Black History Month: Websites

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) website contains information on black history in the US and links to their YouTube channel.

Visit the Washington State Historical Society website for black history in Washington State.

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to African Americans history.

Includes Black History on video.

A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture

Database hosted by the Library of Congress that highlights African American history in the United States

Digital collection of written works by 19th century African American women

National Archives Library Information Center on African American history

An online reference guide to African American history

Contains 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves

Database of newspapers from the 1950s and 1960s, hosted by the UK National Archives

African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering

Famous African Americans in diverse fields such as music, sports, movies, theatre and world politics

Using objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice

A panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture. Primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection with a date range of 1822 through 1909.

Website dedicated to the King Papers Project as well as the Liberation Curriculum educational initiative

Showcasing powerful moments in African American history, culture, and community

"Through the lens of talented filmmakers, we can re-live iconic moments in history like the 1963 March on Washington or climb aboard a Greyhound bus to join the Freedom Riders on their journey through the Jim Crow South. Documentaries offer rich insight into our society and culture, connect us to some of our proudest and most shameful moments in American history, and remind us of how far we’ve come."

A century of great African American speeches, hosted by the American Radio Works, American Public Media

The WSHS has a permanent webpage about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's visit to Washington State in November 1961.

Browse primary documents by time period.

Browse by period under "American History" for great historical sites.

From the University of Texas at Austin's Perry-Castañeda Library.

Includes collections of photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and digitized text.

Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

Over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.