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Biography Resouce Center: African Americans
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/AFAM?locID=s0070
Biography Resource Center -
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=iconn
Search under the name of a specific person that you have selected. If you have not yet selected a person, under “Category Browse” click on more and then select “African Americans” to see a whole list Black Americans.
African American Icons -
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=593&display_order=4&mini_id=1071
Biographies of great African Americans from Biography.com
African Americans in History -
http://www.uga.edu/iaas/history/index.htm
On this page you will find brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history. [ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6
African American Inventors -
http://www.inventions.org/culture/african/index.html
Inventors Assistance League maintains biographies of famous African American inventors.
African American Leaders Since 1945
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/aajourney/civilrights
Scroll down to the bottom to find short biographies of important African American Leaders are featured in this site offered by the How Stuff Works Encyclopedia
African American Writers : Online E-texts -
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/afroonline.htm
The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) African American Writers Page. The ISLMC is a meta site which brings together resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students
Africans in America-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
The Africans in America Web site is a companion to Africans in America, a six-hour public television series. The Web site chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 -- and explores the central paradox that is at the heart of the American story: a democracy that declared all men equal but enslaved and oppressed one people to provide independence and prosperity to another. Africans in America examines the economic and intellectual foundations of slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. And it reveals how the presence of African people and their struggle for freedom transformed America.
Biographies -
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/
Ken Burn's Jazz
PBS
Includes many famous jazz musicians from several racial groups.
Black History Month - Biographies -
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/index.htm
From Muhammed Ali through Opray Winfrey, well-researched biographies are provided by Gale Research.
200 Notables
Black History Month -
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/200-notables.jsp A selection of biographies of famous Black Americans.
Black History Tour -
http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/Tourmenu.htm
From Stamp on Black History, this site goes back to the years 300-1619, and continues to the present, with detailed info on Black Americans and many links to famous blacks.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 |
A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance - http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657
In the 1920's, Harlem became a haven for African-Americans who had moved away for the South. All the arts including poetry flourished in this community. Learn more about the poets and those that followed in their footsteps.
Celebrating Black History -
http://www.time.com/time/2002/bhm/
A photohistory of influential Black Americans and an archives of articles celebrating Black Americans are available at this site sponsored by Time.com.
Colored Reflections -
http://www.coloredreflections.com/contents.cfm
Choose a decade, then "People" and read biographies.
Documenting The American South -
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. The Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors DAS, and the texts come primarily from its Southern holdings. An editorial board guides its development.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History -
http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/home.do
The Britannica offers biographies and photographs of notable people and descriptions and documents of historic events. Interesting video and audio clips are also available.
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences -
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed in both large and small ways to the rich history of science.
Harmon Collection: Breaking Racial Barriers -
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/
"One of the many white Americans who expressed his interest in the artistic achievements of black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's, was Caucasion real estate developer, William E. Harmon (1862-1928). In 1922 he established the Harmon Foundation in New York City to recognize African American achievements, not only in the fine arts but also in business, education, farming, literature, music, race relations, religious service and science." Biographies and portraits of noteworthy African Americans.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6
Jazz Greats -
http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/index.html
From Jazz in PBS Kids, nice introductions to African Americans Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington.
Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
Bridgewater State College
http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/gallery.cfm
The Hall of Black Achievement (HOBA) is a project of Bridgewater State College founded in 1987. The mission of the Hall of Black Achievement is to discover, detail, and disclose the significant achievements and contributions of people of color.
Ten Top African American Inventors -
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm
Scholastic has selected ten of the most well-known African American Inventors to feature on this Web page.
Photographs Only
Time and Life Pictures
http://www.timelifepictures.com/ms_timepix/source/home/home.aspx?pg=1
Search for African Americans, the name of specific people or events to find amazing pictures that have been published in Life and Time magazines.
Associated Press Photo Archive -
http://accuweather.ap.org/cgi-bin/apl.pl
Find pictures from the beginning of the publication of newspapers to yesterday's edition. Type the name of the person under in What in search for photographs of them.
