Famous African-Americans
Links to sites with information, biographies and pictures of famous African-Americans
Author Anne
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http://www.factmonster.com/spot/afroambios.html
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/
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http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/
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http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/200-notables/legal.jsp
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http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/featured-biography/
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Search for your person either in the SEARCH box at the top of the page or click on the various tabs such as Leaders & Revolutionaries, Artists & Entertainers, etc.
http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/index.html
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Short profiles of some important 19th Century African-Americans and an interactive quiz!
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
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http://www.black-collegian.com/african/aaprofil.shtml
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Click on the person you are interested in, and it will bring you to more information about that person.
http://blackhistory.cmgworldwide.com/figures/index.htm
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http://www.aawc.com/paa.html
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http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/africanamericanbiographies.htm
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Famous African-American women, listed in alphabetical order, just scroll through for your person.
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm
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Information on Black Inventors. Just click on your person's name to see their biography.
http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm
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Click on a name to read more about that person, then try to guess who they are from their "kid" pictures!
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,97503,00.html
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Great information on Frederick Douglass: don't forget to click on the sections at the bottom for more information.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html