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The library isn’t the only place to get information on African American history anymore.

Now you can investigate the details of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination online. You can test your knowledge of African-American history, or subscribe to Ebony, Essence or JET magazine in one shot. You can read short biographies of dozens of historical black figures. It’s called AFRO-American Almanac, and it’s at http://toptags.com/aama.

You can point and click your way through historical documents, biographies, and events recounting the African American experience--spanning from the beginning of the American slave trade to the present.

It takes you to full length speeches by historical figures like Sojourner Truth, John Hope Franklin and Frederick Douglas. Martin Luther King JR’s speech, "I Have a Dream," is there as well.

The site has full-text novels and folk tales by African Americans. Booker T. Washington’s "The Case of the Negro" is there, as is Quincy Ewing’s "The Heart of the Race Problem." W.E.B. Du Bois, William Wells Brown and Charles Chestnutt were also featured authors. The African American historical site is more than reading and scrolling, it is an interactive tool with 13 trivia games that test knowledge and satisfy curiosity of black history.

"What was the first African-American fraternity to be chartered as a national organization?" A) Kappa Alpha Psi, B) Kappa Phi Alpha or C) Alpha Phi Alpha. If you answered A, you were correct. When you choose the correct answer other trivial facts are shown.

The site is complete with it’s own store where you can purchase books like the site-featured cook book "A Taste of Heritage." The store also allows surfers to subscribe to their favorite magazines.

Several links are available under "AFRO-Links" where you can find businesses such as the Coalition of Black Investors, and educational organizations like the Black Student Organization. The site also links you to news periodicals and other resourceful websites.

The AFRO-American Almanac site is just at the tip of net surfer’s fingers.

This website is loaded with tons of information. Thousands of people are using it to their advantage. I was visitor number 2,380 and who knows how many people will have ventured through by the time you log on.