Ann Pittman Sings Now, you want authenticity? Listen to the clicking of Mrs. Pittman’s dentures as she sings her way through the spirituals of the African-American South. (Requires Real Player.)
Cybrary of the Holocaust Virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum includes interviews with survivors.
HNet List of links, organized by subject, to oral history projects.
Indian-Pioneer Papers ~ University of Oklahoma The Indian-Pioneer Papers oral history collection spans from 1861 to 1936. It includes typescripts of interviews conducted during the 1930s by government workers with thousands of Oklahomans regarding the settlement of Oklahoma and Indian territories, as well as the condition and conduct of life there.
Mississippi Oral History Project The Mississippi Oral History Project is a statewide initiative to record Mississippians talking about their experiences - family life, work, politics, churches, community, the daily grind, and extraordinary events - in their own words and styles.
Neglected Voices - Representative Robert B. Elliot Speech of African-American Representative addressing the Civil Rights Bill of 1875.
Negro Spirituals The lyrics of negro spirituals were tightly linked with the lives of their authors: slaves. This website presents a history of Negro spiritual songs.
Oral History Project, The Oral histories from veterans, Native Americans, African Americans, and others.
Slave Narratives Interviews with former slaves from across the American South, courtesy of the University of Virginia.
Willie Lynch Letter [1712] This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712. Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. The term “lynching” is derived from his last name.
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