Biography – African American
American Slave Narratives
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
During the 1930's, former slaves were interviewed and their autobiographies were recorded. Life during and after slavery is discussed.
Black Americans in Congress
http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Black-Americans-in-Congress/
Biographical profiles, links to information about current African-American members, essays, and images. From the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/index.htm
From the National Portrait Gallery, an exhibition of depictions of famous African American men and women; each includes a biography of the sitter.
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/primary.htm
Recollections of capture, arrival in the New World, conditions, resistance, punishment, escape, family, religion, and emancipation.
HistoryMakers.com
http://www.thehistorymakers.com
Contributors to art, business, civic affairs, education, entertainment, law, media, medicine, military, music, politics, religion, science, sports, and style.
Marian Anderson
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson
The career of the renowned concert singer and civil rights pioneer.
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/bethune-mary-jane-mcleod-1875-1955
Biography of the eminent educator.
Matthew Alexander Henson
http://www.matthewhenson.com/index.html
A wealth of material about the life of the legendary African American Arctic and North Pole explorer, Matthew Henson.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Biographical Outline
http://www.thekingcenter.org/history/about-dr-king/
An extensive article about the life, award, publications, and death of Dr. King, from The King Center, which Coretta Scott King established in 1968. With excerpts from Martin Luther King's most famous speeches.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: NHS Speeches--Dr. King Speeches
http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/otherresources.htm
From "The Negro and the Constitution," 1944 through "I've Been to the Mountaintop," 1968, the full texts of each speech is provided.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu
Speeches, sermons, articles about his influence, biographical information, and a timeline about our nation's most celebrated African American leader.
Paul Robeson
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/paul-robeson/about-the-actor/66/
All about New Jersey's Renaissance man, a genius in athletics, drama, law, music, politics, and social studies.
Jackie Robinson
http://www.evesmag.com/robinson.htm
A baseball hero, a political hero. This site tells the story of the evolution of a once strictly segregated sport.
Madam C.J. Walker
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/walker.html
The story of the life and work of the first African American millionaire.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Passion for Justice
http://www.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/AAIH/caaih/ibwells/ibwbkgrd.html
Biography, portrait, and questions to consider about the anti-lynching crusader's impact on her times and ours.
Carter G. Woodson
http://asalh100.org/carter-g-woodson-the-early-years-1875-1903/
From the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, a biography of the early years of "the Father of Black History," who, in 1915, founded the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.
The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp
A timeline of Malcolm X's life expands to provide additional information.
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