African American History

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is fast approaching and beyond that is African American History Month in February.

There is a wealth of information on African American History. Below are some government-related sites.

KANSAS

Biographies of African Americans held by the State Library of Kansas
http://sites.google.com/site/afambio/
(Resources that can be requested by contacting the Library)

Kansas State Data Center
http://www.kslib.info/sdc/statewide.html
(Scroll down to the bottom of the screen for "African Americans in Kansas)

Kansas African American Affairs Commission
http://kaaac.org/index.php

African-Americans in Kansas and the West
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/bibliographies/ethnic/african_american.htm (Kansas State Historical Society)

Nicodemus Kansas National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/nico/
(National Park Service)

Nicodemus Kansas: the African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam010.html
(Library of Congress)

Exodus to Kansas
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/summer/exodus.html
(National Archives)

U.S AND MISSOURI

FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
African American History
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=116
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

Africam American History and Culture
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.html

African American Perspectives, 1818-1907
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html

From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html

Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html

Voices from the Days of Slavery
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

African American History
http://www.nps.gov/history/aahistory/
(Visit sites around the country with a connection to African Americans and African American history)

Missouri's African American History
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/intro.asp
(from the Missouri State Archives)

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Black (African-American) History Month, 2009
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013007.html

Black History Month, 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010969.html

Black History Month, 2007
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007862.html

African American History Month, 2006
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Online Resources guide
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/library/bib/african.htm