Africana Studies

"The Amistad Research Center is the nation's oldest, largest and most comprehensive independent archive specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic minorities.

A national resource for the identification, documentation, protection, and interpretation of African-American history and culture.

"Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) has been a global destination, resource center and community institution for over a quarter century. Nearly a million people each year make pilgrimage to the National Historic Site to learn, be inspired and pay their respects to Dr. King’s legacy."

A collection of primary and secondary documents from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University and a link to the National Civil Rights Museum.

The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Part of Howard University, the "Moorland Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) is recognized as one of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world."

"The Museum of Afro American History (MAAH) is a not-for-profit history institution dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans during the colonial period in New England."

Provides links to exhibits, collections, images, resources, and museums, containing information on African American historical and cultural issues.

"The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture located in Harlem, New York, is a research unit of The New York Public Library system...It is recognized as one of the leading institutions focusing exclusively on African-American, African Diaspora, and African experiences."

African American resources, programs and exhibits at the Smithsonian including links to additional information and resources.

Centered at Harvard University, the "W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research is the nation's oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and social institutions of African Americans."

Designed to help researchers and students find primary sources related to slavery, abolition, and resistance within the university's many libraries and galleries.

A free and open online search tool that facilitates broad access to more than 400,000 digitized archival materials documenting African American history from more than 1,000 libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions across the United States.