Scene
from the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
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BlackPast.org, an online
reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American
history in one central location on the Internet. These materials include an
online encyclopedia of nearly 3,000 entries, the complete transcript of nearly
300 speeches by African Americans, other people of African ancestry, and those
concerned about race, given between 1789 and 2012, over 140 full text primary
documents, bibliographies, timelines and six gateway pages with links to
digital archive collections, African and African American museums and research
centers, genealogical research websites, and more than 200 other website
resources on African American and global African history. Additionally, 100
major African American museums and research centers and over 400 other website
resources on black history are also linked to the website, as are nine
bibliographies listing more than 5,000 major books categorized by author,
title, subject, and date of publication. It also features a Perspectives Online
Magazine which features commentary of important but little known
events in black history often written by the individuals who participated in or
witnessed them. To date more than 100 articles have appeared. The compilation
and concentration of these diverse resources allows BlackPast.org to
serve as the "Google" of African American history.
BlackPast.org brings the
resources of African American history into every classroom in the world. It
also makes every computer, regardless of its location, a classroom in African
American history.
BlackPast.org is dedicated
to providing the inquisitive public with comprehensive, reliable, and accurate
information concerning the history of African Americans in the United States
and people of African ancestry in other regions of the world. It is the aim of
the founders and sponsors to foster understanding through knowledge in order to
generate constructive change in our society.
BlackPast.org brings the
resources of African American history into every classroom in the world. It
also makes every computer, regardless of its location, a classroom in African
American history.
