- Hall of Black Achievement
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Chronicles significant achievements and contributions of people of color, offering biographies of Hall of Black Achievement inductees.
www.bridgew.edu/HOBA
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)@
Learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned American Civil Rights Movement leader who won Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaking and for promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. Sites offer bio, political career, writings, historical speeches, letter archives, interviews, and online library resources about the political activist and Baptist minister who is regarded as one of America's great orators.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/King__Martin_Luther__Jr___1929_1968_
- Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972)@
Read about Jackie Robinson, the African-American Major League Baseball player credited for breaking baseball's color barrier. Sites feature biography, career stats, articles, photos, and facts on the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation in 1947.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Former_Players/Robinson__Jackie__1919_1972_
- Jackson, Jesse@
Read about Jesse Jackson, the professional civil rights activist and a prominent leader of American Christian Left. Sites provide biography, political and religious profile, writings, speeches, commentary, archived essays, and audio clips of speeches by the famous African American spokesman for civil rights issues.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Jackson__Jesse
- Rice, Condoleezza@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Government_Officials/Rice__Condoleezza
- Parks, Rosa (1913-2005)@
Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Sites offer biography, political life, video clips, news coverage, historical milestones, archived interviews, remembrances, and chronology of Rosa Parks' historical boycott which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Parks__Rosa__1913_2005_
- Johnson, John H. (1918-2005)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Johnson__John_H___1918_2005_
- Powell, Colin@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Government_Officials/Powell__Colin
- HistoryMakers, The
Video oral history archive dedicated to preserving African American history, with biographies and videos of black people who have made significant contributions to American life.
www.thehistorymakers.com
- Malcolm X (1925-1965)@
Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Malcolm_X__1925_1965_
- Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)@
Find sites for Thrugood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sites provide biography, education, law career, opinions, interviews, speeches, and obituary for the jurist most remembered for his jurisprudence in civil rights and criminal procedure.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Supreme_Court_Justices/Marshall__Thurgood__1908___1993_
- Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Tubman__Harriet__1820_1913_
- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Douglass__Frederick__1817_1895_
- Sharpton, Al@
Civil rights activist and former candidate for the 2004 Democratic nomination.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Sharpton__Al
- Seale, Bobby@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Black_Panther_Party/Seale__Bobby
- Carver, George Washington (1861?-1943)@
Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Botanists/Carver__George_Washington__1864_1943_
- Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Du_Bois__W_E_B___1868_1963_
- Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Washington__Booker_T___1856_1915_
- Randolph, A. Philip (1889-1979)@
Know about Philip Randolph, the African American civil rights leader and founder of the first black labor union in the United States. Sites provide biography, articles, interviews, museum archives, obituary, and the civil rights and trade union work of the labor activist and civil rights pioneer.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Randolph__A__Philip__1889_1979_
- Prominent African Americans
Capsule biographies and links for prominent African Americans of the past and present.
www.aawc.com/paa.html
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