Resources for Researching Black History
and the African American Contribution to
United States History
Local Information
The Sotterley Plantation - restored,
original slave cabin available for tours
Mathias de Sousa - first known
African American in Southern Maryland
Point Lookout - Former Civil War
Prisoner-of-War Camp
St. Mary's Business, Education and
Community Alliance, Inc (BECA) -
Application for several local
scholarships
St. Mary's County NAACP Branch #7025
General
Information
African American Environmentalist
Association - dedicated to
increasing African American
participation in the environmental
movement (Thanks, Samantha!)
Black History Timeline - informative
timeline with historic tidbits beginning
with the arrival of the first African
slaves in the U.S.
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Coming to the Table - a supportive
environment for all who wish to
acknowledge and heal wounds from racism
that is rooted in the United States’
history of slavery
Lawson State Community College - A
Salute to Black History
Martin Delany - Pittsburgh doctor
who saw the city through the cholera
epidemic of 1854
Milestones in Black History - a
chronological list of many events that
shaped black history (Thanks, Abby!)
NAACP Interactive Historical Timeline
- learning tool with links to
educational resources that reveal shared
history through the written word,
interviews, pictures & film
The Slave Dwelling Project - the
people who lived in these structures are
not a footnote in American history
Ubound.com - Great compilation of
African American History Sites
United States Colored Troops - more
information on Wikipedia
USCT - United States Colored Troops
 Battle
of New Market Heights: USCT
Soldiers Proved Their
Heroism
USCT Medal of Honor
Recipients - In the
early morning hours of
September 29, 1864, black
troops, or United States
Colored Troops (USCTs for
short) charged the Rebel
works at New Market Heights,
VA. For their valor in this
engagement, 14 USCTs
received the Medal of Honor.
This is the story of these
men and the fateful morning
of September 29, 1864.
National Archives -
Teaching With Documents: The
Fight for Equal Rights:
Black Soldiers in the Civil
War Preserving the Legacy of
the United States Colored
Troops - By Budge Weidman
How Many Black Union
Soldiers Won the Medal of
Honor?
African American Civil War
Memorial and Museum
USCT and Commissioned
Officers of African American
Descent
www.USCT.org
8th United States Colored
Troops
102nd USCT Co. B - Black
History Group
Pennsylvania Grand Review
- As the nation marks the
150th anniversary of the
Civil War, Pennsylvania
invited travelers to
Harrisburg last November to
participate in a story
largely unknown to most
Americans – the Pennsylvania
Grand Review. The
Grand Review served as a
commemoration to the
November 1865 event of the
same name, organized by the
women of Harrisburg. It was
meant to honor the United
States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.)
from 25 states who were not
permitted to participate in
the Grand Review of the
Armies, a military
procession and celebration
held May 23-24, 1865 in
Washington, D.C., following
the end of the Civil War.
List of Monuments to the
United States Colored Troops
USCT Network
History of 73rd USCT -
First Black Troop to be
Mustered into the Union Army
22nd USCT New Jersey Brigade
13th United States Colored
Troops Living History
Association
North Carolina USCT
Pennsylvania USCT
Missouri State Archives
- History of United States
Colored Troops
3rd US Colored Infantry
6th Regiment Infantry USCT
Co. F 29th Regiment USCT
South Carolina USCT
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