"AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD isn't just for African-Americans," said Ms. Lawson.  "It celebrates a common American culture, and is open to anyone who is curious about the African aspect of our shared history and society." Jennifer Lawson Executive Producer
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Produced by the award-winning online division of New York City's public broadcasting affiliate, AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD presents the broad range of the black experience in the United States, from the Harlem Renaissance to the ongoing debate over affirmative action.  Visitors to the home page will find "Hot Features," highlighting the latest sites related to African-American culture, such as JIM CROW ONLINE, official companion to the upcoming PBS landmark series, THE RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW.

"AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD offers unique insight into a vital part of American life," said executive producer Jennifer Lawson.  "The site is extremely useful for children working on homework assignments, for teenagers who may want to learn more about popular culture and for adults interested in genealogy." 

Site features include:

• Personal narratives by notable African-Americans such as Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr., and photographs with interactive "Scribble Boards" for user feedback.
• An art gallery featuring works by major African-American artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henry O. Tanner, and Edmonia Lewis.
• A debate on the state of black America between Urban League CEO Hugh Price and Robert Woodson, chairman of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise.
• An entertaining kids' section where 8-11-year-olds can learn about African-American heroes with an interactive history game, or connect with their peers through interviews with other kids about their dreams and aspirations. 
• An extensive timeline of African-American history examining events from the late 15th century through 2002.  Relevant PBS and NPR resources are featured throughout.
• A virtual library with a multitude of resources on the main events, people and phenomena that have shaped the African-American experience.  This reference center contains over 300 articles on black America from Encyclopedia Britannica.  The library also includes two online guides referencing the best of PBS and NPR content on the African-American experience. 
• A comprehensive guide for educators to PBS lesson plans on African-American history, arts and culture.
• A dual search engine that delivers results simultaneously from both PBS and NPR Online.

Advisors for AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD include notable academics and historians Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the W.E.B Du Bois Institute at Harvard University; Howard Dodson, head of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library; and Diane Batts Morrow, assistant professor in history at the Institute for African-American Studies at the University of Georgia.  Stanley Nelson, executive producer of Firelight Media and an award winning documentary filmmaker, also served as an advisor for AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD.

AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD was made possible by generous support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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