E-Book Overview
The World Wide Web is the greatest source of information used by students and teachers, media and library professionals, as well as the general public. There is so great a flow of information that it is necessary to have a tool for guiding one to the best and most reliable sources. This important new guide to the African American experience in cyberspace fills this need for people in all areas of Black Studies and Multiculturalism. There is no search engine list that can match the quality of sites to be found in this book.Alkalimat provides an easy to use directory to the very best websites that deal with the African American Experience. The first section covers every aspect of African American history, while a second section deals with a diverse set of topics covering society and culture. Each chapter has a brief essay, extensively annotation on the five best sites for each topic, and then a group of good sites and a short bibliography. This book is designed for a course at the high school or college level. This book should be kept near every home computer that people use to surf the web for Black content.Most people have found out that the major corporations and governments have been the dominant uploaders of information into cyberspace. This volume is different because it is a serious introduction to the full democratic use of the web. These websites will introduce people to the people who are serious about ending the digital divide because they are busy uploading information about the most excluded and marginalized people, the African American community. Many of these sites are being established by Black Studies academic programmes, as well as community based organizations and institutions.
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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CYBERSPACE
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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CYBERSPACE A Resource Guide to the Best Websites on Black Culture and History Abdul Alkalimat
Pluto
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LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
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First published 2004 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Abdul Alkalimat 2004 The right of Abdul Alkalimat to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN ISBN
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Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Printed and bound in Canada by Transcontinental Printing
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Contents
Foreword Introduction: The Black Experience in Cyberspace
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Part One: Guide to the Best History Sites Overview 1. General 2. Africa 3. Slave Trade 4. Slavery 5. Emancipation 6. Rural Life 7. Great Migrations 8. Urban Life 9. De-industrialization Crisis 10. Information Society
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Part Two: Guide to the Best Society and Culture Sites Overview 11. Family and Heritage 12. Health 13. Education 14. Food 15. Women 16. Politics and Civil Rights 17. Religion an