Library of Congress, American Memory collection. Includes:
- African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
- The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
- Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
- From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860

BlackPast. African American history in the West extends over five centuries in a land mass that comprises approximately sixty percent of the United States. This site is a gateway to the vast and growing array of information on the Web and in other sources on the lives and histories of the millions of African Americans who have and continue to make the West their home.

U of Washington. A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African American history.

The Zine Guide @ Berea College. Amazing primary source resources!

Did you know that there are hundreds of historic images available online from the Black Archives collection? There are photos of famous persons, church groups, civil rights activists, athletes and more. Notable collections include numerous photographs of the Alvin Ailey dance troupe, Buffalo Soldiers and the Tuskegee Airmen.

Google Arts & Culture. Google has gathered together a vast collection of more than 4,000 online primary sources including documents, photographs, and other artifacts that illustrate African American history.

Created by Black transperson, Charles Preston. So many resources, videos, interviews, essays.

The following are documents which have contributed to the shaping of African American history. These documents are a starting point for additional research and discussions that help further our understanding of the history of people of African ancestry in the United States.

The following are documents which have contributed to the shaping of African American history. These documents are a starting point for additional research and discussions that help further our understanding of the history of people of African ancestry in the United States.

Some of the most significant orations by African Americans with links to the actual speeches.

The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.

U of Virginia. 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 Zine Guide @ Berea College

U of Washington. Use this to learn about the vital history of Seattle's civil rights movements, with scores of video oral histories, hundreds of rare photographs, documents, movement histories, and personal biographies.

Library of Congress and GBH Archives. Presents educational and noncommercial radio programs from the 1950s and 1960s that offer historic testimonies – in interviews, speeches, and on-the-spot news reports – from many movement participants, both well-known and unknown. National leaders, local leaders, community organizers, students, clergy, lawyers, educators, academics, writers, and even a comedian and a documentary filmmaker relate often riveting stories that document a range of individual and group experiences and perspectives. The exhibit presents accounts from a variety of locales, each a distinct piece of the complex history of the struggle to integrate the segregated South and achieve full citizenship rights for African Americans.

Wisconsin Historical Society.Archive Documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. Includes primary documents and images.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

PBS 4-part series

Created by Black transperson, Charles Preston. So many resources, videos, interviews, essays.

History.com

The following are short descriptions of major events which have contributed to the shaping of African American history. These encyclopedia entries serve as a starting point for much more inclusive descriptions and discussions that appear in other sources. For additional information please consult the print or website sources cited in the entry.

The site includes profiles of each hero, as well as podcasts and videos.