American History Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Harriet Tubman, no. 7. Harriet Tubman worked as water girl to field hands. She also worked at plowing, carting, and hauling logs," 1940, casein tempera on hardboard, 17 7/8 x 12 in. Collection of Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia. blackhistory.eb.com/ The Encyclopedia Britannica's guide to African American history. Contains over 600 articles and six-part study guide that has activities focusing on slavery in the U.S., the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, and more. www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.html Contains basic biographical information on Harriet Tubman's life and her role in the Underground Railroad. www.historychannel.com/exhibits/undergroundrr/index.html Articles about the Underground Railroad and slavery in America. Also contains a study guide and quotes by John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. www.iupui.edu/~douglass/ The Frederick Douglass Papers, at Indiana University, is collecting, editing, and publishing the voluminous papers of the great abolitionist and statesman. Jacob Lawrence, "The Migration of the Negro, no. 40. The migrants arrived in great numbers," 1941, casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/iht329633.html "Chicago and the Great Migration," part of the Illinois Periodicals Online Project at Northern Illinois University. www.nara.gov/education/teaching/amistad/home.html Contains primary source documents related to the circuit court and Supreme Court cases involving the Amistad and offers teaching activities. Art www.blackmountaincollege.org/bmcref/bmc.html Information about the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, a nonprofit organization organized to preserve the legacy of the school, which closed in 1956. www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/black_mountain_college.html A history of Black Mountain College, with links on key faculty including Robert Motherwell, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Rauschenberg. www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm A site devoted to the history of African American visual artists, with a strong emphasis on artists working in the early and mid-twentieth century.   Harlem Jacob Lawrence, "This is Harlem," 1943, gouache on paper, 15 3/8 x 22 11/16 in. Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966. www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/index.html Contains information on Harlem from 1900-1940 with an emphasis on the arts. Also includes timeline and teacher resources. www.hometoharlem.com General tourist information about Harlem, including business directory, cultural listings, dining and entertainment listings, calender of events, and maps. Interviews www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html Charlayne Hunter-Gault interview with Jacob Lawrence, originally broadcast on PBS in 1995, and rebroadcast at the time of Lawrence's death in June 2000.