Vote: The Machinery of Democracy

Learn all about voting and democracy in America from the beginning to present day. This site offers pictures and lots of interesting insight and information on voting in the United States.

americanhistory.si.edu/vote/index.html

The Atlantic Slave Trade

A thousand images dating from the period of slavery. This collection is for anyone interested in the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World.

hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/

Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery

A website from the New York Public Library that commemorates and explores the struggle against slavery and its abolition. Learn about such things as the transatlantic slave trade or family life and social development of slaves.

digital.nypl.org/lwf/flash.html

Born in Slavery

Born in Slavery offers 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery, with 500 photos of former slaves.

memory.locgov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

Voices of Civil Rights

The era of struggle involving thousands of African Americans and others in the 1950s and '60s stands as a pivotal period in civil rights history. It captivated the world and inspired millions. And yet there is more to America's civil rights story. This website has many personal accounts of people who lived through the civil rights movement.

voicesofcivilrights.org/

Voices From the Days of Slavery

The site has collected audio interviews from 23 former slaves born from 1932 to 1975. The interviews include remarkable accounts, as well as songs from the fields.

lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/

persvisou.vf8.de/island-foxes.html

Healing Iraq

An Iraqi dentist regularly blogs about his experiences living in Iraq.

healingiraq.blogspot.com/

holdtenthfib.t35.com/index.html

Earth as Art

This website has an art gallery of satellite images, "which have been selected for aesthetic rather than scientific value. These images are actual pictures of the Earth, created by printing visible and infrared data in colors visible to the human eye."

loc.gov/exhibits/earthasart/

idispatch.iespana.es/sex-catalogue.co.uk.html/

Marine Navigation in the Age of Exploration

An interactive website about four ancient nautical instruments: the Quadrant, Asrolabe, Octant, and Chronometer. Each instrument's section includes pictures, a bit of history, and a description of how it was used.

seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/spain/launchWin.htm