Black Past.org History link:
www.blackpast.org
BlackPast.org is a web-site dedicated primarily to the understanding of Africian American history and the history of people of African ancestry. The website has a global audience of about three million visitors per year from over 100 nations. BlackPast.org has biographies of black people, famous speeches, an Obama page, and is an excellent source of reference for both teachers and students. In 2011, the American Library Association listed Black.org one of the “25 Best Free Reference Websites” of the year. BlackPast.org was founded in February 1, 2007 by Dr. Quintard Taylor, Professor of American History at the University of Washington. BlackPast.org is supported by a volunteer staff of twelve and over 700 volunteer contributors from six continents. The website has more than 13,000 pages and is free and ungated. New features are added regularly.
BlackPast.org includes:
1. An online encyclopedia featuring over 3,000 entries which describe people, places and events in African American and global African history.
2. The complete text of over 300 speeches by African Americans and other people of African ancestry from 1789 to 2014.
3. Over 160full text Primary Documents—court decisions, laws, organizational statements, treaties, government reports and executive orders.
4. Nine major timelines that show the history of people of African ancestry from 5 million B.C.E. to today.
5. Nine bibliographies listing over 5,000 major books categorized by author, title, subject, and date of publication.
6. Six “Gateway” Pages with links to digital archive collections, African and African American museums and research centers, genealogical research websites and over 180 contemporary African and African American newspapers.
7. Perspectives Online Magazine which features commentary of important but little known events in black history often written by the individuals who participated in or witnessed them. To date over 100 articles have appeared.
8. Special Features include African American Firsts, Major Black Officeholders Since 1641, The Barack Obama Page, the LGBTQ Page, By the Numbers, and BlackPast.org in the Classroom which helps educators use the website as a teaching aid. Our most recent addition, the Landmarks and Monuments Page, lists well over 100 state and federally recognized landmarks related to African American history.
9. Over 200 video documentaries on African American, African, black Latin American, Caribbean, and European history.
BlackPast.org Website
Statistics:
Total visits for 2007 (first year):
Total Visits for 2014: 2,094,065 199,645