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ASTRONOMY




Astronomy is the study of the Universe and everything in it, including
planets, stars, galaxies, comets, and black holes. It's full of huge
distances, gigantic sizes, and long periods of time.



ASTRONOMY
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/astronomy



ASTRONOMY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy




Astronomy
in Africa

https://africa.astro4dev.org/astronomy-in-africa/




Ancient African
Mathematics Ancient Math,
Ancient Mathematics,
First Mathemathematician

http://www.taneter.org/math.html




Who are the Black
Astronomers &
Astrophysicists?

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/astronomy-peeps.html




Neil
deGrasse
Tyson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson




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AFRICAN
AMERICANS
IN
ASTRONOMY




16 Black Americans in Astronomy and Space
https://www.thoughtco.com/african-americans-in-astronomy-and-space-3072355

Black In Astro
https://www.blackinastro.com/

Black Astronomers Highlight
Achievements and Obstacles

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/black-astronomers-highlight-achievements-and-obstacles/

Black People in Astronomy and Astrophysics
https://stargazerrock.com/black-people-in-astronomy-and-astrophysics/

Black Lives in Astronomy:
https://www.fraknoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Fraknoi-Black-Lives-in-Astronomy.pdf

BLACK PHYSICS LINKS
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/PADlinks.html

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS (NSBP)
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/NSBP.html

Neil deGrasse Tyson
https://neildegrassetyson.com/

Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become
Astrophysicists in the U.S. Here’s One’s Story

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-26-black-women-have-ever-become-astrophysicists-in-the-u-s-heres-ones-story/

Where are all the Black astronomers
and physicists? Racism, isolation keeping many away

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/black-astronomers-canada-1.6494702



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AFRICAN
ASTRONOMY
LINKS




African Cosmos: Stellar Arts / Ancient sky-watchers
https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/cosmos/skywatchers.html

African Cultural Astronomy
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/african-cultural-astronomy/

The African Cultural Astronomy Project
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743921311002134

The African Cultural Astronomy Project:
The Hidden Treasure

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021afas.confE..81U/abstract

Africa’s ancient astronomers
made their mark in culture, folklore

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2014-12-02-africas-ancient-astronomers-made-their-mark-in-culture-folklore

Ancient Astronomy in Africa
https://www.as.utexas.edu/~wheel/africa/index.htm

Astronomy in Africa:
The Past, The Present and The Future

https://africanews.space/astronomy-in-africa-the-past-the-present-and-the-future/

Astronomy in Asia, Africa, and Arabia.
https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/HACC_Central_Pennsylvania's_Community_College/Astronomy_103%3A_Introduction_to_Planetary_Astronomy/02%3A_Ancient_Astronomy/2.04%3A_Astronomy_in_Asia_Africa_and_Arabia.

The Function of Astronomy in Pre-Historic Africa
https://www.labocine.com/spotlights/the-function-of-astronomy-in-pre-historic-africa

Great achievements in science
and technology in ancient Africa

https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/020113/great-achievements-in-stem-in-ancient-africa

Nabta
https://www.as.utexas.edu/~wheel/africa/nabta_01.htm

Nabta Playa: The world’s first astronomical
site was built in Africa and is older than Stonehenge

https://www.astronomy.com/observing/nabta-playa-the-worlds-first-astronomical-site-was-built-in-africa-and-is-older-than-stonehenge/

New documentary to show centuries before
the Greeks, African astronomers named the stars

https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/09/24/african-astronomy-the-african-universe-documentary/8258879002/



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Encyclopaedia
Africana
Project

http://endarkenment.com/eap/




400
YEARS OF
INEQUALITY

http://www.400yearsofinequality.org/




Celebrating
African American
Culture & History

Black History Month
http://guides.hmcpl.org/c.php?g=790427&p=5657381




Racial Equity
Resource Guide

http://www.racialequityresourceguide.org/organizations/organizations/sectionFilter/Racial%20Healing




Understanding
Prejudice

https://secure.understandingprejudice.org/




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Equal Justice
Initiative

https://eji.org/




The Collective
Black People Movement
(CBPM)

http://cbpm.org/index.html




TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE

https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/




A Gathering
of Readers

https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gathread/index.html




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Malawi
Project

http://www.malawiproject.org/




Afro Kids
http://www.afrokids.com/




THE FREEMAN
INSTITUTE

http://www.freemaninstitute.com/




Africa
Resource

http://www.africaresource.com/




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Real History
World Wide

http://www.realhistoryww.com/




Quatr.us
http://quatr.us/




African-American
Resources

http://www.ushistory.org/more/african-american.htm




African American
Studies Library
Research Guide

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/aframer.htm




African Music
Encyclopedia

http://africanmusic.org/




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AFROPEDEA
http://www.afropedia.org




World Afropedia
http://worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Main_Page




African
Indigenous Science
and Knowledge Systems

http://www.africahistory.net/




Natives Wiki
http://tribalspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Natives_Wiki




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Islamic Wiki
http://islam.wikia.com/




Sexism
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/




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