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Some Specific Latino-American Cultures

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Some Specific Asian-American Cultures

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19th Century Blacks in Maine ___Good information and biographies of notable Maine blacks. - Illustrated - From Visible Black History - http://www.visibleblackhistory.com/19th_century.htm 

The African American Experience in Monmouth County, New Jersey 1700-1865___"This site is an educational service and genealogy source for students, teachers, agencies and individuals interested in local African American history. It provides information, images and documents on African American communities and families, both free and enslaved, in Monmouth County, New Jersey before the Civil War. This site also features an overview of the African American experience in the Ante-bellum United States." - Illustrated - From Monmouth University - http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~afam/index.html 

The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920___"Search or browse the Ohio Historical Society's collections relating to African-Americans in Ohio." This isn't the most user-friendly website I've run across but a little perseverance will go a long way in your research of African Americans in Ohio. Whenever you can click on an image do so to access a scanned copy of the document(s) in question. Then click on 'view text' to see a typed version. - Illustrated - From the Ohio Historical Society - http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/mss/index.cfm 

African American History of Western New York___"... an ongoing project to study the historical presence of Blacks in Buffalo, Rochester, Jamestown, Syracuse, Geneva, Ithaca, Corning, Niagara Falls, Canandaigua, Fredonia, and, in general, western New York State from 1700 to 2000." - Some illustration - From the Mathematics Department at the University of Buffalo - http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny.html 

African American Sailors in the Union Navy ___The 75 names here represent African Americans who fought with the Union navy during the Civil War. Click on any name to find personal information, naval service, and detailed muster records. - Text only - From the National Park Service - http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/map/us.cfm?homestate=ME 

African Americans in the Modern Northwest ___"Blacks have fared somewhat better in the West, compared to the other sections of the country, in the realms of political representation, economic gains, social status, and education." From this essay you can learn why. - Illustrated - From the University of Washington -
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_21/hstaa432_21.html 

African Missouri ___"This homepage supplies links to information, articles, and narratives about the State's history taken from sources such as the Official Manual of the State of Missouri, Preservation Issues by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the African American Heritage of St. Louis by the St. Louis Public Library, the Black Studies Gopher of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and narratives provided by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and University Archives (University of Missouri System)." - Illustrated - From the Curators of the University of Missouri - http://www.umsl.edu/~libweb/blackstudies/ 

Black Archives of Mid-America ___"The Black Archives of Mid-America's historical collections contain documents, photographs, and oral histories about many decades and eras in the history of African Americans in the Midwest, the United States, and other countries." - Illustrated - From the Black Archives of Mid-America Inc. and Kansas City Public Library - http://www.blackarchives.org/ 

Black Baltimore 1870-1920___You don't want to miss the most excellent site which provides histories and biographies and information about events relevant to Baltimore's extensive Black history. - Illustrated - From the Maryland State Archives -
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1259/121/6050/html/1000.html 

Black Heritage Trail ___Because all but two of the 14 buildings whose history is presented here are private residences there are few photos of them, but the text provides a good look at the history of Boston's early African American community through these buildings. - Illustrated - From
the Museum of Afro American History - http://www.afroammuseum.org/trail.htm  

Black History of the Seacoast ___"African American history in New Hampshire begins as early as 1645." This excellent website brings that history to you. - Illustrated - From SeacoastNH.com - http://seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/index.html 

Black Kidnappings in Southeastern Illinois ___Interesting information about the crime of kidnapping free blacks from the state of Ohio for the purpose of selling them in the southern slave states. - Text only - From Jon Musgrave - http://www.illinoishistory.com/blackkidnappings.html 

Black Seafaring in Maine ___"Blacks made considerable contributions to Maine's success in the shipping business and they went on to be instrumental in subsequent transportation enterprises, such as work on the railroads and at airports." Learn more about that here. Images can be
enlarged with a click of your mouse. - Illustrated - From Visible Black History -
http://www.visibleblackhistory.com/black_seafaring.htm 

Blacks in Alaska History ___"Dedicated to the pursuit of any information or historical photographs documenting the involvement of Blacks in the history of Alaska." - Illustrated - From Blacks in Alaska History Project, Inc. - http://www.yukonalaska.com/akblkhist/ 

Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England ___An interesting look at African Americans in New England, with a few individual's stories scattered throughout. - Text only - From The Christian Science Monitor - http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1997/10/29/feat/feat.1.html 

A Community Remembers - African American Life in Princeton ___"African Americans in Princeton have been a vital community presence for over two-hundred years. Their history however, has not been without struggle." Read about that struggle here. - Illustrated - From the Princeton Historical Society - http://www.princetonhistory.org/aalifeindex.shtml 

The First African-American Settler of Auburn, Maine ___A genealogical study of Primus Shapley. - Text only - By Douglas A. Hall, from the Androscoggin Historical Society - http://www.rootsweb.com/~meandrhs/auburn/black/settler/black.html 

Gallery of Great Black Kentuckians ___Interesting information about interesting people. Click on their names to read more about them and see a larger image. - Illustrated - From the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights - http://www.state.ky.us/agencies2/kchr/ggbk.htm 

Gullah Language and Culture ___A brief page about the origins and current status of the culture known as Gullah. - Illustrated - From the CoastalGuide by ICW-NET - http://www.coastalguide.com/gullah/ 

Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community ___Take a cyber tour of this exhibition. There is a section for teachers, a timeline and links to other resources. Topics include activism, arts and community. - Illustrated - From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/ 

A History of the African-American Community in Thomasville & Thomas County, Georgia ___"African Americans helped establish Thomasville. It is our hope that this site will help to introduce local citizens and visitors on the web to the history and culture of Thomasville and Thomas County's African-American community." - Illustrated - From Thomasville Visitors Center - http://www.thomasvillega.com/black_history.htm#Library 

In Those Days: African American Life Near the Savannah River ___I've just spent an enjoyable few hours reading the oral histories about African American life over the years in this region of Georgia and South Carolina.All those interviewed were senior citizens -- one gentleman was 111 years old. - Illustrated - From the Southeast Archaeological Center, National Parks Service - http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/ITD/longversion/intro-lg1.htm 

In the Steps of Esteban: Tucson's African American Heritage ___"This exhibit documents the history of Tucson's African American community, sharing the stories, photographs and memories of some of its members. It also brings forward some of the experiences of African Americans in the U. S. Southwest." Photo exhibits, biographies, oral histories and lesson plans are some of the sections here. - Illustrated - From Through Our Parents' Eyes -
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/esteban/

Maine Families with Black American Heritage ___Geneaological information of varying length for six Maine families. - Text only - From Douglas Hall - From the State of Tennessee - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/maine/blacks/black.html 

Negroes in Tennessee ___This page, first printed in 1939, provides 22 points of interest concerning Black history in Tennessee, starting with the probability that some blacks camped there in 1541 as a part of De Soto's expedition. - Text only - From the State of Tennessee -
http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/ch10.htm 

Persistence of the Spirit ___"Persistence of the Spirit is an interpretive study of the people and events that contributed to the black experience in Arkansas... This special World Wide Web site presents an overview of the historical interpretation with links to additional resources and historical
information." - Illustrated - From the Arkansas Humanities Resource Center -
http://www.aristotle.net/persistence/ 

Race and Place: an African-American Community in the Jim Crow South ___"Race and Place is an archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century. The focus of the collection is the town of Charlottesville in Virginia... The archive contains photos, letters, two regional censuses and a flash map of the town of Charlottesville." - Illustrated - From the University of Virginia -
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/afam/raceandplace/ 

Timeline of Missouri's African American History ___This timeline is spread over five pages and spans the years from 1720 to 1995. Click on 'next' at the bottom of each page to move forward. - Illustrated - From the Missouri State Government -  http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/africanamerican/timeline/timeline1.asp 

Utah's African American Voices ___An excellent website built around a PBS documentary, with biographies, articles and photos about Utah's Black history. - Illustrated - From PBS - http://www.kued.org/productions/voices/ 
 

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