Ethnic Studies
Immersions in the Arts
Immersions in the Arts
Topics
The influence of African mythology and folklore in the Americas
African American folklore and oral traditions
The Chicago Black Renaissance: major works, figures, influences
Iconography in Black faith traditions
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Internet Archive: African American Literature
Download free African American literature e-books from the past and present.
An online African American digital art library, documenting the visual experience of art and literature through the eyes of various artists and institutions in the United States and abroad.
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Black Arts Movement (1965-1975)
National Archives
Music
Roots of African American Music
Created by the Smithsonian Museum, this page explores the origins and influences of this music
African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920
A selection from the over 500,000 pieces in the Sheet Music Collection at Brown University, with a concentration on the period 1840-1950
African-American Band Music and Recordings, 1883-1923
The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings illustrating these songs and many others by the same composers (the arrangements might not necessarily be the same as those on the stocks). Educational materials include short biographies of composers and performers of the time and historical essays.
Music
Cornell University Hip Hop Collection
Cornell University Library has a significant archive on the history of hip hop, documenting its emergence in the Bronx in the 1970s and early 1980s. Includes posters, photos, conference videos and more.
The Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute (HARI)
HARI seeks includes online exhibitions with lyric analysis, music reviews, conference news and a searchable bibliography of books, videos and other research materials.
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From the success of The Crisis’s annual children’s number emerged The Brownies’ Book, a monthly magazine specifically written for African American children. It was the first sustained effort to create a body of writing that exclusively addressed the needs of African American children. The magazine ran from January 1920 to December 1921 under the editorship of W. E. B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill (who served as business manager) and Jessie Fauset (as literary editor in 1920 and managing editor in 1921).