History

Books

Lies Across America : What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong
Selecting several sites from every state in the U.S. and Washington D.C., the author imparts wonderful stories of outrageous and expensive attempts to build monuments that distort or lie about American History.
Author: James Loewen
Category: History

Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
A radical departure from everything we are taught about American history, this book provides an in-depth examination of how history textbooks have distorted history through errors of omission and misrepresentation and thereby perpetuated racism.
Author: James Loewen
Category: History

American Slave Narratives
Over 3,600 slaves were interviewed from 1936-1938. Their narratives remain a timeless resource to understand the lives of America's four million slaves. You can read a sample of those first-hand experiences on this website. To go directly to the narratives, scroll down the homepage and click on 'Index of Narratives.' To learn a little more about the context of the interviews, scroll down and click on 'Reading the Narratives.' To find excellent links to online texts (including entire e-texts of W.E.B. DuBois "Soul of Black Folks," Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery," and more) and other resources, click on 'Related Resources for this Site' at the top of the homepage.
Category: History

Arab Americans: Making a Difference (pdf)
This pdf guide from the Arab American Institute notes the impressive contributions of Arab Americans to American culture and society throughout history and today.
Category: History

Asian American Historical Timeline
Adapted from Sucheng Chan's "Asian Americans, an Interpretive History," this timeline includes important events in Asian American history from the 1600s to 1989.
Category: History

Black Wall Street: Race Riots of 1921
From the Oklahoma Race Riot Commission Report, this link tells the story of how in 1921, black America's most prosperous community, nicknamed the "Black Wall Street," was burned to the ground and bombed by jealous and angry whites. This offers a sad and shocking glimpse into a shameful past, and a testimony to how history is often rewritten by those with power.
Category: History

Documents in Mexican American History
This impressive and comprehensive list of documents outlines Mexican American history from its Spanish Heritage to the present. Invaluable source for e-texts on over 100 topics, including history, culture, important figures, and more.
Category: History

Who Are the Arabs?
From Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, this guide provides an excellent introduction to Arab history and a survey of contemporary Arab society, culture, and politics for teachers and anyone interested in learning more about Arab society.
Author: Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Category: History

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Provides support to teachers, youth leaders and community leaders in their efforts to promote friendly awareness of the Hispanic historical and cultural presence with a positive, accurate global perspective. In addition to lesson plans, if you scroll down the homepage, you will find dozens of links to online historical documents, arranged chronologically.
Category: History

African American History Links
If you are looking for a comprehensive list of online articles on hundreds of topics for African Americans, you should begin by looking here. To use the site, click on the topic of choice, including Historic Men and Women, the Civil War, African American Women, Jazz, Slavery, and much, much more. The site is mostly text and you'll need to scroll down to get through the advertising (in blue boxes), but the links are excellent.
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American Indian History & Related Topics
Hundreds of links organized by topic. Developed to reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience, the site includes links to many online primary source documents, artwork, photographs, oral histories, online texts, and more.
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Asian and Black History in Britian from 1500 - 1850
Africans and Asians have had a powerful influence not only on American culture, but culture throughout the world. This site offers an opportunity to learn more about the impact native Asians and Africans have had throughout the United Kingdom using an incredibly visually interactive site with primary sources.
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Asian Nation
Self described as your one-stop information resource and overview of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can almost think of Asian-Nation as an online version of "Asian Americans 101." Don't let the low key description fool you: the resources this site offers are incredibly comprehensive and the commentary is exceptionally acute.
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Civil Rights Movements
This webpage includes links to information about many civil rights movements, including African American, Arab American, Disabled Americans, Gay Rights, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, and Women's Rights Movements.
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Hispanic Heritage Resources
Geared towards young people, this website has many exceptional resources for anyone interested in learning more about Hispanic Heritage and the Latin American history. You can learn about famous Latinos, Latin Americans in history, examine a comprehensive Hispanic timeline, read what several Hispanic Americans have to say about how they feel about their heritage, and more.
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In Motion: The African American Migration
Created by the Schomburg Center, this interactive and highly visual website offers information about the complete African American migration experience. Not limited to just the slave trade, the site also explores other African American migrations from the 1400s to the present.
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Japanese Americans: The War at Home
Intended for young people but written for anyone who would like to learn more about the Japanese Internment during World War II, this link provides background information about the internment as well as one boy's personal account of the Internment.
Category: History

Learn about Hmong
This website offers outstanding resources for any who would like to learn more about Hmong culture and history. Visually stimulating and engaging, this easy to navigate site offers information about Hmong music, cultural traditions, arts, folk tales, history, and more.
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Native American History Resources on the Internet
This incredible list of links to Native American historical resources includes many tribes from all over the United States, organized geographically as well as oral histories, photographs, and more.
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Native Americans.com
Because Native American peoples were comprised of so many tribes, it is not possible to describe a single "Native American history." This site, however, in addition to a comprehensive alphabetized list of individual tribes with many links, offers an effective introduction to Native American history on its homepage.
Category: History

The History of Jim Crow
This site explores the complex history of African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. Information about how Jim Crow was created, survived, resisted, and overcome can be found on this website.
Category: History