African American Booklist: Websites

African American Digital Collections Available Online from the Library of Congress

Gathers and compiles information about/links to Black History resources on the web.

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.

The DPLA offers primary source sets and online exhibitions. This link takes you to the Civil Rights landing page, but make sure to search or browse the primary source sets for other periods in history.

This digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them. European colonizers turned to Africa for enslaved laborers to build the cities and extract the resources of the Americas. They forced millions of Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas, and from one part of the Americas to another. Analyze these slave trades and view interactive maps, timelines, and animations to see the dispersal in action.

Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation.

National African American (Black) History Month: February 2021

"In response to the sustained and increasingly visible violence against Black communities in the U.S. and globally, a collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country have come together with renewed energy and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda." Includes a list of organizations, platform information, and informative handouts and guides.

SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice.

BAJI educates and engages African American and Black immigrant communities to organize and advocate for racial, social and economic justice.