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New Hampshire's Black History http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/index.html This site contains information about New Hampshire's black history. It has information about the American Revolution, Slavery, and much more. |
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African American Hotline http://www.africanamericans.com/famous.html This site contains names of prominent Black Americans in the areas of politics, science, business, entertainment, literature, sports, and music. |
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Stamps on Black History http://library.advanced.org/10320/Tourmenu.htm or http://library.advanced.org/10320/Tour.htm This site contains a Black History Tour. It takes you from the age of slavery to the 20th Century. |
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The Internet Black American Challenge http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/ This site contains profiles of some important 19th Century African Americans. It also contains three African American History Challenges |
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Black History Month Links http://www.dct.com/~gribi/blackhistory.html This site contains links to history, geography, food, art, literature, music, folktales, scientific achievements, and much more. |
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Colored Reflections http://www.net4tv.com/color/index.htm This site contains information about blacks in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. |
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Black Quest http://blackquest.com/link.htm This page contains links to several African American historical sites. |
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Black History Database http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html This site contains an extensive database of interesting facts, biographical sketches, and much more. |
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Famous Black Americans by Mrs. Kent's 3rd
Grade Class http://www.cyberkids.org/issue17/blacks/fba.html This site contains biographical sketches of 10 Famous Black Americans: Martin Luther King, Jr. Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Henry "Hank" Aaron, Kareem Abdul Jabar, James Weldon Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, Jesse Owens, & Guion Bulford, Jr. |
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Biographies of Great African Americans http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ or http://www.biography.com/cgi-bin/framed.cgi This site contains biographies of 30 prominent African Americans. Some biographies have video available. |
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Black Facts Search http://www.blackfacts.com/ Search through a database of Black Facts |
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Famous Black Americans by Mrs. Thorman's
Class http://www.greenbriar.district28.k12.il.us/Thorman/Blkhistory/blkhistory.htm This site contains Black American Reports written by Greenbriar Elementary School student. |
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African American History Resources http://www.coloacad.org/libraries/blackhist.html This site contains many links to other Black History Internet Resources. |
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Prominent African Americans http://aawc.com/paa.html This site contains a brief summary of the contributions of many Black Americans and links to more information about the individual. |
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Second Graders Celebrate Black History
Month http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/greene/shp/people.htm This site contains brief biographical sketches of some famous Black Americans. |
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Black History Month http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/blackhistory.html This site contains Black History Links, Classroom Lesson Ideas, and Biographical Sketches. |
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African American History – Biography
Index http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/biolist.htm This site contains links to several biographical sketches. |
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African Americans in the Harmon
Collection http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/ This site recognizes African American achievements, not only in the fine arts but also in business, education, farming, literature, music, race relations, religious service and science. |
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February As Black History Month http://w2.shorecrest.org/MSUS/S-Marsters/black_history_month.html This site contains links to information about black authors, civil right leaders, and educators. |
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African American Links and Activities http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/black_history.htm This site contains links and information about slavery, the Civil War, World War I & II, and Civil Rights. |
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Era in Black History http://blackhistory.eb.com/index2.html Includes a timeline, biographies, & sound waves |
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Influential African Americans in the 20th
Century http://pathfinder.com/photo/essay/african/home.htm This site contains Time Life Photos of various African Americans |
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UGA African American Studies http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html This site contains brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history. |
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Review of Data on Black Americans http://www.pafb.af.mil/deomi/black.htm This site contains Black American Statistics and a list of prominent Black Americans in various fields of study. |
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A Legacy of Black Talent http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/29days.html or http://cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/ Biographical Sketches of 29 famous black men and/or women |
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Biographical Links http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/schools/romig/Links/Biography_Links.html Contains help links to find out information about 24 Famous Black Americans |
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African American Bookmarks by Montgomery
County Public Schools http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MLK_bookmarks.html This site contains several links to resources that can be used during Black History Month. |
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A Celebration of Black History http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/BlackHistory/BlackHistory.html The site contains links of Black History from 1619 through 1929. |
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This Week in Black History http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/thisweek.html or http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html Search through a database to learn about people and important dates in Black History. |
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Biographies of many of Maryland's Distinguished African-Americans http://tqd.advanced.org/10854/biogr.html |
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African American Heroes 1750-1860
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/bh114.html Main Page: http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/index.html |
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Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html Click on Resource Bank Index |
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Everything Black http://www.everythingblack.com/ Click on History and Culture or any other appropriate topic such as music or sports. |
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Black History http://afroamculture.miningco.com/culture/cultureamer/afroamculture/msub2.htm or go to the about.com main page and search for Black Americans |
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African- American Contributors http://www.donegal.k12.pa.us/dms/Kif/tabofcon.htm? This site contains short biographies on many African-Americans who have made significant contributions to American culture. |
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Africa.com Archives http://africana.com/tt_more.htm The site contains the biographies of many famous Black Americans, summaries of events in Black History, and details of various Black History subjects such as art, literature, etc. |
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Dorseyville Middle School: Black History
Month http://www.fcasd.edu/schools/dms/bhm.htm This site contains links to other Black History Web Sites and or Famous Black American biographies. |
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Red Rock Elementary - Black Heritage and
History http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/domagala.bhistory.htm This site contains links to other Black Heritage Web Sites. |
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Boynton's Calendar of African-American
History http://www.global-image.com/boynton/calendar/ This site contains important dates in African-American History. |
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African American Perpectives http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timeline.html This contains a timeline of African American History. |
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Black Legends http://www.angelfire.com/ca/ebonyfire/special.html This site contains profiles of Blacks who made a mark in history. |
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King Pamphlet: Biographical Sketches http://www.usia.gov/usa/blackhis/kingpam/sketches.htm |
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A Reflections on Black History http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html This site contains articles on Blacks in Congress, Black Professionals, Black Boxers, and much much more. |
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Black Americans or African Americans http://www.optonline.com/comptons/ceo/00568_A.html This site contains a wealth of information about people, places, and events. |
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African American History Resource http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/afro.html This site contains many links to information about African American people, places, and topics. |
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Black History Month http://www.kron.com/specials/blackhistory/ This site contains biographical information about some famous Black Americans |
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Black History Links http://members.aol.com/aacdrcnnea/black.htm This site contains links to women, biographies (by group, by occupation such as "scientists", or by name), famous laws, cases, and issues (includes Dred Scott, Brown, Scottsboro Boys, affirmative action, etc.), slavery (including Underground Railroad), Harlem Renaissance, general information (including Black History Month, Kwanzaa, and links to modern issues), Black Panthers, & the military (including Buffalo Soldiers). |
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African American History http://www1.linkonline.net/gmx/african.htm This site contains links to other African American websites. |
There are many prominent African American Authors, Poets and Playwrights in American History. Alex Haley, James Baldwin, Chester Himes, Alice Walker, Lorraine Hansberry, and Richard Wright are just a few. Information about these and other African American Authors, Poets and Playwrights can be found by searching for "Black Literature", "Black Writers", "African American Literature", "Black Poets", etc.
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Influential Authors: Novelists, Poets,
Essayists, and Playwrights http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/blacklit.html This site contains Literature Links and Biographical Sketches. |
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Writing and Resistance http://www.public.asu.edu/~metro/aflit/authors.html This site contains information about several black authors. |
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Writing Black http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html This site contains the names, works, and Internet resources of many black authors. |
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Women Writers of Color http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ This World Wide Web site focuses on the lives and works of Black Female writers. |
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The Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/lit/EXH/ex006fst.htm This is a great site to look up a poet by name. |
There have been many prominent Black Military figures in America's History. Two of them are Colin Powell and Benjamin O' Davis. Other information about Blacks in the Military can be found by searching for "Black Military" or "Blacks in the Military".
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Black Military History http://www.fatherryan.org/blackmilitary/ or http://www.fatherryan.org/blackmilitary/links.htm This site contains information about blacks in the military. |
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African American Civil War Sites http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/aa-sites.html |
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African American Freedom Fighters http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm |
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History of Black Service http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/history.htm |
There have been many prominent Black Business men and women in America's History. Some of these are Booker T. Washington, George E. Johnson, Henry G. Parks, Jr., A. G. Gaston, Wally Amos, & John Hhttp://library.advanced.org/10320/Tour.htmarold Johnson. To find out more about Black men and women in business search for "Blacks in Business" or "Famous Black Businessmen".
There have been a few prominent African American Artists and Sculptors in American History. Two of the best known are Richmond Barthe and Jacob Lawrence. However, Henry O' Tanner, Norman Lewis, Romare Bearden, Robert Chrichlow, Laura Wheeler Waring, Malvin Gray Johnson, Elizabeth Prophet, and Sargent Johnson, John Biggers, James Amos Porter and William H. Johnson are all masters in the art of sculpting and painting.
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The Artsy Art Gallery http://members.aol.com/drgreywiz/index.html This site contains the works of John Biggers, Jacob Lawrence, William H. Johnson, and Henry O' Tanner. |
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African American Art Gallery http://www.wbgallery.com/ This site contains biographical information about several Black artist. |
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African American Artist http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/africanamerican/black_artists.html |
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Afro-Art History http://www.artnoir.com/contents.html |
Many African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. George Washing Carver, Elijah McCoy, Shirley Ann Jackson, Henry Aaron Hill, Benjamin Banneker, Charles R. Drew, Daniel Hale Williams, Garrett Augustus Morgan, and Granville T. Woods are just a few of these men and women.
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The Faces of Science: African
Americans in the Sciences http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html This site profiles African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. |
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Historic Contributions of Black
Scientists and Engineers http://bgess.berkeley.edu/bios/text.shtml This sites contains summaries of the contributions of varies blacks in the field of science and engineering. |
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Black History: Inventors http://www.tdo.com/local/bhm/bhinvent/bhinvent.htm This site contains information about seven inventors. |
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Biographies of Miniority Scientists http://hyper.hunter.cuny.edu/JGHweb/biographies/biographies.htm This site contains biographical information of several scientists. |
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Profiles of Significant African-Americans
in Science, Medicine, and Technology http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~afrexh/ProfileList.html |
There are been many black men and women in the politic arena. Some of these are L. Douglas Wilder, David Dinkins, Clarence Thomas, Thurgood Marshall, Carol Moseley-Braun, Shirley Chisolm, Carl B. Stokes, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Ron Brown, Barbara Jordan, and Jesse Jackson.
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Political Graveyard - Blacks
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There have been many prominent black athletes in America's History. There have been people like Jackie Robinson, Rube Foster, Josh Gibson, Ray Dandridge, Oscar Charleston, Judy Johnson, Micheal Jordon, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Jesse Owens, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and many more.
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African-Americans in the Sports Arena http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaitsa.htm This site contains information about African-Americans who contributed much to the world of sports. |
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Great Black Athletes: Webquest http://www.katy.isd.tenet.edu/pathways/resources/ss/huntblackatka.htm This quest contains links to site containing information about great Black Athletes. |
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Negro Baseball League Hall of Fame http://www.blackbaseball.com/hallnow.htm |
There have been many prominent black musicians, singers, and actors/actresses in America's History. There have been people like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Scott Joplin, Micheal Jackson, Donna Ross Chubby Checker, Whitney Houston, Lionel Ritchie, Bill Cosby, Marian Anderson, Charilie Parker, and many more.
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African American Music HTTP://www.music.indiana.edu/~l631/afammus.html This site contains links to other pages that contain information about Black music. |
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African American Music http://www.teleport.com/~repmail/af-am-mu.html This site contains essays of African American musicians. |
Many men and women aided in the attempt to end segregation . Some of these people were Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary Church Terrell, Malcolm X, and Charles Houston.
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The National Civil Rights
Museum - A Virtual Tour http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html This site takes you through a tour of events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement. |
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A Timeline of the American Civil Rights
Movement http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/ This site contains summaries of various events that occured during the Civil Rights Movement. |
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The Civil Rights Movement: A Black
History Celebration http://www.fred.net/nhhs/project/civrts.htm This site contains a Civil Rights Movement Project developed by a 9th grade US Government class. |
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National Civil Rights Museum http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/ This site contains an interactive tour. |
There are been many abolitionist in America's History. Some of these are Fredrick Douglas, James Forten, Robert Purvis, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and David Walker.
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Abolitionist, Anti-Slavery Movement, and
the Rise of Sectional Controversy http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html This site contains information about black and white abolitionist. |
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The Underground Railroad: Anti-Slavery
Movement http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/educate/antisl.htm |
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Just the Arti-Facts - Anti- Slavery
Movement http://www.chicagohs.org/AOTM/nov97fact4.html |
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The Journey from Slavery to Freedom http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm |
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Abolition http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html |
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