African Americans
Santa Clara Valley

The Basics

• Background Reading
• Additional Local Publications

History [General, Familial, and Immigration Histories]

Organizations and Local Resources

• Inez C. Jackson Historical Library
  
• 100 Black Men of the Santa Clara Valley
  
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  
• African American Parent Coalition
  
• African American Youth Coalition
  
• African American Community Service Agency
  
• Emmanuel Baptist Church
  
• Ethiopian Community Services, Inc.
  
• Flight Community Services
  
• Inez C. Jackson Historical Library
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. Association of the Santa Clara Valley
  
• Midnight Basketball League
  
• NAACP of San Jose
  
• National Council of Negro Women
  
• San Jose Minority Artists Guild
  
• Santa Clara County Black Chamber of Commerce
  
• Santa Clara County Black Fire Fighter Association
  
• UJIMA Adult and Family Services, Inc.
  
• Ujirani Family Resource Center
  
• Young Ladies Diversion Program
  
• AAACO (Santa Clara County Alliance for Black Educators)
  

Demographics

• Animated Census Maps by Ethnic Group, 1940-1990
• Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research (select San Jose, CA or San Francisco, CA)
• Multiracial Patterns in the 50 States

Culture [Literature, Food, Dances, Special Events, etc.]

• Afribbean Festival
  
• African Market
  
• African American Art
  
• African Connections
  
• Afro-American Celebrate Life
  
• Juneteenth Celebration
  

Famous Local People

Local Resources [Museums, Bookstores, Radio/TV Stations]

Local Restaurants

• Soul Food
• Moroccan

  Places with SCV Connections

  SCU and the African American Community

  • SCU and Diversity
    
  • SCU African American Students and Faculty
    • Black History Month at SCU
    • Prism : a diversity initiative
    • Emerging Leaders Poem
    • SCU Faculty Latin Jazz Ensemble
    • MCC Global Village Celebration
  • SCU Famous Alumni

  Education

  • Santa Clara Valley School Districts
  • Statistics on Education for the County of Santa Clara
  • Statistics on Education for the City of Santa Clara

  Beyond the Santa Clara Valley

  Send suggestions or comments to: aalgier@scuacc.scu.edu