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Websites related to
African American history
African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
This website, produced by the Library of Congress, presents
an overview of African American history beginning with the Atlantic slave
trade and continuing through the 20th century.
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
This website, produced as part of the PBS series The
American Experience, discusses what happened to African Americans during
the second half of the 19th century.
Websites
related to the Harlem Renaissance
A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html
The Library of Congress offers this annotated collection of
Library of Congress resources related to the Harlem Renaissance, included
digital materials collections, lesson plans, learning page activities, and
exhibits.
The Harlem Renaissance Collection
http://165.29.91.7/classes/humanities/amstud/9798/harren/HARREN.HTM
This website provides a very brief historical overview of the
time period and includes links to noted leaders, writers, and entertainers.
Rhapsodies in Black: The Harlem Renaissance
http://www.iniva.org/harlem/home.html
This website describes the development of the Harlem
Renaissance and noted examples of art, poetry, and literature.
Harlem 1900–1940: An African-American Community
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/
This exhibition website, from the Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, includes a
timeline of the Harlem Renaissance.
Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the Intersections
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/
This ARTSEDGE website explores the ways that different art
forms and social movements interacted and flourished during the Harlem
Renaissance.
Jacob Lawrence
websites
From
Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories (presented by the Whitney Museum of
American Art):
Meet Jacob Lawrence
http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/meet/index.html
Jacob
Lawrence's Art
http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/index.html
Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line
http://www.phillipscollection.org/lawrence/index.html
Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
(presented by the Seattle Art Museum Special Exhibition Gallery)
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?WHEN
=&eventID=2923
Remembering Jacob Lawrence
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html
William H. Johnson websites
The
William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts
http://www.whjohnsongrant.org/whjohnson.html
A Journey Through Art with W.H. Johnson (presented by the
Smithsonian American Art Museum)
http://americanart.si.edu/education/johnson/index.html
Rhapsodies in Black: William H. Johnson
http://www.iniva.org/harlem/william.html
Street Life, Harlem
(by
William H. Johnson, presented within the Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Harlem
Renaissance entry)
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/harlem.htm
Mom Alice
(by
William H. Johnson, presented by American Art from the Howard University
Collection)
http://www.founders.howard.edu/hucollection/JohnsonWilliamH1.htm
Duke Ellington websites
Duke Ellington: Celebrating 100 Years of the Man and His Music
http://dellington.org/
PBS Biographies: Duke Ellington
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_ellington_duke.htm
Duke Ellington 1899–1974: America's Jazz Ambassador
Photograph of Duke Ellington (from the Library of
Congress)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0811001r.jpg
Bessie Smith websites
PBS Biographies: Bessie Smith
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm
Bessie Smith 1894–1937: Jazz Singer
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Bessie Smith
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=190
Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/bsmith.html
Langston Hughes websites
The Academy of American Poets: Langston Hughes
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01
America's Story from America's Library: Langston Hughes
(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes)
I Hear America Singing: Profile of Langston Hughes
(http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html)
A Centennial Tribute to Langston Hughes
http://www.founders.howard.edu/Reference/Webliographies/
Langston_Hughes2_files/Langston_Hughes2.htm)
Countee
Cullen Websites
Modern American Poetry: Countee Cullen
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/cullen.htm
The Academy of American Poets: Countee Cullen
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/55
Countee Cullen
http://www.afropoets.net/counteecullen.html
Rendezvous with Life: An Interview With Countee Cullen
http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/42winp19.htm
Anita Scott Coleman (see Mrs. Bosler)
Wilfred A. Domingo -
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