Black History Month

Databases:

Facts on File- African-American History On File
Expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics    important to the study of  African-American history.

Salem History
Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, including :

Milestone Documents – primary source series
The Decades – American history series
Great Lives from History -  worldwide biographical resource
Great Events from History -  resource for worldwide events

The 2012 Theme for Black History Month 

 Black Women in American Culture and History

honoring African American women and the myriad of roles they played in the shaping of our nation. The theme, chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History urges all Americans to study and reflect on the value of their contribution to the nation.

African-American History Month on infoplease.

EDSITEment – Black History Month

EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities that offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.

African-American History Month

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.