Government Sites
US Census Bureau Data Access Tools
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S.Bureau of Justice Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data & Statistics
Health Services Research Information Central – U.S. National Library of Medicine
Non-Government Organizations
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
The African-American Mosaic – A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
IPUMS-USA – Integrated Public Use Microdata Series is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data
Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
City-Data.com – collection and analyzed data from numerous sources to create profiles of all U.S. cities
Infoplease – valuable research tool and information destination
The Brookings Institution – nonprofit public policy organization that conducts independent research and provides recommendations regarding political, economical, and social issues
Demos – a public policy organization which is committed to equality in politics, economics, and race
Academic Earth – Over 750 free online college courses are available from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, and more.
How to Search the Invisible Web – Very useful guide for non-traditional search methods using free online academic databases and open access journals for in-depth and reliable online research.
Theravive – Expanding Diversity Policies and Philosophy in Higher Education To Include Mental Health
Commercial/Marketing Companies and Organizations
Target Market News – The Black Consumer Market Authority
CensusViewer – online application that gives you access to Census data using Bing Maps
ReachingBlackConsumers.com – run by The Cable Advertising Bureau (CAB)
FreeDemographics – an online application that lets you review 2010 U.S. Census data for free
Independent Black-Owned Newspapers in the United States – List provided by the African American Literature Book Club