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Feburary is...

National Museum of African American History and Culture

The African-American Mosaic
A resource guide for the study of African-American history and culture from the Library of Congress.

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
An online reference guide to African American history with an encyclopedia of people, places and events in African American history, Global African history and the history of African Americans in the West. Also includes a directory of historically black colleges and universities, primary sources of black activists and leaders from the 1700s to the present.

#SchomburgSyllabus
The #SchomburgSyllabus is an archive of new and recent educational resources relating to Black studies, movements, and experiences - organized into 27 themes to foster a greater understanding of the Black experience.

Black History Month Resources for Educators and Families
"At the Center for Racial Justice in Education, we believe that the histories, stories, and voices of Black people should be centered, honored, and uplifted in school curricula every day. We also acknowledge the importance, relevance and origins of Black History Month." - from their website

Music

The Center for Black Music Research
From Columbia College Chicago, this site provides information for researchers, teachers and students, including podcasts, bibliographies and music lists, job listings, and several albums available for free online streaming.

Vibe
A guide to rhythm and blues, rap, and traditional African-American entertainment. Founded by Quincy Jones.

Fashion

Of Another Fashion
"An archive of the not-quite-hidden but too often ignored fashion histories of U.S. women of color."

Fashion and Race Database 
The Fashion and Race Database is an online platform filled with tools that expand the narrative of fashion history and challenge mis-representation within the fashion system.

Multimedia Resources

AfroNet
News for the African-American community, including entertainment updates, business reports, and opinion pieces.

BET.com
Savvy features on computers, health, home-buying tips, money, music, and more.

Essence
Online edition of the popular magazine for African-American women with features on health, careers and lifestyle.

Heart & Soul
Online articles based on the current newsstand edition of this magazine which promotes healthy living for black women and their families.

The Root
A leading online source of black news, opinion, politics and culture. This site is owned by The Washington Post Company.

USAfrica Online
News, travel, arts, and business in Africa and the United States. Includes details of paper version.

Podcasts & Videos

Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed
Code Switch is a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists who cover race and identity

Facing Race: Stories and voices podcast 
An array of thinkers and advocates sharing formative memories illustrating the many paths and experiences in racial justice work

Unravel: A podcast about fashion history
Part of "a growing database and space to support Black, Indigenous and POC fashion, beauty, health, history and social justice creators" ...

Art

Black Arts Movement (1965-1975)

A Black nationalism movement that focused on music, literature, drama, and the visual arts made up of Black artists and intellectuals.

National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian)

Organizations to follow

AfriGeneas
Excellent resource on African-American genealogy. Features an e-mail newsletter, genealogy news, book recommendations and links to Web sites on African-American cemeteries and African-Native American genealogy.

African-American Health
From MedlinePlus, this website contains information about health issues affecting African-Americans, including the latest news, videos, journal articles, and statistics. MedlinePlus is administered by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.

The African American Profile
From The Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this website includes statistical data organized by health topic and links to full Census reports.