The African American Experience in Cyberspace

A Resource Guide to the Best Web Sites on Black Culture and History

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by Abdul Alkalimat

Pluto Press

Due/Published February 2004, 240 pages, paper

ISBN 0745322220

Alkalimat provides an easy to use directory to the very best Web sites that deal with the African American Experience. The first section covers every aspect of African American history, while a second section deals with a diverse set of topics covering society and culture. Each chapter has a brief essay, extensive annotation on the five best sites for each topic, and then a group of good sites and a short bibliography. This book is designed for a course at the high school or college level. 

Most people have found out that the major corporations and governments have been the dominant uploaders of information into cyberspace. This volume is different because it is a serious introduction to the full democratic use of the Web. These Web sites will introduce readers to the people who are serious about ending the digital divide because they are busy uploading information about the most excluded and marginalized people, the African American community. Many of these sites are being established by Black Studies academic programmes, as well as community-based organizations and institutions.