Black Genealogy

Here is a very interesting podcast about ways of researching ones ancestors.  It is presenting by Tony Burroughs at the University of Virginia. Also check out the African American lives Pbs promotional page featuring noted African American historian Henry Louis Gates. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/profile_gates2.html  Click the following link to listen to the Tony Burroughs podvast from UVA http://www.virginia.edu/flashaudio/2006/burroughs_060216.mp3 

Black History Month Podcast

This is a podcast about black history month. I hope you enjoy.

 Pt1 http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/pix/mp3 

Pt 2 http://cdn.sfgate.com/blogs/sounds/sfgate/chroncast/BackStory-BlackHistoryPart2-20060131.mp3

Frederick Douglass Narrative and A Cspan Videocast of His Life

The is a video cast   http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=American%20Writers%3A% about the great Frederick Douglass along with with an audio book recording of his Autobiography in three seperate parts. Just copy and past the links to listen to the narrative of Frederick Douglass after you have finished the videocast. I hope you enjoy and thank you for stopping by.

Narrative pt1  http://freeaudio.org/fdouglass/Frederick_Douglass_Autobiography_Part_1.mp3

Narrative pt2 http://freeaudio.org/fdouglass/Frederick_Douglass_Autobiography_Part_2.mp3

Narrative pt3 http://freeaudio.org/fdouglass/Frederick_Douglass_Autobiography_Part_3.mp3

Here is a lecture on Frederick Douglass sponsored by teaching american history.org which I found very interesing and informative. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/podcasts/ruderman_03-02-08_session1.mp3

The Civil Rights Movements

Hello Folks Check out this pod cast about the Civil Rights movement. As this is a rich chapter in American history we will be adding more and more material specifically in the area of the civil rights movement.