Mapping the African American Past was created to enhance the appreciation and study of significant sites and moments in the history of African Americans from the early 17th-century through the recent past.
Through "Places in Focus" you can browse many locations visually by date range and read encyclopedic profiles of people and events.
The site is further enhanced by selected film and music clips; digitized photographs, documents, lesson plans, and maps from Columbia University's libraries.
Trusted information, interpretation and scholarship on the global black experience:
Africa and the African Diaspora
More than 11,000 prints, photographs, maps, tables and other historical documents relating to African and African Diasporan history and cultures from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
African Americans from the 19th Century
An portfolio of 500 images documenting the social, political and cultural world of African Americans from slavery through the Civil War, Reconstruction.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
Presents more than 16,500 pages of texts, 8,300 illustrations, and more than 60 maps. The Web site is organized around thirteen defining migrations that have formed and transformed African America and the nation.
