Evergreen Valley College

Culture/Diversity

African American

The African-American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

African American World 
A comprehensive site sponsored by NPR

Biographies
A Gale free resource of Black History biographies

ColorLines: race, culture, action  
Quarterly publication by the Applied Research Center (ARC) in Oakland, CA. Current issue and several articles are available online.

Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
From the New York Public Library Digital Library Collections.

Kwanzaa  
Everything about Kwanzaa...an African American festival.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
This website from Stanford University includes the text of Dr. King's most well-known speeches and sermons.

Asian American

All About Sikhs
Information about the Sikh religion and activities

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
An extensive collection of links maintained by the Research Schools of Social Sciences and Pacific and Asian Studies. View categories for individual countries and regions (scroll down).

Goldsea Asian American Supersite
A commercial site with news and entertainment for the Asian/Pacific American community, with emphasis on Chinese, Japanese and Korean Americans.

Rediff: India Abroad  
A commercial site with up to date news of India, worldwide in scope.

Latino and Mexican American

Andanzas al Web Latino
A collection of web resources by and about Latinos and Hispanics in the U.S., with a special emphasis on the U.S.-Mexico border region.

Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists
“This site focuses on access to information about the [Smithsonian] Archives of American Art's ... papers of and about Latino and Latin American artists." A guide to the collections includes brief descriptions, some with links to online materials.

California Latino Demographic Datebook
Selected census information (most from 1990), detailing characteristics for Latinos by national origin, citizenship, and period of entry for the foreign-born,” with comparative figures.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
"Explore the Hispanic American experience through biographies, activities, important dates and more."

Hispanic America USA
"An overview of Contributions of Hispanics [in] World and United States History."

Latin American Network Information Center
An extensive directory of web sites on, from, or about Latin. Affiliated with the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin—in Spanish, Portuguese and English with audio.

Mundo Latino
“One of the first Web sites created that is entirely in Spanish. Maintained by writers, journalists, artists, and investigators. Selection of the best Web sites in Spanish. Links to Spanish language news sources, chat rooms, and educational sites.” –ipl

Pew Hispanic Center
“This research organization's mission "is to improve understanding of the U.S.Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation."

Native American:

Native American Resources (University of Southern California)
An annotated list of links to Native American web sites from the USC Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research. Especially strong in the area of Native American languages.

Native American Resources
Links to tribes, organizations, government resources, and Native American art & culture.

Women

Femina
A commercial directory of web sites for, by, and about women.

National Organization for Women
Official web site of this feminist and activist organization, the largest in the U.S. founded in 1966.

Our Bodies Ourselves
A women’s health information resource

Voices from the Gaps   
Women artists and writers of color, a comprehensive site

Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues
Selected, annotated and useful links to websites and programs

Gay/Lesbian Studies

GLBT Historical Society
"The mission of the GLBT [Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender] Historical Society is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and otherwise make available ... historical, cultural, and artistic materials related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, [and] transgender communities."