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Interviews
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography 
 "An extensive bibliography of Black American Feminist thought from across the disciplines." Arranged by discipline (arts and humanities; social sciences; education; health, medicine, and science) and format (autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, personal narratives; interviews; speeches; anthologies; periodicals; Web sites). Contains mainly references to print resources, with some Web links. Updated quarterly. Compiled by Sherri Barnes, Associate Librarian, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackfeminism/ Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Women Last updated May 10, 2004 Black Oral History Collection
Features interviews with "African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington [state], Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974." Topics discussed "include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974." Includes sound files and descriptive records. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html Topics: Black Resources, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 4, 2006 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
"More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Citizen King
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that "explores the last five years in King's life by drawing on the personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of friends, movement associates, journalists, law enforcement officers, and historians, to illuminate this little-known chapter in the story of America's most important and influential moral leader." Includes interview, an opinion poll, links to timelines, maps, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Holidays and Observances Individually, Notable People Last updated Jan 6, 2005 Civil Rights Oral History Interviews
This site consists of a series of interviews with people who have "ties to both the civil rights movement and to Spokane [Washington state]." Conducted by a reporter for the Spokesman-Review, the interviews were used to create "Through Spokane's Eyes: Moments in Black History," a series of articles published in February 2001. The site includes photographs, brief descriptions of the topics covered, and audio files of the interviews. Searchable. From Washington State University. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xcivilrights.html Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 21, 2004 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
"A multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida." Includes recordings of blues, work songs, children's songs, dance music, and religious music; interviews; an essay by ethnologist Zora Neale Hurston; a bibliography; and links. Searchable, and browsable by performer, audio title, manuscript title, and geographic location. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/florida/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Aug 12, 2008 Free to Dance
Explores "the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form." Includes a timeline (1619-2001), historical and thematic essays, biographies of African-American dancers, recommended resources, and lesson plans. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains transcripts of interviews with those featured in the program. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/ Topics: Black Resources, Dance, Lesson Plans, Notable People Last updated Mar 15, 2004 Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
A searchable site "dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of information concerning all aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its destruction." "Source Documents" contains speeches, letters, cartoons and graphics, interviews, and articles. The site also provides bibliographies, related sites, and information about the Amistad case. http://www.yale.edu/glc/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Jack Hamann, Rewriting History in "American Soil"
This companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program features the text of the first chapter of "On American Soil." Using declassified evidence, Hamann revisits the hanging of an Italian prisoner of war near a U.S. Army base in Washington state and the subsequent court martial of African American soldiers charged with the assault. Includes links to background information, a timeline, and an interview with the author. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4659346 Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Crime, Military, Mysteries and More, U.S. History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 26, 2005 John Brown's Holy War
John Brown's Holy War explores the life and actions of the abolitionist known for his violent crusade against slavery at Harpers Ferry. Includes biographical information and timeline; excerpts from letters, speeches, and an editorial; profiles of related people and events; information on the song "John Brown's Body"; a bibliography; and a teacher's guide. This online companion to PBS program also features a film transcript and interviews with historians featured in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
Dedicated to the "group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, [who] set out on a mission to save their financially troubled school" (Tennessee's Fisk University). Contains audio, video, a timeline, recommended resources, lyrics to spirituals popularized by the singers (including "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), and profiles of group members. Online companion to the PBS film of same title, this site also features a program transcript, interviews with program participants, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Recreation, Religion Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
A biographical site celebrating "the artistic development and musical career of Marian Anderson." Includes images of early recital programs; information about her teachers, coaches, and accompanists as well as her tours; a brief history of spirituals in recital. There is a searchable collection of more than 4000 photos, plus audio clips of lieder singing and spirituals and video clips from both music and interviews. Developed from materials in archives at the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 4, 2005 Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator
Includes photos, interviews, and "a brief life history of Mary McLeod Bethune including her founding of the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls" (now Florida's Bethune-Cookman College). Also features resources for teachers. From the Florida Memory Project. http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/ Topics: Black Resources, Education, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Women Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Oh Freedom Over Me
This site is a companion to a report from America RadioWorks and National Public Radio (NPR) news about the "Freedom Summer [of 1964], one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement." The site features audio of the radio show, an essay, interview transcripts of selected Freedom Summer veterans, and a slide show about this project in Mississippi that focused on voting rights and education. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, Social Issues Last updated Jun 15, 2005 Ralph Ellison: An American Journey
This site contains a biographical essay and career timeline of the author of "Invisible Man." From the PBS "American Masters" series, the site also features an interview with filmmaker Avon Kirkland and additional footage not included in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ellison_r_homepage.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People Last updated Jan 6, 2004 Remembering Jim Crow
This site is the companion to an American RadioWorks documentary about Jim Crow segregation in which "for much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and walled off from many of the rights they deserved as American citizens." The site features excerpts from interviews, sample Jim Crow laws, a bibliography, and links to related sites. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/ Topics: Black Resources, Social Issues Last updated May 12, 2004 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Online companion to the acclaimed PBS documentary (of the same title) about the controversial 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, court trial of nine young black men. Features a timeline of the event and subsequent trials (including Supreme Court decisions), a map, information on related people and events, documents and reactions taken from the time of the incident, a bibliography, links, and a teacher's guide. Also contains a transcript of the film and an interview with the film's cinematographer. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Judicial Process Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Voices From the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Audio interviews of over twenty former slaves, "born between 1823 and the early 1860s, [who] discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom." Includes brief biographies, photographs, and songs. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Wattstax
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program about "'Wattstax,' the 1973 documentary directed by Mel Stuart. In August 1972, seven years after the Watts riots, the legendary Stax recording label staged a benefit concert in Los Angeles for 90,000 people. As time went by, it became known as the Black Woodstock." Includes vintage reviews, soundtrack highlights, a filmmaker interview, and links to related information. http://www.pbs.org/pov/wattstax/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Film: Genres & Themes, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Sep 9, 2009 |
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