Directory of African-American Resources

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This category lists pages and sites that tell about the lives of African-American men and women who have made significant contributions and/or played prominent roles in society. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.

Subcategories

• Abolitionists
• Banneker, Benjamin
• Bearden, Romare
• Bluford, Guion S. Jr.
• Carver, George Washington
• Civil Rights Leaders
• Coleman, Bessie
• Douglass, Frederick
• Du Bois, W.E.B.
• Ellington, Duke
• Evers, Medgar
• Garvey, Marcus
• Henson, Matthew
• Hughes, Langston
• Hunter, Clementine
• Jackson, Jesse
• Jemison, Mae C.
• King, Coretta Scott
• King, Martin Luther, Jr.
• Lewis, Edmonia
• Malcolm X
• McCoy, Elijah
• McNair, Ronald Ervin
• Morgan, Garrett
• Parks, Rosa
• Pippin, Horace
• Robinson, Jackie
• Scott, Dred
• Truth, Sojourner
• Walker, George Theophilus
• Wells, Ida B.
• Woods, Tiger

Resources in This Category

• Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection

  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/
  One of the many white Americans who expressed interest in the achievements of black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance was real estate developer William E. Harmon. This collection of portraits and biographies is based on the works he amassed in the early part of the 20th century.

• CNN - Black History Month

  http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/29days.html
  CNN profiles men and women who have made lasting contributions, ranging from literature, music, and the arts to science and technology.

• Guide to Exploring African American Culture

  http://extension.psu.edu/publications/agrs-092/view
  Learn about African American culture and its importance in U.S. society, including individual contributions of selected African Americans to American history.

• Marian Anderson

  http://www.afrovoices.com/anderson.html
  Potrays the life of the singer who, at the peak of her career, was regarded as the world's greatest contralto.

• The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

  https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
  Biographies of African Americans working in the science fields, ranging from geologists and astronomers to mathematicians and inventors.

• Tindley, Charles

  http://www.lowershore.net/famousnatives/tindley.htm
  Brief biography on the composer of the song "We Shall Overcome" and generally considered the Father of American Gospel Music.

• Voices from the Gaps: Angela Yvonne Davis

  http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/davisAngela.php
  Tells about UCLA teacher and Black Panther Party sympathizer who ended up on the FBI's most wanted list after guns registered to her were used in a courtroom shooting.

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