Ripple of Hope

This list of websites is by no means exhaustive but merely some recommendations for people seeking additional materials on South Africa history, America's relationship with South Africa and the American Civil Rights Movement. Those seeking further materials can find useful links in the Additional Websites section below. There are many excellent websites on contemporary South Africa but those listed here are intended to focus primarily on South African and American history up to the end of the 1960's. We welcome additional suggestions to add to the list.

1. South African History
   • General South African history website.
     http://www.sahistory.org.za/
     
     
   • Extensive historical documents from the ANC's website. Includes some photographs.
     http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
     
     
   • Robben Island Museum. The official website of the island prison, off the coast of Cape Town, where Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and dozens of others were imprisoned.
     http://www.robben-island.org.za/
     
     
   • Brief histories. Pictures.
     http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_menu.htm
     
     
   • Short Chronology of South African History.
     http://countrystudies.us/south-africa/89.htm
     
     
   • History of South Africa accompanying documentary on Nelson Mandela: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela.
     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/
     
     
2. Additional Websites on South Africa
   • List of resources and websites compiled by E.S. Reddy former head of the United Nations Center against Apartheid for over two decades.
     http://www.anc.org.za/un/reddy/index.html
     
     
   • List of websites on South Africa compiled at Stanford University.
     http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsahistory.html
     
     
   • Website and general links on South Africa.
     http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ad15/SApolitics
     
     
   • Website on historical links between African-Americans and South Africa
     http://www.howard.edu/library/Reference/bob_edgar_site/index.html
     
     
   • African Activist archive with useful links.
     http://africanactivist.msu.edu/
     
     
3. Websites on Important South Africans
   • Frontline's website on Nelson Mandela which accompanied the TV documentary.
     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/
     
     
   • Extensive listing of Chief Lutuli's speeches and related documents.
     http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/lutuli/
     
     
4. Websites on the American Civil Rights Movement
   • Short Civil Rights timeline with links.
     http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
     
     
   • Photographs of the Civil Rights struggle through the eyes of photojournalist Charles Moore.
     http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
     
     
   • Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement.
     http://www.nps.gov/history/nR/travel/civilrights/
     
     
   • Links to Civil Rights webpages.
     http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_CivilRights.shtml
     
     
5. Websites on Robert Kennedy
   • Robert Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
     http://www.rfkcenter.org/home
     Biography of Robert Kennedy
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy