Public Histories
African Americans at World's Fairs and Exhibitions
Directory of online resources about world's fairs and exhibitions between 1876 and 1916.
Africans, Darkies, and Negroes: Black Faces at the Pan American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo NY
A short article about the Negro Exhibit in the Pan American Exposition of 1901 and its predecessor in Paris. Website created by Uncrowned Queens: African American Woman Community Builders of Western New York.
All of Us Are Related, Each of Us Is Unique
A Syracuse University online exhibit challenging the notion of "racial" biological differences.
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
An online exhibit of the American Holocaust Museum showing how the Nazi Regime under Adolf Hitler aimed to change the genetic make-up of the population through measures known as "racial hygiene."
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.
Human Intelligence
This site includes biographical profiles of people who have influenced the development of intelligence theory and testing, in-depth articles exploring current controversies related to human intelligence, and resources for teachers.
Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constution
An online exhibit exploring the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II. Created by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Jefferson's Blood
PBS online companion exploring the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings.
Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture
An online exhibition presented by the Library of Congress with a selection of materials from its extensive Mead collection, including notes and other field materials.
Race: The Power of an Illusion
PBS online companion to a 3-part documentary on race in society, science and history.
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
PBS online companion to a 4-part documentary on segregation from the end of the civil war to the civil rights movement.
The Race Gallery
"How science deals with the issue of race, and how scientific--or pseudoscientific--ideas about race circulate through society as a whole." See also Marek Kohn's book, The Race Gallery: The Return of Racial Science.
The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
A hypertextual thesis exploring the Exposition through a virtual tour, investigating visitors' reactions to the Fair, and analyzing the social, political and cultural legacies of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.