Monday, January 18, is Martin Luther King, Jr., day, and February is Black History Month. On the Internet, you can find information about King's life, his goals, and his death. You can also discover some marvelous resources that will help you learn more about African American history.

Let's begin at The African-American Mosaic Exhibition, a Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. The Mosaic covers nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western Hemisphere and includes books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. The online exhibit covers four areas: Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the Works Project Administration (WPA). At the exhibition, you can read narratives from ex-slaves or study about the destination of the Great Migration, Chicago.

Mississippi State University sponsors an impressive website, African American History: Historical Text Archive. Scroll down to People, then look for Martin Luther King, Jr., for numerous links highlighting the life of this famous civil rights hero. Be sure to follow the link to the Martin Luther King, Jr., website at Stanford University.

In 1947, the U.S. population was 150,697,361. The Black population was 15,042,286 (10 percent). Your Internet resource for Black history information is Black Facts Online, which offers a search engine for finding facts about Black history.

"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," said Martin Luther King, Jr. Teachers will find an abundance of information for the study of Black History Month at the Martin Luther King Day website.

The African American Web Connection is a community website for African Americans that offers a chat room as well as links to resources in art and poetry, authors, entertainment, and history.

"He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it." TheBlackMarket.com website features little known facts about slavery. Did you know that some enslaved children began doing small chores at the age of four or five, and by the age of 7, many were working regular hours?

We'll close by visiting NetNoir, another impressive online community for African Americans. Access chat rooms, bulletin boards, or read the latest news stories. Learn about jobs, business loans, or communities for teens, gospel, or women.

Excellent African American websites include:

Black Quest Power Resource Links

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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