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African Americans

General
- African-American World - PBS site, be sure to hit the Reference Room!
- AfroAmerican Newspapers - features top stories and news from DC and Baltimore
- Afronet
- Black Quest - hundreds of links!
- MelaNet - a platform for intellectual, economic and spiritual expression throughout the African diaspora with info on weddings, business, Kwanzaa
- NAACP
- Universal Black Pages
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthFinder: Just for You - highlights important topics for a variety of special populations

Black History And the Civil Rights Movement
- The African American Odyssey - an incredible treasure from the American Memory Collection at Library of Congress with topics from Slavery to Civil Rights
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - a full text archive
- Civic Participation & Citizenship Collection- links to info on biographies, civil rights, immigration, etc.
- Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive: African American History - History links from genealogy to Flavour of the Week
- Encyclopedia Brittanica Civil Rights Movement
- Hawkins' Division of Black Troops at Fort Blakeley - a brief history of the division with links to other sites about black soldiers in the Civil War
- The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs - 4,500 scenes from education in the south, search by state, town or school(or all three to be sure!)
- Kulture Kids contains Black History resources, including downloadable photographs of famous African Americans.
- Martin Luther King Jr.Timeline- Illustrated and easy-to-read for kids k-3
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Powerful Days in Black and White - Photographs by Charles Moore
- Sampling African America - Creative activities for grades 4-12
- Teenie Harris Archive - Harris' 40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images, this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States - or the world, for that matter.
- Teaching African American History- Lesson plans for teachers
- We Shall Overcome - Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement
African American Inventors
- Black Inventors - from About.com, includes Black Patent Holders, Inventors A-Z, Trivia Quiz and more
- Inventions and Patents of African Americans - 19th Century
- Inventions and Patents of African Americans- 20th Century

Jewish Resources

American Jewish Congress
Deep South Jewish Voice - Alabama's only Jewish newspaper
Jewish.Community - get news, info about books, music, food and shop online for all kinds of Judaica
Jewish Family and Life - All kinds of great info on holidays, ritual, food, traditions, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, etc.
Kashrut.com - learn about kosher foods, get kosher alerts for mislabeled products, but kosher online
Maven, the Virtual Know-it-All - Guide to thousands of Jewish/Israel links
Zipple

Native American Resources

The African - Native Genealogy Page - the Oklahoma's Black Indians
Alabama Tribes Resources - links from the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History
American Indian Tribal Directory - U. S. Federally recognized tribes
Cahokia Mounds - visit an archaeological site with a tour, links and more
Cradleboard - a great list if links
First Nations History - Dozens of US and Canadian tribes are covered here with details on location, culture, history, population and language
The Illustrating Traveller - an online gallery of 18th and 19th century paintings depicting Native American communities
Indian Circle - connects the Web sites of federally recognized native American tribes
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center - devoted to the preservation of Pueblo sites and culture
Moundville Archaeological Park - near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Eight hundred years ago Moundville was the largest city in North America.
National Congress of American Indians - this site covers current issues of concern to the federal government such as land management, political and educational problems of the reservations, etc.
The National Historic Trail: the Trail of Tears - a vivid portrait of the obstacles faced on this forced trek as well as a look at the prejudice Native Americans have endured. With maps, timeline, diaries, poetry and links.
National Museum of the American Indian - a virtual tour of parts of the Smithsonian Intitute exhibits preserving Native American culture
Native American Digitization Project - access to tribal constitutions, codes and legal documents effecting Native Americans
Native American Genealogy
Native American Indian Art - sections on art, artists, beads, pottery, basketry, textiles, young people's art, photography, regional art, sculpture and stolen art.
Native American Rights Fund - legal issues and resources
Native American Sites (Lisa Mitten) - a mega site with links on a variety of subjects
Native Americans and the Environment - hundreds of resources on tribal land and treaty rights, with clickable maps, Quick Subject Guide and case studies
Native Web
Navajo.com
Tribes Index by State
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthFinder: Just for You - highlights important topics for a variety of special populations
Useful Sites for Tribal Libraries - an incredible source for those serving the American Indian population as well as individuals doing research

Hispanics

Adanzas al Web Latino
CLNet - Chicano Latino Network
El Sitio - News etc. in Spanish
Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC - contains counties, economy, education, government, humanities, etc.
Saludos Web: Careers, Employment & Culture
Yupi - Search the Web in Spanish
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthFinder: Just for You - highlights important topics for a variety of special populations

Asian Americans

aOnline - Asian news, culture, business,lifestyle, art, etc.
Asian American Culture - a gateway to a vast directory of links and articles
Asian American Politics - issues and links of interest to Asian American including voting records of politicians
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthFinder: Just for You - highlights important topics for a variety of special populations
Vietgate
WWW Virtural Library - Viet Nam

Diversity and Ethnic Studies

Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History
WWW Virtural Library - Asian Studies - hundreds of links to resources, countries, etc.

Learn English as a Second Language

ESL Self-Study Quizzes - 900 quizzes on all aspects of English Vocabulary and Grammar. Many are tied to topics like holidays, places or culture
ESL Resources - English as a second language organized into teacher and student categories, includes magazines, games, etc.
The English Zone - a fun site for those learning English as a second language

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