January 21

Martin Luther King Collection

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Martin Luther King Collection: Morehouse College
The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection is maintained by Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center (AUC). It contains a historic collection of archive papers, writings and sermons relating to the life and work of Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King from 1944-1968. The website provides free access to a biography of Dr King, searchbale finding aids to the collection and bibliographies of further readigns about King and the Black American civil rights movement. From: Intute.ac.uk
http://www.auctr.edu/mlkcollection/
January 20

W.E.B. Du Bois : Library Of Congress

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New Online Resource Collection from LC: W.E.B. Du Bois

January 17th, 2009

From the Web Site:

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with W. E. B. Du Bois, including manuscripts, photographs, and books. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to W. E .B. Du Bois that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites focusing on Du Bois and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers.

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September 04

Blacks And 2008 Democratic And Republican National Conventions. Intute.Ac.Uk

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Blacks and the 2008 Democratic National Convention
This 26 page report was published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington DC. It provides a useful analysis of black American political participation in the democratic Party. It includes discussion of voting trends and political identification with the party from the 1930s until 2008. There is also a detailed statistical breakdown of levels of black participation amongst delegates at the 2008 Democratic national party convention which nominated Barack Obama as candidate for the 2008 American presidential elections.
http://www.jointcenter.org/publications_recent_publications/political_participat

Blacks and the 2008 Republican Convention
This 30 page report was published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington DC. It provides a useful analysis of black American political participation in the Republican Party. It includes discussion of voting trends and political identification with the party from the 1930s until 2008. There is also a detailed statistical breakdown of levels of black participation amongst delegates at the 2008 Republican party convention which nominated John McCain as candidate for the 2008 American presidential elections
http://www.jointcenter.org/publications_recent_publications/political_participat

July 21

Explorations In [U.S.] Black Leadership [Real Player]

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Explorations in Black Leadership [Real Player]

http://www.virginia.edu/publichistory/bl/index.php

Over the past several years, the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia has been compiling a set of interviews with important black leaders across the United States. The project is co-directed by Phyllis Leffler and noted civil rights leader Julian Bond. By recording these experiences and comments, they hope that they can "implicitly connect the ways in which historical circumstances create the conditions for the future." Currently, there are over 30 interviews available, including talks with politician Eleanor Holmes Norton, publisher Earl Graves, and comedian and social critic Dick Gregory. Visitors can read transcripts of the interviews, read a short biographical statement, and also listen to each interview. [KMG] Scout Report

February 01

The Root, An Online Magazine Of Black American Viewpoints On Current Affairs

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Root

The Root is a daily online magazine published published by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. It seeks to publish news headlines and Black American viewpoints on current affairs. These include regular coverage of Black civil rights issues, race relations and race discrimination in the USA; Black politics and American elections and presidnetial elections from a Black viewpoint. There is also some coverage of world events. Other features of the site include links to blogs and a large collection of materials on African family tree research. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.theroot.com/

September 17

African American History

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BlackPast: Remembered and Reclaimed [pdf, Real Player]

http://www.blackpast.org/

Professor Quintard Taylor of the University of Washington and his colleagues have created this very fine online resource that covers six centuries of African American history. The site includes an online encyclopedia of hundreds of famous and lesser known figures in African America, along with full text primary documents and major speeches of black activists and leaders from the eighteenth century to the present. Visitors should make sure and visit the "Perspectives on African American History" area, which includes rather fascinating pieces such as "Gentrification, Integration or Displacement?: The Seattle Story" and "Juneteenth: The Birth of an African American Holiday". The site merits numerous return visits, and those with a penchant for African American history, and United States history in general, will find some stellar materials here. [KMG] Scout Report