• American Women and Education: African American Schools
• Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961)
• Gloria Ford Gilmer
• Frederick D. Patterson (1901-1988)
• Moton Family Papers (1850-1991)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• The Rosenwald Schools: Selected Works from the Library of Congress Collections (Web Guide)
• Anna Jean Snowden
• Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

• African American Artists in the Collection (National Gallery of Art)
• African American Craft Initiative (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting (Smithsonian Institution)
• American Art, 1900–1950: The Evans-Tibbs Collection (National Gallery of Art)
• The Art of Tattooing (Smithsonian Institution)
• Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection (Library of Congress)
• Facing History: Lessons from the Potter's Wheel (Smithsonian Institution)
• How 9/11 Solidified the Need for Artist as First Responder (Smithsonian Institution)
• How Urban Corridos Became the Soundtrack to South Central L.A.
• Josef Nassy (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• A Light in the Window of the World: Protest Art and Black Liberation (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• Louis H. Draper Archive Portal from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• The Walter Hood Collection from University of California Berkley (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Marjorie S. Joyner: Inventor, Teacher, and Activist (National Archives)

• Baseball and Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson & Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s (Library of Congress)
• Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives eBook (National Archives)

• Abraham Lincoln Papers (Library of Congress)
• A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington (Library of Congress)
• Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights History Project (Smithsonian Institution)
• Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling (National Archives)
• Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963 (Smithsonian Institution)
• The Charles W. Chestnut Archive from University of Nebraska (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Civil Rights Act of 1964 (National Archives)
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom (Library of Congress)
• Civil Right History Project Collection (Library of Congress)
•    •  Civil Rights History Project Collection, 2010-2016: Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
•    •  The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories (Library of Congress)
• Confrontation Between Black Demonstrators and Segregationists at a "White Only" Beach (World Digital Library)
• Documents from the Tulsa Race Massacre (National Archives)
• Ella Jenkins, a Hidden Figure in the Fight for Civil Rights (Smithsonian Institution)
• ”Everything was burned down to the ground“: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (National Archives)
• Frederick Douglass: American Visionary (National Park Service)
• Frederick Douglass Newspapers Collection, 1847 to 1874 (Library of Congress)
• The Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress)
• Freedom Riders (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Freedom: The African American Struggle for Rights & Justice in Words and Images (Library of Congress)
• From Ghana's Independence to Selma's Bloody Sunday: A Civil Rights Love Story (Smithsonian Institution)
• The Green Book: Documenting African American Entrepreneurs (Library of Congress)
• Integrated Segregated Histories from Kentucky Historical Society (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• At the Jim Crow Museum, We Use Racist Objects to Engage Hearts and Heads in Social Justice (Smithsonian Institution)
• Justin S. Morrill Papers: Petition of Colored Citizens of South Carolina, praying that equal rights before the law, and the elective franchise may be granted to them, [1865] (Library of Congress)
• Leonard Bernstein collection digitized items pertaining to civil rights (Library of Congress)
• The Los Angeles Riots: The Independent and Webster Commissions Collections from University of Southern California (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• March on Washington Tour from the National Archives on HistoryPin
• Mary Church Terrell Papers
• Men of Change (Smithsonian Institution)
• A Moral Appeal to an Amoral Society: MLK's Nonviolent Direct Action (Smithsonian Institution)
• NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom (Library of Congress)
• National Archives Black History Month Set on Flickr
• Official Program for the March on Washington (National Archives)
• The Papers of Rosa Parks (Library of Congress)
• Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Documentation by Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photographer (Library of Congress)
• Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court ruling (National Archives)
• Preserving and Sharing the Story of the Lincoln Heights Rosenwald School (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Records of Rights (National Archives)
• The Responsibility is Placed in Your Hands Entirely” – Red Cross Relief after the Tulsa Race Massacre (National Archives)
• Voices of Civil Rights Exhibition (Library of Congress)
• Voting Rights Act of 1965 (National Archives)
• With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty Exhibition (Library of Congress)

• #DontMuteDC: An Oral History (Smithsonian Institution)
• African American Craft Initiative (Smithsonian Institution)
• African American Heritage and Ethnography (National Park Service)
• African American Newspapers, 1850 - 1963 from the Chronicling America Collection (Library of Congress)
• African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship Exhibition (Library of Congress)
• African Immigrant Folklife (Smithsonian Institution)
• African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
• African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition (Library of Congress)
• Black Arts Movement: 1965-1975 (National Archives)
• What Was Black College Life Like in the New Deal (A National Archives exhibit in the Google Cultural Institute)
• Black History, Indianapolis History from Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (Library of Congress)
• A Celebration of Brazil in D.C.: Festival Afro-Bahia (Smithsonian Institution)
• The Chandeliers “Looked Like Diamonds”: Stories from a White House Worker (Smithsonian Institution)
• Charles Mingus collection, 1939-1979 (Library of Congress)
• Common Heritage: Reframing and Reconsider the Community's Memories from the Perspective of Those Who Lived Them from Georgia College and State University (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Discover Amazing Americans: Activist Mary Church Terrell (Library of Congress)
• The Downtown D.C. Musical Ministry of Flora Molton (Smithsonian Institution)
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (Library of Congress)
• Free to Use and Reuse: African-American Women Changemakers (Library of Congress)
• African Digital Ethnography Project in RADAR from Morehouse College (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Ginseng, Hoodoo, and the Magic of Upholding African American Earth-Based Traditions (Smithsonian Institution)
• "Girlhood (It's Complicated)" (Smithsonian Institution)
• Giving Back and Moving Forward: The Future of Craft Apprenticeships (Smithsonian Institution)
• Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture (Smithsonian Institution)
• Gullah Geechee Recipe: Carolina Crab Rice (Smithsonian Institution)
• Hazel Scott papers, 1924-1986 (Library of Congress)
• Hire a Mardi Gras Artist: Building House Floats and Community Resilience (Smithsonian Institution)
• How Alicia D. Williams Is Reviving Storytelling for Black Children (Smithsonian Institution)
• It's More Than “Just” Hair: Revitalization of Black Identity (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• James Van Der Zee's Photographs: A Portrait of Harlem (National Gallery of Art)
• A Language of Rhythm Inspires Milwaukee's African Diaspora (Smithsonian Institution)
• La Prochaine Génération: The Next Generation of Louisiana French Speakers (Smithsonian Institution)
• Maggie Walker National Historic Site Virtual Exhibit (National Park Service)
• Making History in Miniature: Scenes of Black Life and Community by Karen Collins (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• McNeill Collection Daguerreotypes (Library of Congress)
• A Nigerian Yoruba Naming Ceremony in the Washington DC Area (Smithsonian Institution)
• “The Only One in the Room” (Smithsonian Institution)
• The Play that Electrified Harlem: Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Federal Theatre Project (Library of Congress)
• Portrait of Black Chicago (National Archives)
• Robert H. McNeill Papers—Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
• Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words (Library of Congress)
• Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)
• Rhode Island Folklife Project Collection (Library of Congress)
• Sacred Monsters: The Poetry and Fiction of Elizabeth Acevedo (Smithsonian Institution)
• Robert H. McNeill Papers—Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
• South Central Georgia Field Project Collection (Library of Congress)
• The South Dallas and Red Bird Community History Exhibits from buildingcommunity Workshop (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Stories of Southern Maryland from College of Southern Maryland (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Stories to Tell: Carolyn Mazloomi and the Women of Color Quilters Network in 2020 (Smithsonian Institution)
• StoryCorps Griot Project (Smithsonian Institution/CPB)
• The Will to Adorn: African American Dress and the Aesthetics of Identity

• Congressional Black Caucus (National Archives)
• Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm: “Unbought and Unbossed” -- Featured Document Display (National Archives)
• The Keynote Speaker: An Exhibition of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (National Archives on Google Arts & Culture)
• Shirley Chisholm (National Archives)
• President Obama takes the Oath of Office on the Lincoln Bible (Library of Congress)

• African Reflections on the American Landscape: Identifying and Interpreting Africanisms (National Park Service)
• Civil Rights in America
• The Legacy of Slavery
• The Buffalo Soldiers (National Park Service)
• National Register of Historic Places celebrates Black History Month (National Park Service)
• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (National Park Service)
• Telling All Americans' Stories: African American Heritage
• Travel the Amistad Freedom-Seeking Story
• Visit African American Heritage Sites
• "We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement” (National Park Service)
• “Where We Could Be Ourselves": African American LGBTQ Historic Places and Why They Matter (National Park Service)

• Alex Haley papers, 1831-2005 (Library of Congress)
• Eugene B. Redmond Digital Collection (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Viola B. Muse Digital Edition from University of North Florida ( unded by the National Endowment for the Humanities)

• 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion: A Guide to First-Person Narratives in the Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
• African-Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles, Stories from the Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
• African American Military Heritage (National Park Service)
• African American History in World War I (National Archives).
• African American Soldiers in World War II — Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
• Buffalo Soldiers (National Park Service)
• Buffalo Soldiers at West Point (National Archives)
• Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd in Italy (Library of Congress)
• His Storied Life: James Wiley, Tuskegee Airman and American War Hero (Smithsonian Institution)
• Julius W. Becton Papers — Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
• Legends of Tuskegee (National Park Service)
• Liljenquist Collection of Civil War Photos (Library of Congress)
• Lt. Henry O. Flipper (National Archives)
• Soldiers in Uniform (World Digital Library)
• Tell It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial (National Gallery of Art)
• What We Carry: The Medals of Abiye Abebe (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection (Library of Congress)
• The William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs (Library of Congress)

• African American Band Music and Recordings, 1883-1923 (Library of Congress)
• Afrika Bambaataa Vinyl Collection from Cornell University (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Afropunk: The Alternative Black Experience (Smithsonian Institution)
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years Cultural Ambassador to the World (Library of Congress)
• Black Composers: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress
• Black History in Roots Reggae Music (Smithsonian Institution)
• Black Musicians' Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots (Smithsonian Institution)
• Blog posts related to African American History from Library of Congress' In the Muse: Performing Arts blog
• The William Franklin Grisham Collection from Chicago Film Archives (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
• How Laura Veirs Introduced a New Generation to the Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• How REBOLU's Afro-Infused Rhythms Bridge New York City and the Colombian Coast (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• Jazz Singers (Library of Congress)
• Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)
• Look at Us Now: Black Artists in Music and Fashion (Smithsonian Institution)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (Library of Congress)
• Photos of the Harlem Renaissance (Library of Congress)
• Ragtime (Library of Congress)
• Rhythm and Blues (Smithsonian Institution)
• Shop Vibes: HR Records Is Preserving D.C. Community and Culture (Smithsonian Institution)
• Session Notes from Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Institution)
• Song of America: Ethiopia Saluting the Colors (Library of Congress)
• Sons of Ethiopia: A Snapshot of Admas and D.C. Music in the 1980s (Smithsonian Institution)
• The Sound of Resistance in Puerto Rico: Bomba Connects La Perla Community (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress)
• A Tribute to Tito Matos in Music and Film (Smithsonian Institution)
• William P. Gottlieb Collection of Jazz Photography (Library of Congress)
• The Zora Neale Hurston Plays (Library of Congress)

• DuPree African American Pentecostal Collection - Finding Aid (Library of Congress)
• Walk Together Children: A History of the Interdenominational Theological Center from the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center (funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Blogs

• Library of Congress
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Crowdsourcing

• By The People - Library of Congress document transcription campaigns
• Citizen Archivist -- making the records of the National Archives more discoverable (National Archives)

Flickr

• African American Activists on Flickr (Library of Congress)

Pinterest

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•    •  African American History Month Pinterest Board by the Library of Congress
•    •  African American Portraits 1820 to 1920 -- Pinterest Board from the Library of Congress
•    •  The Brownies' Book 1920-1921 -- Pinterest Board from the Library of Congress
•    •  Emily Howland Album -- Pinterest Board from the Library of Congress
• National Gallery of Art
•    •  Works by African American Artists from the Collection (National Gallery of Art Pinterest board)

• 400 Years of African American History (National Park Service)
• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (Library of Congress)
• D.C.'s Slave Trade Ended Here, Next Door to the Smithsonian
• The District of Columbia Emancipation Act (National Archives)
• The Emancipation Proclamation (National Archives)
• Freedom on the Move [A database of fugitives from American Slavery] (National Endowment for the Humanities and Cornell University)
• From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 (Library of Congress)
• Grabo. The Armistad [sic] Negroes, Drawn from Life, by Wm. H. Townsend. (World Digital Library)
• The Meaning and Making of Emancipation eBook (National Archives)
• Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
• Original 'Juneteenth' General Order (National Archives)
• Portrait of Mauma Mollie (World Digital Library)
• Sketches of the Amistad Captives (World Digital Library)
• Slave Societies Digital Archive (Vanderbilt University & National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 (Library of Congress)
• Slavery & Abolition (National Park Service)
• Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty (Smithsonian Institution & The Thomas Jefferson Foundation)
• Thompson and Chesson Scrapbooks: Scrapbooks related to the abolition of slavery, (19 scrapbooks)(Library of Congress)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children, 1908 (Library of Congress)
• Underground Railroad Quilt Codes: What We Know, What We Believe, and What Inspires Us (Smithsonian Institution)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress)
• Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave database (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)

• African American Activists of the 20th Century: Selected Pictures
• African Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship
• The African American Mosaic: Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
• African American Sites in the Digital Collections
• Afro-American Genealogical Research
• African American Women in the Military and at War
• Billy Taylor Papers—Finding Aid
• Carmen McRae Collection of Musical Arrangements and Other Materials—Finding Aid
• Charles Mingus Collection—Finding Aid
• Chicago Blues and Jazz: Selections from the American Folklife Center's Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection
• Civil Rights History Project Collection -- Finding Aid
• Dexter Gordon Collection—Finding Aid
• Digitized Newspaper Articles related to African American History Topics (Chronicling America)
• Early African-American Music: A Bibliography
• Eric Dolphy Collection—Finding Aid
• Ella Fitzgerald Collection—Finding Aid
• Freedom in the Black Diaspora: A Resource Guide for Ayiti Reimagined
• Fugitive Slave Ads: Topics in Chronicling America
• Great Migration: Finding Pictures
• Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. Poet Laureate, 1985-86
• Harry Thacker Burleigh: A Guide to Resources
• Jazz Research at the Library of Congress
• Jazz Stock Arrangements: A Resource Guide
• Langston Hughes and His Poetry
• Lester Horton Dance Theater Collection—Finding Aid
• Library of Congress – African & Middle Eastern Reading Room
• Max Roach Papers—Finding Aid
• National Negro Opera Company Collection—Finding Aid
• National Visionary Leadership Project Interviews and Conference Collection—Finding Aid
• Primary Documents in American History: Emancipation Proclamation
• Research Guides – African American Studies
• Rita Dove, U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-95
• Silent Protest Parade: Topics in Chronicling America
• Soul Food with a Focus on Health: Selected Resources

• Black Americans and the Vote
• African American History in World War I portal
• The Black Power Movement
• Find Help with African American History Research at History Hub
• A Guide for Researchers Accessing Records of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Migrations and the Black Experience
• NARA Records Pertaining to Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period (1783-1861)
• Records of the Freedmen's Bureau
• Using NARA's Descriptive Pamphlets for Freedmen's Bureau Research