Celebrating Black History Month
Please use our Library Reference Database Sites First, Use BOOKS, use encyclopedias, use Google LAST. Google Images is NOT a source.
General Reference Sites
Arthur Ashe
| About.com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/athletessports/p/bio_arthurashe.htm |
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Arthur Ashe official site |
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/ashe/index.php (official site) |
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Houston Chronicle (Breaking Special Barriers) |
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/sports/special/barriers/ashe.html |
Benjamin Bannaker
| About.Com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201a.htm?once=true& |
| The Progress Report | http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html |
| Timeline of African American History in Maryland | http://library.thinkquest.org/3337/banneker.html |
Guion "Guy" Bluford
George Washington Carver
| About.com | http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm |
| Africa Within | http://www.africawithin.com/bios/george_carver.htm |
| Kulture Kidz | http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/gwcarver.html |
| World Almanac for Kids | http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/carver_georgew.html |
Ray Charles
| America Online Biography | http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?tab=bio&artistid=3876 |
| JFKennedy Center for Performing Arts | http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3706&source_type=A |
| Official Site | http://www.raycharles.com/ |
| SwingNet biography | http://www.swingmusic.net/Ray_Charles_Biography.html |
Frederick Douglass
| About.com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/bio_douglass_f.htm |
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Bright Moments |
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Gale group (may be too hard) |
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/douglass_f.htm |
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National Historic Site |
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Thinkquest with his early life |
Charles Drew
| Gale Group | http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/drew_c.htm |
| Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement | http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Drew.cfm |
| University of Houston | http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi154.htm |
Althea Gibson
| Althea Gibson's Site | http://www.altheagibson.com/biographical.htm |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame | http://www.tennisfame.org/enshrinees/althea_gibson.html |
| Sports Illustrated For Kids | http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistorymonth/althea.html |
| Women's History from About.Com | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_gibson_althea.htm |
Alex Haley
| Gale Group | http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/haley_a.htm |
| Kunta Kinte biography | http://www.kintehaley.org/rootshaleybio.html |
| Literature Resource Site from Finland | http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ahaley.htm |
Matthew Henson
| Memorial Site | http://www.matthewhenson.com/index2.htm |
| National Geographic photo gallery | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/photogalleries/henson/ |
| SJSU Virtual Museum | http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/henson.html |
| Virtual Exploration Society | http://www.unmuseum.org/henson.htm |
Langston Hughes
| About.com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/bio_douglass_f.htm |
| Teacher Resource File ***lots of links to sites | http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm |
| Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughs |
Jessie Jackson
Thurgood Marshall
| About.Com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/thurgoodmarshall/a/bio_marshall_t.htm |
| America Online Black Voices | http://blackvoices.aol.com/black_news/black_history_month/articlecanvas?id=20060117162509990004 |
| George Mason University Center for History and New Media | http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm |
| Timeline of African American History in Maryland | http://library.thinkquest.org/3337/tmarsh.html |
Garrett Morgan
| About.Com | http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgas_mask.htm |
| Department of Transportation | http://education.dot.gov/aboutmorgan.html |
| South Kensington Science Museum | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/garret-morgan/index.asp |
Jesse Owens
| Jesse Owens Foundation | http://www.jesse-owens.org/about1.html |
| Jesse Owens site | http://www.jesseowens.com/index.php |
| Sports Illustrated For Kids | http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistorymonth/jesse.html |
| Whitehouse for Kids | http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/jesseowens.html |
Satchel Paige
| Black Baseball's Negro League | http://www.blackbaseball.com/players/paige.htm |
| Hickok Sports | http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/paigesatchel.shtml |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame | http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/paige_satchel.htm |
Colin Powell
| About.Com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/colinpowell/p/bio_powellcolin.htm |
| Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell |
| Whitehouse biography | http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/powell-bio.html |
Jackie Robinson
| About.com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jackierobinson/p/bio_robinson_j.htm |
| About.com photos | http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/blphotos_jackierobinson_index.htm |
| Jackie Robinson foundation | http://www.jackierobinson.org/ |
| National Baseball hall of fame | http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/robinson_jackie.htm |
| Sports Illustrated For Kids | http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistorymonth/jackie.html |
| Whitehouse for Kids | http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/jackierobinson.html |
Wilma Rudolph
| ESPN | http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016444.html |
| Whitehouse for Kids | http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/wilmarudolph.html |
| Women in History | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/rudo-wil.htm |
Clarence Thomas
| Cornell Law School | http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/thomas.bio.html |
| Speech American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. - February 13, 2001 (**audio) | http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/americanradioworks/features/sayitplain/cthomas.ram |
| Supreme Court History | http://www.supremecourthistory.org/myweb/justice/thomas.htm |
Nat Turner
| Africa Within | http://www.africawithin.com/bios/nat_turner.htm |
| African American History About.Com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa040201a.htm |
| Experts Archive Questions from About | http://experts.about.com/e/n/na/Nat_Turner.htm |
Soujourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
| About.Com | http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/bio_truth_s.htm |
| Women's History About.Com | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/bltruth.htm |
| Women in History | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm |
Madame C.J. Walker
| Africa Within | http://www.africawithin.com/bios/cj_walker.htm |
| Walker's official site | http://www.madamecjwalker.org |
| Women in History | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mad.htm |
Booker T. Washington
| Africa Within | http://www.africawithin.com/bios/booker/booker_bio1.htm |
Speech to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia - October 18, 1895 (**audio file) |
http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/americanradioworks/features/sayitplain/btwashington.ram |
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Library Thinkquest (may be a little difficult) |
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Washngtn.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0109 |
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Wikipedia (use for specifics) |
Malcolm X
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All About Malcolm (has good family info - may be too hard) |
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Encyclopedia Brittanica |
http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=50305 |
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Official Website's biography |
Andrew Young
| Andrew Young School of Policy Studies | http://aysps.gsu.edu/people/YoungA.htm |
| Georgia Encyclopedia | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1395 |
| History Makers | http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1210 |
| TeacherLink | http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/andrewyo.html#Background |
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Remember to use 3 out of the 4 acceptable sites