Times Martin Luther King, Jr. Website.

A great site dedicated to Black Achievers



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Black Greek Organizations

 

Swing Phi Swing

Phi Delta Psi Fraternity - Gamma Chapter

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.- International Home Page



Minority Law Enforcement Organizations

None at this time.



International Sites

African Primates at Home - photographed/recorded by M.K. Holder during the course of field research in Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaïre [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo].

Africa-Related Internet Links

African Philosophy Resources - At this Web site you'll find robust collection of resources centeredaround African Philosophy

Hospice Africa - The aims of Hospice Africa are to provide or support the provision of palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients in the African setting.

The Institute for African Development (IAD) (IAD) fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to food security, human resource development including refugee assistance environmental resource management, economic growth, and policy guidance in Africa.

African Studies Quarterly - The African Studies Quarterly is an interdisciplinary, fully-refereed, publication focused entirely on scholarly writings concerning Africa.

WoYaa! Africa Search - Your Window to Africa on the Internet

Africa Reparations Movement - ARM(UK) believes that people of African origin have an historic task to perform, that is to ensure that the truth of what happened to people of African origin is exposed and that reparations are made to African people.



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African Resources at Various Universities

Columbia University's African Sites

Stanford University South of the Sahara

The University of Pennsylvania African Studies



Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Education Information Sites

If you don't see your Black college or university listed, send us the URL

List of Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Black College Research

Savannah State University

North Carolina Central University.

This web is for black college students looking for funding for school

South Carolina State University

Hampton University

Norfolk State University

Florida A&M University

North Carolina A&T State University

Clark Atlanta University

Temple University's Department of Africology

Kentucky State University

Black Excel - The College Help Network

WEB Dubois Learning Center

Homecoming Magazine

Black Collegian Magazine

Southern University

Cheney State University

Lincoln University

Black College Sports Page

Fisk University

Howard University

Morgan State

Spelman College

Tennesee State

Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid Page - A listing of Email addresses for college admissions offices, college admissions office telephone numbers, financial aid office email addresses, links to free scholarship searches, links to college web pages, links to online applications, and much, much more

Alabama State University

Bennett College

Bethune Cookman College

Bishop State Community College

Bluefield College

Bowie State University

Cheyney University

Claflin College

Clark Atlanta University

Concordia University System

Coppin State College

Delaware State University

Dillard University

Elizabeth City State University

Fayetteville State University

Fisk University

Florida A&M University

Hampton University

Howard University

Jackson State University

Johnson C. Smith University

Langston University

Lincoln University

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Mississippi Valley State University

Morehouse College

Morgan State University

North Carolina A&T University

North Carolina Central University

Norfolk State University

Prairie View A&M University

South Carolina State University

Southern University

Spelman College

Stillman College

Tennessee State University

Texas Southern University

University of District of Columbia

University of The Virgin Islands

Virginia State University

Voorhees College

Wilberforce University

Xavier University



Elementary Schools

None at this time.



Black Professional Organizations

 

Organization of Black Airline Pilots

The Organization of Black Screenwriters

National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice - a multiracial, nonpartisan, nonprofit association of criminal justice professionals and community leaders dedicated to improving the administration of justice.

Organization of Black Designers

International Black Buyers and Manufacturers Expo. and Conference

African American Women Business Owners

Black Data Processing Associates

National Alliance of Black School Educators

National Association of Black Journalists

National Society of Black Engineers

American Association of Affirmative Action


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