Black History
Here are some of the best websites celebrating black and ethnic minority life and achievements, including several organisations in South East Wales. Please tell us if you know of any more worth including.
Black Voluntary Sector Network Wales
http://www.bvsnw.org.uk
Helping promote and support activities to boost the welfare of communities with a high proportion of ethnic minorities.
Black History 4 Schools
http://www.blackhistory4schools.com
Billed as the first website of its kind in the UK, offering teaching material, articles, weblinks and a blog to facilitate debate and discussion about teaching multicultural British history. You're invited to contribute any suitable articles or materials of your own.
Mewn Cymru
http://www.mewn-cymru.org.uk
This networking, training and lobbying agency works on behalf of black and ethnic minority women in Wales nationwide.
CASBAH - Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History
http://www.casbah.ac.uk/surveys/archivereportGLAM.stm
Butetown History and Arts Centre and the Glamorgan records office have joined forces to present this site full of source material about the Caribbean, Black and Asian communities in Glamorgan.
Moving Here
http://www.movinghere.org.uk
Billed as a guide to 200 years of migration to England, you'll find a wealth of information and advice on tracing your roots. As well as Caribbean and South Asian migration, the site includes information for people of Irish or Jewish descent.
The Britannica Guide to Black History
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory
An invaluable site offering a time line of major events in Black History, a range of articles and biographies, audio and film clips, as well as hundreds of photographs.
Black History and Classical Music
http://www.africlassical.com
Profiles of black composers and musicians through the ages, such as composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, French revolutionary Le Chevalier de Saint-George, violinist George A.P. Bridgetower, and royal trumpeter John Blanke from the Tudor era.
Black Information Link
http://www.blink.org.uk
A truly interactive site, this is one of the major networking sites for Britains Black and Ethnic Minority Communities. .
Channel 4 - Origination
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/
A guide to web resources about the role of immigrants in British society, including information about relevant TV programmes.
Black History Page
http://members.aol.com/klove01/main.html
Inspired by the Million Man march, this site contains event calenders, biographies and speech extracts from prominent black leaders. An easy to navigate and informative website.
The Library of Congress Resource Guide
African American Mosaic
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
A useful resource guide which covers nearly five hundred years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere. It surveys all the library's sources including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film and audio.
National Geographic Online - Touchstone
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/americanplaces/touchstone.html
The featured film documents a small part of the civil rights movement in 1960s America, focusing on a personal journey into the events that the memorial in Montgomery, Alabama evokes.
Black To The Future
http://www.blacktothefuture.co.uk
A quiz to test your knowledge of black history.
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