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Check out more history, facts, stories, bios of famous African-Americans, pictures and photos, online exhibits, and background info with our Best of the Web guide to Black History Month ...

African-American History and Culture - Here's the Library of Congress online exhibit telling the story through historical documents in their collection.

Slavery and the Making of America - PBS feature with an interactive timeline, historic audio recordings from former slaves, pictures and illustrations plus helpful related resources.

The Internet African American History Challenge - Take the interactive quiz to sharpen your knowledge of black history.

African American Art - Go on a tour of the contributions made by African American artists --from the colonial era to the Civil War and continuing on to the Harlem Renaissance and Postmodernism, with llustrations and suggested reading.

Black Facts Online - A mega database of facts and links to historical events, searchable by keyword or date.

Facts for Figures: African-American History Month - A quick snapshot by the U.S. Census Bureau with the most recent significant data by the numbers, including African-American populations by age and income, housing, education, voting statistics and more.

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