Web Resources: African History Month 2011
District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln].
Smith, William Morris, photographer.
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-B8184-3287]
2011 National African American Month History Theme:
African Americans and the Civil War
This year, America’s Journey focuses on the Civil War and the TAH staff recommends the following websites for February, Black History Month.
The following 2 websites should be explored by each participant in this summer's Gettysburg/Washington trip:
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History - History Explorer
Link to the National Park Service website on African American military personnel in the Civil War. This site also contains links to the NPS database of Civil War soldiers, sailors, regiments, etc.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/history/aa_history.htm
Link to the History Channel’s website on Black History Month. Check out the sections on Civil War figures and events under “More to Explore.”
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month
Local Events:
Consider a trip to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, or have your students explore some of their exhibits online.
http://www.freedomcenter.org/
Extensive list of Black History Month Events of all types in the Great Cincinnati Area from Cincinnati.com.
http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/ent/events/catresults.aspx?c=110
Link to WCET, Cincinnati’s PBS station, with schedule and programming for African American History Month.
http://watch.cetconnect.org/feature/140/Biography of America www.learner.org/biographyofamerica
Biography A & E Page Has a searchable online database containing 15,000 international names, past and present. This is a commercial site for the Biography television show. www.biography.com/
Inventure Place: National Inventors Hall of Fame Learn about famous and not-so-famous inventors. www.invent.org/book/index.html
The Presidents of the United States of America List of internal links to each president of the United States. Includes photographs and links to speeches. www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/presidents.html
Presidents of the United States In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites also are included to enrich this site. www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
