VIRGINIA
AND REGIONAL HISTORY
Afro-American
Historical Association of Fauquier County The associationís mission
is to foster the historical and genealogical heritage of African Americans
in Fauquier County, Virginia, by reseach, restoration and preservation.
African
American Heritage in Virginia Developed by the Virginia Foundation
for the Humanities, this site features a searchable database of biographical
materials and information on significant African American historic sites.
http://www.virginia.edu/vfh/index.html
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities funds and produces exhibits,
conferences & teachers' institutes; book discussion series; film,
video & radio programs; and other public programs that draw upon
the rich resources of the humanities.
Race &
Place: An African American Community An
archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws, from
the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century. The focus of the collection
is the town of Charlottesville in Virginia.
Introduction
to African American manuscripts at the VHS The Virginia Historical
Society's holdings of African American materials consist largely of
the records of slaves and slavery in the Old Dominion. Other materials
concern the African colonization movement, freedmen and women in the
immediate post-Civil War era, black educators in the early and middle
twentieth century, and desegregation in modern Virginia.
GENERAL
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
North
American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920
Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture Home Page
DPLS
Archive: Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries
Uncle
Tom's Cabin & American Culture
Hartford
Black History Project, Inc.
ARLINGTON AND LOCAL HISTORY
Arlington County Library - Local History Includes links to Arlington local history sites, online exhibits, genealogical sites.
Arlington
County History A brief history of Arlington along with several links.
Arlington
(Va.) Historical Society | Museum Homepage of the Arlington Historical
Society. Site lists location, hours, events.
The Invisible
Cryptologists: African-Americans, WWII to 1956 // National Security Agency
// An
online book that tells the story of African-Americans employed by the
National Security Agency, and its forerunners at Arlington Hall Station,
from 1939 to 1956.
Military
District of Washington - Fact Sheet: Black History at Arlington National
Cemetery A United States Army webpage describing African American
history at Arlington cemetery.
Freedman's
Village, Arlington National Cemetery A brief history of Freedmanís
Village with a period map of the community.
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/woodlawn/
staff/schildtb/fv/abthisite.htm Website compiled by Bobbi Schildt,
an Arlington County teacher, that contains various resources pertaining
to Freedmanís Village including a bibliography, a webquest, a timeline,
and documents.
Freedmen's Bureau
Records for Washington D. C. Digitized records pertaining to various
aspects of Freedmanís Village in Arlington. These include marriage records,
censuses, and reports. Contains links to a much larger collection of other
bureau records.
Explore DCA virtual tour of African American history sites in the District of Columbia.