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1837Institute for Colored Youth founded by Richard Humphreys; later became Cheyney University. 1856Wilberforce University, the first black school of higher learning in the U.S., founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Church 1876Meharry Medical College, the first black medical school in the U.S., founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1881Spelman College, the first college for black women in the U.S., founded by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles. 1922William Leo Hansberry teaches the first course in African civilization at an American university, at Howard University. 1944Frederick Douglass Patterson establishes the United Negro College Fund to help support black colleges and black students. 1954In the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., the Supreme Court rules unanimously that segregation in public schools in unconstitutional. 1957President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to ensure integration of the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. 1960Black and white students form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dedicated to working against segregation and discrimination. 1962James Meredith is the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi; on the day he enters the university, he is escorted by U.S. marshals. 1963Despite Governor George Wallace physically blocking their way, Vivian Malone and James Hood register for classes at the University of Alabama. 1969The Ford Foundation gives $1 million to Morgan State University, Howard University, and Yale University to help prepare faculty members to teach courses in African American studies.
Resources
African Studies.This is a subset of the collection gathered by Art McGee
at his site African Studied WWW Links.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/mcgee.html
African Studies UW-Madison The African Studies Outreach Program at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison has constructed this World Wide Web server
with the Educator and the general Africanist in mind.
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html
African Studies Subject Alcove (Dan Reboussin) This is the African Studies
"subject alcove" of the University of Florida Libraries' Gator Pond.
http://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
Kyoto: Center for African Area Studies The Center for African Area Studies
of Kyoto University was created in 1986 as the only academic research
institution in Japan devoted to African Studies.
http://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
African Studies WWW (U. Penn)
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
An online collection containing over 3500 visual images and 50 hours of
sound that have been contributed or loaned to the African Studies Program of
the University of Wisconsin-Madison since the late 1950s. The materials,
representing 45 countries, are intended for educational and personal use and
are stored in a database with multiple search and display options. The site
was produced and is maintained by the libraries of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison as a part of their electronic multimedia collections.
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/
African Philosophy Resources
African philosophy and other useful resources to support this area of research.
http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~janzb/afphilpage.htm
African Studies Resources at Princeton University
African Studies web resources, including journals, library resources,
organizations, programs at Princeton, listservs, electronic news, and facts
about Africa.
http://www.princeton.edu/~pressman/africa.html
Black Educated At-Home Mothers (BEAMS)
Black Educated At-home Moms. Support group for mothers that includes a book
club, kids corner, poems, money tips, health, history and style page
http://members.aol.com/DADAWGPD/beams2.html
Black Geeks OnLine
Committed to increasing computer literacy and Internet access in the African
American community.
http://www.blackgeeks.net/
Center for Afro-American and African Studies, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Center's multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental programs utilize
historical, sociological, cultural, psychological, economic, and political
approaches to the comparative study of people of African descent living in
Africa and the Americas.
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/
Diversity Web
Links Colleges and Universities that are working together to integrate
diversity in education.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb/
I Can Do It Too, Inc.
Self-esteem and motivational interactive educational programs, set to
rap-like music.
http://www.icandoittoo.com/
Institute of African Studies, Columbia University
The Institute of African Studies at Columbia prepares African practitioners
for careers in development, diplomacy, business, governance, journalism,
law, human rights, academic research and teaching.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/IAS/
Project Cape Town: Education and Integration in South Africa
Project Cape Town is a multimedia teaching case designed to encourage
reflective practice in teachers. The case draws its material from three
schools that were among the first to become integrated in South Africa. The
events were filmed in November 1993 immediately before the approval of the
constitution that governed elections which brought Nelson Mandela and the
African National Congress into parliamentary control.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/capetown/
The African Studies Program, Indiana University
The African Studies Program at Indiana aims to promote the study of Africa
in global perspective by building bridges with other area-studies programs,
international centers, professional schools, and departments inside and
outside Indiana University.
http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist/
The U.N. University: Priority Africa
The aims of this page are to provide cohesive system-wide information on UNU
work on Africa and to serve as a resource for researchers interested in
African development.
http://www.unu.edu/africa/index.htm
University of California, Los Angeles
Information and educational resources related to the Nigeria Hausa people.
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/Hausa/
University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
The Institute is dedicated to the study of the art and culture of ancient
Egypt through teaching, research, exhibition, and community education. As
part of its teaching and research, the Institute conducts an epigraphic
survey in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt.
http://www.memst.edu/egypt/main.html
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University
The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research is the nation's
oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and
social institutions of African Americans. Founded in 1975, the Institute
serves as the site for research projects, fellowships for emerging and
established scholars, publications, conferences, and Working Groups.
http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/
MALIK
MALIK is an Afrikan fraternity founded in 1977, dedicated to the reclamation
of the stolen legacy of Africa's immeasurable and vital contribution to
Western civilization and the World. We are "change agents" working for and
with the masses of the African Diaspora, inspiring self-determination,
solidarity, love, and leadership for our people. "In a Climate of
Miseducation, Truth Awakens Change."
http://www.albany.edu/%7Eea8087/
The 5th Quarter
Uniting Black college bands worldwide. Includes video, audio, and pictures,
and schedules of Historically Black Colleges and Universities' bands.
http://www.the5thquarter.com/
The Black Collegian Online
The electronic version of the 29 year old, national career opportunities
magazine. In addition to the abundance of career planning/job search
information, there is commentary by leading African-American writers,
lifestyle/ entertainment features, general information on college life, and
news of what's happening on college campuses today.
http://www.black-collegian.com/
Young African-American Achievers
YAAA is a social and educational club that is aimed at helping AF-Am
students explore their culture and ending stereotypes
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/HerndonHS/yaaa.htm
African American Teachers' Lounge
This website was created for the purpose of facilitating communication
between African American educators, K-12. It offers hundreds of lesson plans
in several study areas (not ALL links to these work), as well as discussion
and chat areas. Looks like this is a valuable resource for ALL teachers.
http://members.tripod.com/~teacherslounge/index.html
Black English
Ebonics -- a real language? See what Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Ph.D., has to
say on this page.
http://www.browneyedintelligence.org/ebonics.html
Education First: Black History Activities
This site is aimed at teachers. It features five activities, "created as
models for ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into
classroom learning.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Onnidan's Black College Sports Online
Sports information from America's Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU).
http://www.onnidan.com/index.htm
Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
An essay detailing the worsening crisis in black education, some examples of
the problems blacks face, and the reasons why these problems exist.
http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/election/connection/race/steele.htm
Booker T. Washington and Character Education
Booker T. Washington was an advocate of "gradualism." He argued that African
Americans first had to learn job skills and prove their worth through the
"dignity of labor." This site describes how he implemented his ideology at
Tuskegee Institute during his tenure as President. It also presents an
excellent biographical background.
http://www.san.beck.org/BTW.html
Shadowball: Remembering the Negro Leagues
Shadowball sheds light on the Negro Leagues, black baseball of the '20s,
'30s, and '40s. The Negro Leagues arose out of the insult and stigma of
segregation, becoming at once a statement of independence and a means of
assimilation. This site looks at each of these contradictory forces.
http://www.negro-league.columbus.oh.us/links.htm
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