Multicultural History Online
Resources
General Information
African American
American Indians
Arabic/Islamic/Middle Eastern
Asian
German
Irish Celtic
Jewish
Mexican/Latino
Italian
General
How the Other
Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenaments of New York
Jacob Riis' 1890 classic exposed the conditions of life in the New
York City tenements. Photographs.
University of Southern
California Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
Provides resources for African-American, Asian-Pacific Island, Latino-Hispanic,
and Native American cultures.
Multicultural
Education Paths
Essays, collections, and teaching tools on a number of
multicultural subjects.
African American
African-American Warriors
Basic information and links on African-Americans in the military.
African-American
Women
Primary documents online from Duke University.
Faces of Science
Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed
to the advancement of science and engineering.
Getting Word: The Monticello
African American Oral History Project
By the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation at Monticello.
Follows the fate of Thomas Jeferson's slaves and their descendants.
Interviews, photographs.
Keele
University School of American Studies
African-American history and literature.
Library of Congress - From
Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
Library
of Congress - The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
Martin Luther King Jr. Papers
Project
A collection of books, papers, speeches, and sermons.
National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom
From the National Park's service to coordinate preservation and
education efforts nationwide of the Underground Railroad, this site
features an interactive map, photographs and historical information.
American Indians
Native Web
Links to tribal webpages. Also has brief histories of individual nations
and peoples.
Native American Documents
Project
19th and early 20th century reports, quantitative data and maps.
Native American History
and Culture
Large Native American portal offering primary documents, maps,
timelines, flags, tribal data, information on wars, religion, famous
Native Americans and more.
The Curtis Collection
An online collection of text and photographs from Edward Sheriff Curtis'
study of Native Americans.
Index of Native American Resources
on the Internet
Culture, history, health, education, language, indigenous knowledge,
art, artists, galleries, museums, music, gaming, government...this
site has a plethora of resources, categorized for easy usage.
NMAI Conexus
A web site devoted to Native cultures, presenting some of the many
public programs, special events, visiting Native artists, and museum
exhibitions from the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum
of the American Indian in New York City
Arabic / Islamic / Middle Eastern
Middle EastGenWeb Project
A site for genealogists that includes links to Middle East newspapers,
maps, and official government websites
Library of Congress Country
Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of
the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national
security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world,
including most Middle Eastern countries.
Middle East Network Information Center
Provides information to Internet users about the Middle
East through links to informational websites and databases on the
Internet.
Al Bawaba
A large gateway web page to news, opinions, forums and more for 21
Middle Eastern countries.
Asian American
Hmong Means Free
By Sucheng Chan. This Web page contains the "Introduction"
chapter
Website of Dr. Gary Yia Lee -- Hmong Anthropologist
Contains great information on Hmong history, culture, other topics
of interest to the Hmong people.
Hmong Studies Journal
Internet-based publication devoted to the scholarly discussion of
Hmong history, culture, people, and other facets of the Hmong experience
in the U.S., Asia and beyond. Submissions from all disciplinary backgrounds
and perspectives are welcome.
Chronology of Asian American
History
From MIT University, list events from 1630 to 1989.
Goldsea
"Asian American Supersite" includes news from several Asian nations,
culture, history, etc.
Center for Educational Telecommunications
Resources
Links to history and culture websites for a number of Asian nations
Asian-Nation
Website with information on history, demographics and social issues, from UMass professor C.N. Le.
Korea Web Weekly
Site provides information on Korean history as well as
news and current events.
German
German-American History and Heritage
Short biographies, books online, and miscellaneous essays
The
IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center
Home page for this center providing information about the German diaspora to America and its effect on American culture and society.
History of Germany:
Primary Documents
From the library at Brigham Young University
Irish Celtic
Irish History 1845-1848
The Great Hunger
Brief description of the great famine.
Irish History on the Web
Directory of Irish history resources.
Irish
Ancestors
Information on Irish emmigration.
Jewish
Jewish Culture and
History
Large directory of Jewish resources.
National Museum of American Jewish History
Presents several online exhibitions, a history timeline, and links
to other resources.
Jewish Women
of the Southwest
Essay by a Women's Studies professor from the University of Arizona.
Jewish Women's Archive
Online exhibits, timelines, and biographies.
From Haven
to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
A Library of Congress exhibition.
Mexican American / Latino
Cotorreando
Homepage for the weekly Hispanic television program produced in
Austin. Contains email addresses for some of the program's guests
as well as links to other Hispanic resources.
Digital History: Mexican American Voices
Overviews, essays, and excerpts of primary sources from the University of Houston.
U.S. Latino History
and Culture
From the Smithsonian Institution.
Illustrating Mexican-American
History
A short history with photographs of one of the founding families of
Corpus Christi.
Andanzas al Web Latino
Gateway to Latino and Latin American resources.
Italian
The National Italian American Foundation
Information on famous Italian Americans, Italian holidays
and festivals, and demography.
Italians of New York
Take a virtual tour of this museum exhibit from The John
D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
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