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History by Internet

• The Insurrection of Denmark Vesey (1832)

  Consider the evidence and discover the verdict in selected cases from these trials.

• The New York Conspiracy (1741)

  Consider the evidence and discover the verdict in a case from these trials.

Oral History Research Center

• Oral History Interview Dr. Harry Bard

  A recollection of his work as a member of the Maryland Constitutional Commission 1966 and the Maryland Constitutional Convention 1967.

• Oral History Interview Margaret Cromer

  An African-American woman's narrative about life in the North Carolina Piedmont circa 1880.

• Oral History Interview Violet Hill Whyte

  The first African-American woman in the Baltimore City Police Department.

Baltimore Bicentennial Project

• SBS Baltimore Bicentennial Page

  Celebrates a number of firsts, including the founding of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the first Catholic schools for African-American children.

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Links

Black History Month Suggestion: If you live in, or nearby, the Baltimore environs visit Hampton National Historic Site (a walk around the grounds is free of charge) or pay a web-visit to the historic African American Community once there.

• Home Page: American Memory from the Library of Congress

  The wonderful WPA Oral Histories recorded during the Great Depression.

• African American Journey

  The PBS Page.

• "Powerful Days -- The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore"

  The stark yet evocative site was produced by Pulitzer Prize winner John Kaplan as part of his MA degree.

• EDU2

  Browse primary sources from all over the world.

• Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro

  A hypermedia edition of the March 1925 issue of Survey Graphic magazine. Ed. with Catherine Tousignant. Featured on the American Studies Crossroads Project's Innovistas site at Georgetown.

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

  PBS Special.

• "Harlem 1900-1940: An African American Community,"

  An on-line exhibition at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

• Native Literature

  All those broken treaties.

• The Civil War Collection

  Photographs and Memorabilia.

• The Nation Of Islam Homepage

  The Final Call On-Line.

• Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book

  Everything you wanted to know about Desert Storm.

• Black/African Related Resources

  A comprehensive website.

• Public Broadcasting History Site

  The General location for PBS History Specials.

• The Universal Black Pages

  Another valuable website.

• The Underground Railroad

  Movement which helped thousands of slaves find freedom is examined at Black Voices with articles, a slide show and links to other Underground Railroad content on the Web.

• Women Homepage

  Not for women only.

• The (New Jersey) Historical Society Page

  Over 750 links to societies around the country.

• Theodore Roosevelt

  PBS Special.

• Things Latino-CyberRaza

  One of a growing number of Latino sites.

• The Smithsonian Institution Home Page

  Wander the museum halls and the museum shop.

• Welcome to the Museum of Antiquities

  A beautiful collection of fine art.

• Découverte d'une grotte ornée paléolithique à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

  Paleolithic Cave Paintings in France.

• Leonardo DaVinci Drawings

  Collection of drawings of war engines and flying machines.

• The West

  Ken Burn's eight part PBS production.

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