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For Young Women of Color Ages 10-17
CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE
CLEVELAND'S AFRICAN AMERICANS: AN ONLINE TOUR OF HERITAGE TRAIL
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND'S HISTORY
Tyler Perry's "60 Minutes" Interview
OUR FEATURED LANDMARK
a Glimpse into Slave Past
FEATURED "AFRICAN AMERICAN"
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AFRICAN AMERICAN VIDEO NEWS LIBRARY
AFRICAN AMERICAN MOVIES CURRENT AND PAST
REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Consortium of African American Organizations
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND'S AFRICAN AMERICANS: AN ONLINE TOUR OF HERITAGE TRAIL
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MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW (MLT)
Center for Public Leadership - John F. Kennedy School of Government - Harvard University
MORE ON BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE
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CULTURE
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DIRECTORIES
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EDUCATION
***The College Help Network ***
ONLINE RESOURCE FOR BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES SEARCH
AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR STUDENT'S OF BLACK COLLEGES
Are Historically Black Colleges Worth It?
FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES
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HEALTH AND ISSUES
Find a Free Clinic in your area, and/or Donate
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Nov 17, 2009
Mental Health Services and African American Culture
XVII Intl Aids Conference: Left Behind! Report
TAVIS SMILEY INTERVIEW W DR. GAIL WYATT ON HIV/AIDS - MARCH 31, 2005
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND DIABETES
Addresses issues and problems faced by African Americans, esp African American Youth
HISTORY
The 80th Birthday of Dr. King and the Inauguration of Obama as President
by Clarence B. Jones
JOURNEY INTO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
More In-Depth African American Lives Profiles
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SCHOMBERG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: African American History and Culture
Research materials related to Black culture and history. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections Houses original recordings, business records, ...
www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/history_and_culture/AfricanAmerican_History.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND HISTORY
African American Research Library and Cultural Center from Amon Focus on Vimeo.
Library of Congress - Manuscripts
This publication describes the collections of the Library of Congress with respect to manuscripts.
www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.html
African American history web site featuring black history profiles and facts of black history. Play our interactive trivia game and learn.
www.knowyourblackhistory.com/
Georgia African American History and Culture
The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture · African American Perspectives (Pamphlets in ...
georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/blackga.htm
A collection of African American history teaching resources from Scholastic. Includes sites on Rosa Parks, Melba Beals Pattillo, and famous African American ...
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistor
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDIA
BLACK NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR WEBSITES
warning: Flava has nudity
ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
African American Lifestyle Magazine
Arise Magazine _ New York Fashion Week_Fall 2010
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS
(Cleveland Ohio)
(Kansas City, MO)
(Kansas City, MO)
ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS
NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER
(Wilberforce, OH)
(Chicao, ILL)
SPADY CULTURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM
(Delray Beach, FL)
JOHN GILMORE RILEY CENTER AND MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
(Tallahassee, FL)
RIVER ROAD AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
(Donaldsonville, LA)
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORIAN ARTS
(Brooklyn, NY)
(New York, NY)
HARRISON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
(Roanoke, VA)
TUBMAN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
(Macon, GA)
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
(Washington DC)
(Ferris State University - Big Rapids, Michigan)
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA
SEE ABOVE VIDEO
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
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MUSIC AND THEATER
ALSTON PERFORMS in COMPOSERS of AFRICAN DESCENT DOCUMENTARY PART 3
THE BLACK MOZART
Leopold Mozart - Concerto for Trumpet 1st Mov WYNTON MARSALIS
JOHN COLTRANE LIVE
MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE
Thelonious Monk - Round About Midnight
Dizzy Gillespie - Round About Midnight (Finland, 1982)
CLEVELAND PLAYS AND MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICANS
(after watching the 3 parts, check out the interview with TI and share it with your children)
These videos pause for commercial - so don't think the video has ended simply because it may say "play again", etc. - it's just pausing for a commercial.
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BLACK MEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS
BMWMB
APRIL 6, 2007
OFFICIAL MYSPACE PAGE OF BMWMB
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ORGANIZATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN
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PEOPLE
PRESIDENT OBAMAS INAUGURATION SPEECH TEXT AND VIDEO
VICTORY! PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA
YES WE CAN
&
YES WE DID
For more on President Barack Obama, GO TO OUR POLITICS SPECIAL EDITION PAGE
CORNEL WEST AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VISIONARY
(access You Tube menu for more Cornel West)
website
September 30, 2009
Dr. Cornel West Releases Long-Awaited Memoir, “Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud”
(access You Tube menu for more Cornel West)
WATCH!!!
CORNEL WEST - DEMOCRACY MATTERS!
NATIONAL VISIONARY LEADERSHIP PROJECT
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POETS, WRITERS, ARTISTS, ACTORS
MAYA ANGELOU A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
NIKKI GIOVANNI
(We Love Ya Tyler)
Tyler Perry's "60 Minutes" Interview
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ALL ABOUT SPIKE
SPIKE
ONE ON ONE - OCTOBER 18, 2008
SPIKE LEE AT THE ACTORS STUDIO
Part 1
(access You Tube menu for part 2-4
or access: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOAyo15N6L8)
SEPTEMBER 2008
Spike Lee at The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
17 MINUTES LONG
SPIKE LEE ON POLITICS AND WAR
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial |
“Remembering Stephanie Tubbs Jones”.
(PLAIN DEALER ARTICLE)
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Cleveland Councilwoman Fannie Lewis Remembered
VIEW:
TV SPECIAL REPORT: BLACK IN AMERICA
AIRED JULY 2008
CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream (CNN) (aired July 2008)
Part of CNN PRESENTS : Your Host: SOLEDAD O'BRIEN
PANELISTS:
Cornel West– Princeton University Professor
Sheryl Lee Ralph – actress/activist
Listen To Her Now on NPR
Ed Gordon - Host of “Our World” Black Enterprise - see also: Daddys Promise
Cheryle Jackson – first female President of the Chicago Urban League
Roland Fryer – Professor of Economics at Harvard University – youngest tenured professor at Harvard
Fryer's Published Papers
Dr. Juliane Malveax – President of Bennett College for Women
Principal Jabali Sawicki -Excellence Charter School in Harlem
Hill Harper – actor and author
Tom Joyner, radio host and founder of the Tom Joyner Foundation
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OTHERS
RONALD E. McNAIR (1950 - 1986) ASTRONAUT, LASER PHYSICIST
GORDON PARKS, PHOTOGRAPHER, FILMMAKER, COMPOSER, MUSICIAN
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POINTS OF VIEW
CROSSING THE LINE - A FAMILIAR VOICE
I CAN SEE COLOR - MICHAEL BAISDEN
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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ORGANZATIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMENS ORGANIZATIONS
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
MLK Oratory winner: Gerra Gistand
Gerra Gistand of MacGregor Elementary [Houston, Texas] won first place during the 13th Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory. Finalists gave original five-minute speeches on the topic: If Dr. King were alive today, what do you think he would say about current events?
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
FROM WKYC/TV:
"Black History Month runs from Feb. 1-29 in the U.S. and Canada.
Cleveland-based American Greetings has just introduced a new line of greeting cards that features notable black Americans.
Citing growing demand for cards observing prominent black Americans, there are cards that now feature great notables such as boxing legend Muhammad Ali; singer Billie Holiday; Colin Powell and Rosa Parks.
During February, the cards are displayed as a collection, but individual cards are available all year long.
What is Black History month?
Black History month dates back to 1926. It was first called "Negro History Week" before changing to Black History Month in 1976.
The name change was brought about by Afro-Americans for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.
Negro History Week was established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, director of what was then known as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
He was born to parents who were former slaves, he spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines and enrolled in high school at age 20.
He graduated within two years and later went on to earn a doctorate at Harvard. He was disturbed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population, and when blacks did figure into the picture, it was generally in ways that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time.
Woodson selected the week in February that embraced the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
He conceived of the event as a national celebration, sending out a circular to groups across the United States.
In addition, he sought to appeal to both whites and blacks and to improve race relations. For that reason, he chose President Lincoln's birthday as well as Douglass'.
Woodson also viewed Negro History Week as an extended effort to demonstrate to the world that Africans and people of African descent had contributed to the advance of history.
Although African-Americans have been in America at least as far back as colonial times, it was not until the 20th century that they gained a respectable presence in the history books.
However, February has much more than Douglass and Lincoln to show for its significance in black American history. For example, just to name a few:
- On February 1, 1960, in what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.
- On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.
- On February 12, 1909, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City.
- On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X, the militant leader who promoted Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three Black Muslims.
- On Feb. 23, 1868, W. E. B. DuBois, an important civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.
- February 25, 1870, the first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels took his oath of office."
