This guide contains information about the best library and online resources for students taking HIST 2223 (African American History I Before 1877), and HIST 2224 (African American History II Since 1877).
Providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet.
Collects the text and audio recordings of famous African American political speeches, by individuals ranging from Malcolm X to Barack Obama - call number 973.0496073 S2741.
Through interviews with national experts, and examination of archival records and artifacts, this program provides an overview of the underground movement. View Flight to Freedom Online
Over 150 documented mutinies occurred aboard slave ships between 1699 and 1845; only once, in the case of the Amistad, did slaves successfully return to Africa. Using that remarkable and anomalous incident as a focus, this program takes an in-depth look at the slave trade. View Slave Ship Online
This episode deals with the Revolutionary War, an event which reveals the contradictions of a nation seeking independence while simultaneously denying freedom to its black citizens. Looks at Civil War and Reconstruction through the experiences of South Carolina slave Robert Smalls. View Liberty in the Air Online
