Standing In the Shadows of Motown - Funk Brothers WebQuest
National Children's Folksong Repository
Teach History Through Music
MUSIC TRAVELS
History and a stolen legacy
Do You Know Your State Song?
JUMP JIM CROW & JIMMY CRACK CORN One of the ironies of racist folklore, is that anyone could be nostalgic for it.
A great opportunity for teaching, and for getting students (and others) to think and feel deeply about issues of representation.
The History of Chicago Blues tour narrated by Buddy Guy: free 50 minute audio-visual presentation from the City of Chicago's Office of Tourism available for online viewing and listening on MP3 players. Includes interactive map, tour stop directions, archival photos, video, music clips, and interviews. Available in five languages.
http://www.down+loadchicagotours.com/
19th & 20th Century Sheet Music of Negro Themes: The E. Azalia Hackley Collection, Detroit Public Library... [quote] was created in 1943 by a gift of material to the Detroit Public Library from the Detroit Musicians Association, a branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians. The Hackley was the first archive to document the contributions of Blacks to the performing arts.
http://www.thehackley.org/
African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network:"The mission of AACORN is to improve the quality, quantity, and effective translation of research to address weight related issues in African American communities. A major aim of this network is to enhance the visibility and integration of the perspectives of African American investigators within the larger obesity research arena and especially in relation to research in African American populations."
http://www.aacorn.org/
African American Vernacular English aka Ebonics aka Dialect and West Indian Creole