Loc: African American Odyssey: Abolition, Anti Slavery Movements

An excellent resource defines the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900s through the legacy left in modern times. Every major date, event, and key player is described under clear overarching categories. The NAACP,...

A section of an online exhibit that deals with historically important documents about the abolition movement from its earliest Quaker beginnings in the early 18th century through 1860.

A site that chronicles through documents the accomplishments of African-Americans, both slave and free, from colonial times through the Civil War.

An online version of the exhibit, "The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship", on the struggle of African Americans from Slavery to Civil Rights. Information about voting issues can be found under Reconstruction and the...

Lesson on the actions of the anti-slavery movement in Chicago and Illinois examines how abolitionists tried to transform public opinion and how they responded to events of the 1850s. Primary source material and questions for...

One section of this "Booker T. Washington Era" page of the LOC's African American Odyssey site is devoted to a very brief biography of Booker T. Washington. Other sections of the page summarize the history of African Americans between...

See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.

This exhibit on the African American culture and history ranges from the 1948 desegregation of the military to Hank Aaron's breaking of Babe Ruth's homerun record in 1974. Includes images of historical photographs and documents.

A history from the Library of Congress of African Americans during the time of Booker T. Washington, "the 1870s to the start of World War I."

Students examine the experiences of African-American women during the Civil War. Reading letters and autobiographies, they gain insight into how they dealt with slavery and losing their children. They create a model to evaluate the...