First Regional Library Serving DeSoto, Lafayette, Panola, Tate, and Tunica Counties in Northwest Mississippi
Quick Reference —African-American Sources
Links to other web sites have been selected by our Reference Staff. The First Regional Library cannot vouch for the accuracy, currency, or appropriateness of any non-FRL web site.

• NEW! Free Black History Month Links from Thomson Gale (look under "Free Resources-Black History"
  on left side of the page)
• African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress web site dedicated to African American history and culture.
• African American Registry - Online encyclopedia of African American history.
• AfriGeneas - According to the web site, “The word AfriGeneas is derived from African American Genealogy Buddies.” This site, rated as one of the 101 best sites by Family Tree Magazine offers assistance and links to other useful sites.
  
• Afro-American Almanac - History of the African in America including biographies, documents, web links, folk tales and trivia.
• NEW! Biography.com Celebrates Black History Month - Includes several dozen report-length biographies of African Americans in all fields; many with photographs.
  
• Black History Hot List - A list of African American web sites.
• NEW! Black History Month Resources - A directory of Black history sites from the history department of Tennessee Technological University. 
  NEW! Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive of Photos
  
• CNN's Black History Month Special
  
• Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - African Americans leaders in science and engineering. Indexed by name and profession.
  
• Franklin Institute Online - 120 trivia questions (answers available) on African-American history.
• NEW! Information Please Black History Month - Articles, biographies of notable African Americans, as well as statistics. 
  
• Juneteenth - Site dedicated to the oldest celebration of the  ending of slavery
• NEW! Kids Domain: Black History Links - A list of links for children plus activities, quizzes and stories. 
  
• Know Your Black History - Online source for information about African American history and culture (including information on African American inventors and inventions.)
• Kwanzaa - The Official Source
• NEW! Martin Luther King: Words that Changed the World from CNN
  
• National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis)
• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement - Web site produced by PBS.
  
  
  

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