The students will learn about the history and the culture of African Americans.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of South African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

The students will learn about the culture and the people of American Isolates that live in the rural south of the United States.

Examine a collection of artifacts produced by indigenous cultures Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania in three-dimensions. Includes location maps and helpful commentary.

An article on the cultural and political experiences of African American women in 1920s America.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sierra Leonean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cape Verdean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Eritrean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ethiopian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ghanaian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Haitian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jamaican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Kenyan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Liberian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nigerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ugandan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Using primary documents, oral histories, and other historical resources, discover how the arts of Africa, Europe, and pre-Civil War America influenced the culture of enslaved African Americans.

A collection of lessons to accompany an exhibit, available online, that examines the shared history and heritage of African Americans and Native Americans. Both groups were faced with exclusion from society and often joined together, in...

What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and...

The First World War had a crippling effect on any notions of positivity in the artists, writers, and intellectuals of that time and they became known as the Lost Generation. This page discusses this group of people, the emergence of jazz...

Explore the Black History in America in the lives of famous African Americans. Features include a clickable interactive timeline that highlights important events, accomplishments, and personalities from 1492 to 2001.

Link to Pre-Columbian Art through this resource. You can find information regarding their culture and specific works of art.

All immigrants to America bring a part of their homeland with them. The same was true of slaves. See how vocabulary, arts, and music were knit into American culture.