About This Database

An In-depth and Visually Appealing Research Tool

Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History Online offers many exciting features, including more than 85 historical videos that bring history to life. The extensively hyperlinked entries in this comprehensive database include subject entries, primary sources, images and videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and more.

African-American History Online boasts a highly accessible, user-friendly interface. Unique Learning Centers pull forward handpicked entries within each major era of African-American history. Each Learning Center and each record have a helpful persistent record link. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase or browse by topic and by time period—from eight historical periods relevant specifically to African-American history. In addition, biographies can be browsed by occupation and primary sources by type. Examples of full citations are available throughout, and users can print, copy, and save content to a folder. Quotations linked to specific biographies are also included.

Features:

• Biographies: biographies, many with links to select quotes from the subject
• Events and Topics: entries on topics such as court cases and legislation; key social, literary, and artistic movements; daily life and living conditions; organizations; themes; and more
• Primary Sources: excerpts and full texts of primary source documents with brief introductions
• Timelines: a general timeline of more than 500 years of African-American history, updated monthly; and subject-specific timelines
• Images and Videos: more than 85 historical videos with captions covering such themes as civil rights, politics, sports, and the arts; more than 1,225 historical images with explanatory captions
• Overview Era Essays: overview essays outlining time periods
• Maps and Charts: original maps, charts, and tables with captions
• Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different eras of African-American history to help users find a starting point for their research
• Special Features: a "Focus On" feature providing an in-depth look at a key topic such as the Harlem Renaissance; an "Editor's Selection of the Month" highlighting an event tied to each month
• The Exhibit of American Negroes, Paris 1900: a reconstruction of highlights from an exhibit at the 1900 Paris World's Fair by W.E.B. DuBois
• Dictionary: more than 34,000 entries with concise, informative definitions, many with pronunciation, etymology, and syllable breaks of the word.