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  • African American Odyssey

    This Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African-American collections.

  • African-American History & Culture

    Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts.

  • African-American Mosaic

    A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture

  • Africans in America

    This website is a companion to Africans in America, a six-hour public television series. It chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865.

  • Culture & Change Black History in America

    Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with our interactive timeline. Presented by Scholastic.

  • Top Ten African American Inventors

    Throughout history, African Americans have invented some important and fun devices. Read about ten examples of men and women and see what they invented. Presented by Scholastic.

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