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RELEVANT BOOKS & DOCUMENTARY SERIES

The Hidden History of Washington, DC: A Guide for Black Folks
by Tingba Adipta

Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs

Legacy: Treasures of Black History
by Moorland Spingarn Research Center (Contributor), Thomas C. Battle (Editor), Donna Wells (Editor)

Guide to Black Washington: Places and Events of Historic and Cultural Significance in the Nation's Capital (Paperback)
by Sandra Fitzpatrick (Author), Maria R. Goodwin (Author);

The Autobiography of Malcom X
As told to Alex Haley

A Torchlight for America 
by Minister Louis Farrakhan

Slavery and the Making of America
documentary series

Good Bye Uncle Tom  (Prosperi & Jacopetti)

 

BLACK HISTORY SITES

http://www.nathanielturner.com/africanpresenceinamericabeforecolumbus.htm 

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D02E6D91139E133A25751C2A9669D946395D6CF&oref=slogin 

 http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2009/04/cover-story/philip-reed-the-slave-who-rescued-freedom/ 
 

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9906E7DE133FEE34BC4051DFB467838B679FDE&oref=slogin  

http://www.answers.com/topic/archie-alexander  

http://uschscapitolhistory.uschs.org/articles/uschs_dome-03.htm

http://etext.virginia.edu/readex/24073.html  

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/resources/online.html  

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/blackcodes/a/blackcodes1865.htm  

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC05202324&id=kcYkM9M-4XgC&pg=RA2-PA100&lpg=RA2-PA100&dq=Slavery+Code+of+the+District+of+Columbia#PPA1,M1  

http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/b/dc/f0L2QzJYWgEC.pdf  

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E7DD1038F932A25754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1  

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/  

http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=261031149517004  

http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=218291054017125  

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/images_subs/african_american.pdf  

http://static.ncss.org/files/art/mll24PhilipReid.pdf  

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/dc_emancipation_act/transcription.html  

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/narratives/bio_northrup.htm  

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/thalass2.htm  

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/special/131christians/richardallen.html  

http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=152241050652339  

http://stewartsynopsis.com/BBC's%20High%20Tech%20Jesus.htm  

http://www.mindspring.com/~jeaton/Finch/  

http://www.ngbiwm.com  


http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url.htm  

http://www.exploredc.org/index.php?id=133  

http://www.trolleytours.com/washington-dc/  

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Theatre  

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/052526race-ra.html  

http://www.nathanielturner.com/blackfraternalorders.htm  


http://www.dinsdoc.com/wesley-1.htm  

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/trialheroes/charleshoustonessayF.html  

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?friend=nytimes&navby=case&court=us&vol=346&invol=100  

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/08/subs/08_b01.html  

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_a03_d01.html  

http://www.ncobra.org/pdffiles/CORPORATERESTITUTIONFORSLAVERY-PltDft.pdf  

http://www.noi.org/cointelpro/default.html  

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/transcript_preliminary_emancipation.html  

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/2/79.02.04.x.html  

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4081/is_200509/ai_n15665949/pg_1  

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-house-and-capitol-built-by-5amonth-slaves-707601.html  

http://www.savannahga.net/tours/blackhistorytour.html

http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/home.asp  

http://www.mlkmemorial.org/  

http://www.ushmm.org/  

http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/art_artifacts/  

http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/cointel.htm  

http://www.oilempire.us/cointelpro.html  

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1993/8/1993_8_18.shtml  

http://www.nps.gov/FRDO  

http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000230.htm

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc62.htm  

http://www.answers.com/topic/daniel-williams?cat=entertainment   

http://www.innercity.org/holt/chron_1830_end.html  

http://www.africawithin.com  

http://www.informationman.com/imlinks.htm  

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2292971  

http://www.historynow.org/06_2006/historian3.html  

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/courtcases.cgi?state=District%20of%20Columbia  

http://avengingtheancestors.com/releases/r4.htm  

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/War-Against-Panthers-Newton1jun80.htm  

http://www.scseagrant.org/Content/?cid=175  

http://www.brownat50.org/BrownBios/BioCharlesHHouston.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Cooper  

http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/BPP_Books/pdf/The_Willie_Lynch_Letter_The_Making_Of_A_Slave!

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