Black History : Find Websites

• African American History Museum of Southern New Jersey 
• Afro-American Historical Society Museum 
• Black History in New Jersey 
• New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society 
• NJ State Library African-American History 

• The Harlem Renaissance - Noire History produces educational entertaining multimedia content from the Black Diaspora.
• Harlem History: Arts and Culture, from Columbia University - Video interviews and transcripts, oral history, and excerpts from written works.
• A Guide to Harlem Renaissance - Library of Congress
• Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920) - From the Brown University Library.  Search and view original sheet music online.
• National Gallery of Art - Information about the visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance, and their artistic responses to the Black identity, political empowerment, migration and displacement.  A small selection of works is presented and available as a PowerPoint download.
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - An interactive webpage that takes an in-depth look at Jacob Lawrence's 1941 painting series, Migration Series, depicting the mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North.
• African American Literature Timeline - Some notable  events from 1852 to 2016.
• African American Authors
• Guide to African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
• African American Music Timeline - Carnegie Hall's history of African American Music.
• African American Music - Smithsonian
• African American Sheet Music - Selections from the John Hay Library at Brown University.  
• New Orleans Jazz - An overview of jazz history (National Historical Park, Louisiana.
• The Black Rep - The Black Rep is the largest, professional African-American theatre company in the nation - founded in 1976.
• Black Theatre Network - explores preserves the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora. 
• Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - Named to honor Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT) - it is one of the West Coast’s oldest and most renowned professional theaters dedicated to creating theatrical works by, for, and about the Black experience.
• Significant Black Firsts in Sports History

  ASALH - Association for the Study of African American Life and History

"The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community."  

NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 

NAACP "advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America." (as per website).                                                                         

  National Urban League

The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment, equality, and social justice. Founded in 1910.

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

The DuSable Museum is proud of its diverse holdings that number more than 15,000 pieces and include paintings, sculpture, print works and historical memorabilia. 

   Voice of Witness

"Voice of Witness (VOW) is a nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by injustice through oral history, education, and advocacy" (...as per website).

UNCF: United Negro College Fund 

"UNCF’s mission is to build a robust and nationally-recognized pipeline of under-represented students who, because of UNCF support, become highly-qualified college graduates" (...as per website).

 Black Lives Matter

"Black Lives Matter Foundation is an abolition-centered foundation fighting institutional injustice and serving Black people globally." (as per site)

Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs)

"The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: “…any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans..."