African American Studies Resources and Links
General Information
- Africans in America
- BlackPast.org
- H-Afro-Am
- This Far by Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys
- The Story of Africa
- South African History Online
- Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
- Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
- Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
- Abolition of the Slavery
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
- "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Greatest Migration": Isabel Wilkerson Tracks Exodus of Blacks from US South
- Angela Davis on the Prison Abolishment Movement, Fredrick Douglass, the 40th Anniversary of Her Arrest and President Obama's First Two Years
- Housing Discrimination, "Where Race Lives: Your Home is Your Future"
Research
General
- Syracuse University Library (Bird)
- Martin Luther King Library (AAS)
- AAS Subject Area Specialist, Bonnie Ryan
- Onondaga County
- The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
African
- African Studies Subject Guide (Syracuse University Library)
- Resources in Print
- SU Library journals in print
- International Directory of African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and South Asain Studies Scholars (via Columbia University)
African American
Caribbean and Latin American
- Latin American Studies Subject Guide (Syracuse University Library)
- Databases
- Maps and Statistics
- Center for Caribbean Studies
- National Archives Caribbean History
Geneaology
African Descendant Genealogy Sites:
- African Ancestry
- AfriGeneas Genealogy and History Forum
- African American Genealogy: An Online Interactive Guide for Beginners
- National Archives and Records Administration: African-American Research
- RootsWeb.com
- The Digital Library on American Slavery
General Genealogy Sites:
- Ancestry.com
- The DNA Ancestry Project
- FamilySearch
- Hannibal Square Project
- Social Security Death Index
- USGenWeb Project
- World Connect Project
Newspapers and Journals
SU Library
(can access if affiliated with SU)
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Historical Newspapers
- International Newspapers
- J-STOR
- Project Muse
- Syracuse Newspapers
- U.S. Newspapers
Newspapers
Higher Education Journals
Professional Sites
African
- African Studies Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Association of African Universities
- Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies
- African Literature Association
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
- Postcolonial Studies Association
- Society of Africanist Archaeologists
- UK Council for Area Studies Associations
African American
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
- National Council for Black Studies