The organization that brings the world the coveted Oscar award, the red carpet scrutiny of the evening's dresses, and the quest for the best emcee, also engages in "Research and Preservation" of film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) devotes part of its website to the Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive, and Resources & Databases. Visitors interested in...
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright lifted an airplane into the sky. Though the flight only lasted 12 seconds, history was made. The Wright brothers pulled off "the first powered, manned, heavier-than-air, controlled flight." This is one of many monumental events in aviation history, and readers can dive into more of the rich history at the link above. This Aerospace History Timeline begins in...
The Africa Research Institute, which was founded in 2007 to think critically about issues confronting the African continent, seeks to encourage debate, question orthodoxy, and disseminate knowledge widely. The non-profit's website is a trove of knowledge about a wide range of issues. At the time of this writing, for instance, the homepage features articles about the many elections that will be...
The African Activist Archive Project is a collaborative effort of the African Studies Center and MATRIX, the Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University. Here readers will find am impressive archive of primary materials drawn from 50 years of U.S. citizens organizing in solidarity with African Activists in their anti-colonialist struggles. The archive...
Based at the East Central Georgia Regional Library, the African American Funeral Programs collection consists of over 1,000 funeral programs dated from 1933 to 2008. Most of the programs are from churches in Augusta, Georgia, and the surrounding area, with a few outliers coming from New York and Florida. These materials are tremendously important historical resources, as most programs contain a...
Founded in 2014, the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is an organization dedicated to fostering scholarship and dialogue about the history of African-American thought, writing, and culture. Intentionally interdisciplinary and inclusive, the AAIHS is mostly comprised of historians, but also welcomes anyone - including literature scholars, art historians, policy analysts and...
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. On the evening of April 3, King delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech to strikers and their supporters. The very next day, he was assassinated. This site takes visitors through the experiences of those who were there and also through the words of Dr. King during his time in Memphis....
New Air Force One tapes give insight on Kennedy death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16821363
Last of secret Kennedy tapes released
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kennedy-tapes-20120125,0,6198450.story
Post JFK Assassination Air Force One Flight Deck Recording
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-NARA-JFK-ASSASSINATION-AUDIO/content-detail.html
The...
Many American cities were devastated by large fires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Baltimore was no exception, and this fine digital collection from the Enoch Pratt Free Library offers publications, photos, and other ephemera related to the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. The online collection includes over 250 images and 13 publications, including the final report of the Burnt District...
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