Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories

A selection of timeline websites related to Jacob Lawrence’s work.

Timelines of the Civil Rights Movement with related links.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/tm.html

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

Civil Rights and police reform in Los Angeles, 1965-97.

http://www.ldfla.org/time_line.html

Extensive chronology of slavery with audio and related links.

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

Chronologies of slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction.

http://www.blackhistory.harpweek.com/8Timelines/TimelinesLevelOne.htm

Timeline of World War II.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html

The NY Public Library’s exhibition website for "Harlem 1900-1940." Includes searchable database, timeline, and resources for teachers.

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/index.html

Site of Encyclopedia Britannica’s guide to African American History, including detailed timeline and articles by themes.

http://www.blackhistory.eb.com/

Brief introduction to Harlem, with map, timeline, and other links.

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html

Site for the Harlem Renaissance 2001 project, aimed at using the internet as a resource for the spread of African America culture; includes links, timelines and resources.

http://hr2k1.adcorp.org/index.html

"The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture" covers the history of African-Americans during the times of Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the WPA; includes links, images, maps, and bibliographies.

http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html

A large index of timelines, articles and images on African American history.

http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/african-american.html

A timeline about segregation in America. Plus several video clips.

http://alt.tnt.tv/movies/tntoriginals/wallace/seg.time2.html

The history of African American education.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872844.html

African American Labor History.

http://www.afscme.org/about/aframlink.htm

Dred Scott.

http://www.library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/index.html

John Brown.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/

The Great Depression.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/timeline/index.html

Asian immigration.

http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/program3_2.html