• African American Odyssey
  (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html)
  This website, produced by the Library of Congress, presents an overview of African American history beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and continuing through the 20th century.
  
  
• Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
  (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/)
  This website, produced as part of the PBS series The American Experience, discusses what happened to African Americans during the second half of the 19th century.
  
  

• A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
  (http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html)
  The Library of Congress offers this annotated collection of Library of Congress resources related to the Harlem Renaissance, included digital materials collections, lesson plans, learning page activities, and exhibits.
  
  
• The Harlem Renaissance Collection
  (http://165.29.91.7/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/harren/HARREN.HTM)
  This website provides a very brief historical overview of the time period and includes links to noted leaders, writers, and entertainers.
  
  
• Rhapsodies in Black: The Harlem Renaissance
  (http://www.iniva.org/harlem/home.html)
  This website describes the development of the Harlem Renaissance and noted examples of art, poetry, and literature.
  
  
• Harlem 1900–1940: An African-American Community
  (http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/)
  This exhibition website, from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, includes a timeline of the Harlem Renaissance.
  
  
• Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the Intersections
  (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/)
  This ARTSEDGE website explores the ways that different art forms and social movements interacted and flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.
  
  

Jacob Lawrence websites

• From Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories (presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art):

  Meet Jacob Lawrence
  (http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/meet/index.html)
  
  

  Jacob Lawrence's Art
  (http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/index.html)

• Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line
  (http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/over_the_line/index.html)
  
  
• Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence (presented by the Seattle Art Museum Special Exhibition Gallery)
  (http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?WHEN=&eventID=2923)
  
  
• Remembering Jacob Lawrence
  (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html)
  
  

William H. Johnson websites

• The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts
  (http://www.whjohnsongrant.org/whjohnson.html)
  
  
• A Journey Through Art with W.H. Johnson (presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum)
  (http://americanart.si.edu/education/johnson/index.html)
  
  
• Rhapsodies in Black: William H. Johnson
  (http://www.iniva.org/harlem/william.html)
  
  
• Street Life, Harlem (by William H. Johnson, presented within the Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Harlem Renaissance entry)
  (http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/highlights/artworks.cfm?id=AA&StartRow=31)
  
  
• Mom Alice (by William H. Johnson, presented by American Art from the Howard University Collection)
  (http://www.founders.howard.edu/hucollection/JohnsonWilliamH1.htm)
  
  

Duke Ellington websites

• Duke Ellington: Celebrating 100 Years of the Man and His Music
  (http://dellington.org/)
  
  
• PBS Biographies: Duke Ellington
  (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_ellington_duke.htm)
  
  
• Duke Ellington 1899–1974: America's Jazz Ambassador
  (http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Ellingtn.htm)
  
  
• Photograph of Duke Ellington (from the Library of Congress)
  (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0811001r.jpg)
  
  

Bessie Smith websites

• PBS Biographies: Bessie Smith
  (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm)
  
  
• Bessie Smith 1894–1937: Jazz Singer
  (http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/Smith.htm)
  
  
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Bessie Smith
  (http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=190)
  
  
• Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues
  (http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/bsmith.html)
  
  

Langston Hughes websites

• The Academy of American Poets: Langston Hughes
  (http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01)
  
  
• America's Story from America's Library: Langston Hughes
  (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes)
  
  
• I Hear America Singing: Profile of Langston Hughes
  (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html)
  
  
• A Centennial Tribute to Langston Hughes
  (http://www.howard.edu/library/Reference/Guides/Hughes/)
  
  

Countee Cullen websites

• Modern American Poetry: Countee Cullen
  (http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/cullen.htm)
  
  
• The Academy of American Poets: Countee Cullen
  (http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/55)
  
  
• Countee Cullen
  (http://www.afropoets.net/counteecullen.html)
  
  
• Rendezvous with Life: An Interview With Countee Cullen
  (http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/42winp19.htm)