A Select Guide to African American Resources on the
Internet
Index * Subject Areas
See also: People & Personalities, Shopping
Visual Arts
- Artnoir Showcase
- African American Artists
- Profiles and examples of work by Bearden, Clark, Douglas, Hunter, Johnson, Lawrence, and Tanner.
- Black Mirages
- "for everyone who has a tender place, love, memories, and dreams of the African continent."
- Cycles: African Life Through Art
- "This colorful Flash exhibition from the Indianapolis Museum of Art explores the life and culture of Africa through its art. Graphics, music, text, sounds, and film clips skillfully weave together to create a cyclical experience that highlights the themes of ancestors, youth, leadership, and adulthood."
- African American Artists
- "This website is for African American Artists and an on-line portal for
both African America Artists and African American History.... The primary aim of this website is to encourage research activity on people of African descent and to provide information to the study of the African Diaspora."
Cartoons, Comics, Animation
Movies, Films
- Black Film Center/Archive
- Indiana University's "Black Film Center/Archive is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans," including a selected list of film-related Internet resources.
- Blackflix.com
- "Entertainment news featuring African American movies, actors, reviews, interviews, etc."
- blackfilm.com
- "An online resource which links the Black film community while cultivating national and international audiences interested in their work. This site provides a forum for filmmakers, scholars and organizations to present information and promote artistic expression."
- Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center
- "The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, a nonprofit, public benefit organization, is designed to advocate, educate, research, develop, and preserve the history, and the future, of blacks in the film and television industries."
- Midnight Ramble- History of Black Film 1920-1940
Dance, Theater
- Women of Color, Women of Word -- African American Female Playwrights
- "women of color, women of words is a site dedicated to African American women who have gifted, shaken up, and disturbed the theatre world with their powerful words. It is a testament to their courage and perseverance. Hopefully, this site will encourage other sister storytellers to make their words heard."
Music
- African Heritage in Classical Music
- "...[M]eet over 50 composers, conductors and instrumental performers - Africans, African Americans and Afro-Europeans."
- Afrocentric Voices in Classical Music
- "Afrocentric Voices focuses on African American performers and composers and on the vocal music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and Negro spirituals composed for concert performance. "
- Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC)
- "A repository of materials covering various musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. The AAAMC supports the research of scholars, students, and the general public from around the world by providing access to oral histories, photographs, musical and print manuscripts, audio and video recordings, and educational broadcast programs, among other holdings."
- GospelFlava.com
- "Gospelflava.com shares current industry information, profiles and interviews established and new artists, and provides an exhaustive list of upcoming new releases."
- Rap Dictionary
- "The aim is to remain the oldest and ultimate resource for looking up hip-hop slang, plain and simple."
- The Rhythm and Blues Music Primer
- "The Primer is very much a personal commentary on the great blues and authentic soul music produced from around the 1940s onwards."
- Soulwalking
General Entertainment
- NAACP Image Awards
- RFN Resources -- Online Resources for the Harlem Renaissance
- "Provides an annotated list of list to the following six websites: Britannica.com; Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro; Encarta Learning Zone; Modern American Poetry; Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance; and PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide."
- Urban Entertainment
- "Urban Entertainment is a production, exhibition, and distribution company focused on African American and urban-themed entertainment content across multiple platforms and distribution channels."
News
- EURweb
- Black Talent News
- "News, information, and education to both African Americans and people throughout the world to the 'Black Entertainment Experience,' specifically in the television, film, cable, theatre and music industries."
- USABlackEnt.com - "The Premier Site for Black Entertainment"
- "An online portal for Black Entertainment and Black Entrepreneurs... to drive commerce to entertainers and businesses."
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