Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Migration was encouraged to western Canada and African Americans from the USA took advantage of this and came in huge numbers. But .. this open door policy didn't last, & there were negative effects between the people because of it.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of South African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides information concerning African American rights in the California gold country before the Civil War.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Historian-authored three-part overview looks at the history of voting rights in America, touching on all the critical moments in American history when voting rights were first denied then granted to...

This CalGoldRush.com site discusses the triumphs African American's had during the California gold rush. Many blacks were able to purchase their freedom and the freedom of their families back home.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sierra Leonean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Eritrean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ghanaian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Haitian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jamaican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Kenyan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Liberian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cape Verdean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ethiopian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nigerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ugandan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

The many groups who have settled in Texas are listed, beginning 40,000 years ago. There is a list of the Native American groups, then the successive groups of immigrants from numerous European countries, the African Americans who were...

An online database full of paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, and lithographs pertaining to history topics. Topics include American Civil War, African American History, Women's History, and immigration and...

Describes the events that led to the California Gold Rush, the lives of the miners, the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrant miners and African Americans, the women who mostly stayed behind when their husbands went west as well as...

Contains a description of the Exodusters and their impact on the American West through their immigration.

The Tennessee Encyclopedia offers an interesting account of the Knights of Labor organization, particularly its actions in Tennessee. Read about how immigrants, African Americans, and women were all included in the membership of the...

This page discusses the many different cultures that came to California during the gold rush.