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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.

 

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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