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African American Art     African American History    Harlem Renaissance   Favorite Artists: Bearden - Biggers - Lawrence - Johnson   More Artists

• African American Artists (Individual Artists)
  
  Access Art- African American Art from the Art Institute of Chicago. 
  The collection of African American art provides a rich introduction 
  to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. give information about the artists in the collection - includes lesson plans.

  African Americans in the Visual Arts Extensive website including the following topics: Introduction, African Influences, the Harlem Renaissance, and more. Brief biographies on many artists (no images). Presented by Long Island University, New York. 

  African American Art - feature from ArtLex. Articles written by Richard J. Powell - professor of art and art history at Duke University - excerpted from  Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, second edition.

  Narrative of African American Art and Identity. Divided into five sections - Good overview of artists. See alphabetical listing. Chronology of artists works.

  National Museum of American Art
  Use site search - Click Browse Collection-- Enter names of African American artists

  Rhapsody in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance Website presented by the InIVA, London.

  National Gallery of Art- African American Tour - Selected African American Artists.

  African American Art and the Visual Arts Movement Perceptions of Black- University of Virginia. Visit the gallery- learn about African American aesthetes- see the events using the timeline 
  
  California African American Museum  

  African American Resources at the Smithsonian 

  Museum of African Diaspora - An international museum, based in San Francisco. 

  Studio Museum Harlem in New York, New York.

  Guide to Papers of African American Artists - Smithsonian. Interviews, photographs, and more.

  African American Artists Online - from Artcyclopedia Chronological listing.

  "I'll Make Me a World" Education and community resources for the PBS series. List artists and chronology. (See menu at bottom of page)

  African American Folk Art   Several artists listed

  African American World: Art and Culture from PBS. Find out more about African American history (home page).

  Looking at Painting KET TV documentary features interviews with Kentucky artists; visits to their studios; and discussions of techniques, elements, and principles in selected paintings. The artists include African Americans Sam Gilliam and Mark Priest. Video- KET production; for general audience plus grades 9-12 (60 minutes) More African American Resources from KET.

  Paul R. Jones Collection University of Delaware. See works in the collection -- noted African American artists including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Selma Burke and others.

  Links page for more African American Artists  

  Lesson Plan: Seven Famous African American Artists and American Art - by Maxine Davis. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. biographical information. For middle school.

  Urban Totems - The Communal Spirit of Black Murals article by Michael D. Harris, Ph.D. - various artists represented.
  
  

• African American History                           [TOP OF PAGE]

African American World from PBS. See resources.

Anacostia Museum - African American "Material culture" - online collection.  Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History and Culture's primary goal is to "explore American history, society, and creative expression from an African American perspective." See Online Academy

Black Facts Online World's largest FREE online searchable database of Black History information. Find out what happened on your birthday! on any day of the year. Gives very brief information...but it is fun to look.

Gateway to African American History  Collection of links from North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School.

Internet Resources: Black History Month A lesson plan

Black History Month - Homework assignment. This is a story. Research to see what part each person had in the inventions or patents in the story.

Stamp on Black History Month The Postal Service has issued Black History-related stamps to commemorate black men and women who have contributed to America's history and who have made a difference. See alphabetical listing or listing by subject area. 

101 Facts - African American History from Biography.com

Infoplease.com- Black History Month Site contains a nice collection of features, biographies, timelines, sports information quizzes and games for Black History Month.

Africans in America - America's Journey Through Slavery - PBS-  A major collection of images, biographies, stories and more.

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience (needs Flash) - organized into 13 migrations, such as The Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1450s-1867; Haitian Immigration: 18th and 19th Centuries and Haitian Immigration: 20th Century; and The Great Migration, 1916-1930. Teacher resources

Lest We Forget: Triumph Over Slavery Flash site available in four languages. New York Public Library's Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture presents this Web
exhibit to commemorate the struggle against slavery and its
abolition.

Black History: Patchwork of  African American Life. Links to six Web sites were created as models to suggest ways to integrate the World Wide Web into classroom learning on African American issues. Links to exceptional resources. From Knowledge Network Explorer. 

Black History Moments From Florida A & M. Portraits and essays of famous African Americans  List of inventors

Black History Teaching Resources provides reading lists and more (some of their links are broken).

Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History timelines, eras in Black History, audio/video clips and more. Lots to see! timelines, eras in Black History, audio/video clips and more. Lots to see!

Internet African American History Challenge® Interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History. It's an "open book" test-- Test your knowledge!

Slavery in America Feature Interactive exhibit Road to Freedom - allows students to explore the six routes most frequently taken by enslaved men and women who were seeking their liberty. Image Gallery (political cartoons, photographs, paintings) - lesson plans and more.

Slavery and the Making of America - PBS companion site for  four-part series documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction.

Understanding Slavery Learn about the history of slavery around the world. Follow the journey of one man who was enslaved in both Africa and the United States -- travel back in time to Richmond, Virginia in 1845 to witness a slave auction. Explore the ways that slavery has been woven into the fabric of societies in America and around the world.

Slave Narratives - Created by the Museum of the African Diaspora. 
Roll over a series of multicolored dots to learn about the first-hand
perspectives of slaves. Narration by Dr. Maya Angelou. Site requires Flash Player.

LEARNING ABOUT THE BLUES Lesson Plan from ED-SITEment. Introduces students to the blues, one of the most distinctive and influential elements of African-American musical tradition.

Families in Bondage This two-part lesson plan draws on letters written by African Americans in slavery and by free blacks to loved ones still in bondage, singling out a few among the many slave experiences to offer students a glimpse into slavery and its effects on African American family life. Lesson from EDSITEment.

Harriet Tubman Integrated Unit The students will learn about Harriet Tubman through music, art, dance, literature, and reference materials. From Kennedy ArtsEdge. More lessons for African American Culture from Kennedy ArtsEdge

Monument to the Underground Railroad - Freedom Quest for grades 5 thru 8. Students learn all about the Underground Railroad and design a memorial. From the National  Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.  Funded by Knowledge Works. Authentic Assessment project. Rubric included.

African American Literature Links- Multicultural Paths Curry School of Education- University of Virginia

Teaching Tolerance Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance. Lean about the Civil Right's Movement (click on "Civil Rights Memorial" in right border). Resources for teachers -- Resources for kids

Link's page for studying African American History

Real African American Heroes - Website dedicated to all African Americans who over the years have made a difference - focusing on leaders and positive role models who sometimes do not get all of the recognition that they deserve.

Race & Place: An African-American Community in the Jim Crow South: Charlottesville, VA. Connects  "race with place" through offering multimedia archive of digitized materials including oral histories, political broadsides, photographs, maps, and letters.

Documenting Black History: "Teenie" Harris Archive - exercise in community curation- 1400 unidentified images at the site, with space for visitors to add comments and information. More images to be added. Charles "Teenie" Harris was a Pittsburgh photographer who spent more than 40 years documenting the city's black community.

Black History Resources from KET TV, Kentucky. Check out for interdisciplinary lessons. Dance, Music, Underground railroad and more.

Black History Month Resources - from Thompson Gale.  Biographies - many contemporary people listed.

Black History Month Resources - recommended from Federal Resources for Education Excellence (FREE) 

• African American Music

Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) from Indiana University - a repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. See Black Grooves - black music review site.

• Harlem Renaissance                                   [TOP OF PAGE]
  
  The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City (See Artcyclopedia)
  
  Drop Me Off in Harlem - Interactive from Kennedy ArtsEdge - A  multimedia exploration of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s- 1930s).   Lesson ideas & learning activities facilitate an arts-integrated approach to the study of key works & themes that emerged.
  
  Encarta - Background Information - Harlem Renaissance More on the history of African Americans from Encarta
  
  Harlem Renaissance - Women Writers Harlem Renaissance - Women Writers - Northern Kentucky University.
  
  Rhapsody in black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance Website presented by the InIVA, London.
  
  Harlem Renaissance Literature
  
  Poetry of Langston Hughes   Langston Hughes biography include links to more African American poets (form Poets.org)
  
  Lois Mailou Jones from Artcyclopedia
  
  Aaron Art Prints Discover Harlem Renaissance art. Images but no background information (this is a poster site)
  
  Schomburg Exhibition: Harlem Renaissance School of Information, University of Michigan. This is a history education portfolio that has been produced by the Educational Programs unit of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library. Included resources for teachers.
  
  

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