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Hispanic, Latino-American Resources

Civil Rights - Latino-American General Resources - Hispanic Heritage Month - Is it Hispanic or Latino? - Latino-Americans Military - Notable People - Specific Latino Cultural Information - Latino-American Regional Information

Some Specific Latino-American Cultures

Cuban American - Mexican-American - Puerto Rican

Asian-American Resources
Asian-American General Resources - Civil Rights - Military - Asian-American Notable People

Some Specific Asian-American Cultures

Cambodian-American - Chinese-American - Filipino-American - Hmong-American - Indian-American - Japanese-American - Korean-American - Laotian-American - Persian-American - Thai-American - Vietnamese-American

Activist Mary Church Terrell Was Born ___A brief, three page overview of this woman's accomplishments. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress -
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_terrell_1.html 

African-American Biographies—A to Z ___Scroll down, using the alphabetical list to access information about the people in whom you have an interest, or select a category to get a shorter, more specialized list. - Text only - From Pearson Education -
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html 

African American Heroes - 1750-1860___ "Numerous African Americans distinguished themselves in America before the Civil War." There are biographies of 11 such people here. - Text only - From World Book Inc. - http://tinyurl.com/65zow 

African American Historical Figures ___Biographies of 12 people, plus an interactive quiz presented in three levels. - Illustrated - From The Internet African American History Challenge - http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory 

African-American Contributors___"... short biographies on many African-Americans who have made significant contributions to American culture." Names are listed by categories such as entertainers, inventors and social activists. - Illustrated - From eighth grade Donegal Middle School students - http://www.donegal.k12.pa.us/DMS/KIF/Tabofcon.htm 

AFRO-American Almanac ___"Biographies of 24 men, 20 women and 2 groups are provided from works on a lengthy bibliography of print sources." - Text only - From The Digital Development Group - http://toptags.com/aama/bio/bio.htm 

Althea Gibson Won Again! ___Three brief pages with the story of Althea Gibson -- her achievements and her challenges. Text can be easily understood by younger grades. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_gibson_1.html 

Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson Was Born ___A brief but informative look at the life of Bill Robinson. There is a 30.6 MB MPEG video available, but it'll probably take you much longer to download it than it will to view it. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress -
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_bojangle_1.html 

Biography - Black History Month ___"From Jackie Robinson to Tiger Woods, Harriet Tubman to Barrack Obama, Black History Month pays tribute to inspirational African Americans from the past, as well as those who will continue to make history well into the future." Use the menu to the left of your screen to navigate this website. When you click on a name, a new browser window opens. - Text only - From A & E - http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ 

Booker T. Washington ___An excellent site for younger students, with large, colourful text, easy-to-understand terms, suggested activities, and a section with notes for teachers. - Illustrated - From the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Office -
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/bookertwashington/ 

Booker T. Washington: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography ___The complete text of Washington's autobiography "Up From Slavery", plus two essays, one written in 1896 and the other in 1900. - Illustrated - From the University of Virginia -
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/WASHINGTON/cover.html 

Breaking Racial Barriers ___"Biographies and portraits of 20 noteworthy African Americans. - Illustrated - From the Harmon Foundation in New York City -
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/  

Colonel Tye ___"Colonel Tye was probably the most effective and respected black military leader during the Revolution." Students of black history, military history or the American Revolution will find this one page story informative. - Text only - From Canada's Digital Collections -
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/people/secular/tye.htm 

'Don't Look Back' ___The music and lyrics you'll hear and read here are written by Michael Rychlik about baseball's legendary Satchel Paige. (The free RealOne plug-in is required.) song. As well as the song, you'll find some advice from Mr. Paige about staying young. - Illustrated - From History Happens - http://ushistory.com/dlookback.htm 

Escape From Slavery, 1838___Frederick Douglass was born a slave. Here, in his own words, is the account of his flight to freedom. - Illustrated - From Ibis Communications, Inc. - http://www.ibiscom.com/fdoug.htm 

The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences ___"Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering." People are listed alphabetically and by profession. You can also access women's profiles from that link. - Illustrated - From Mitchell C. Brown, Mathematics and Physics Librarian, Princeton University - http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html 

Famous African Americans in Maryland's History ___There are two biographies here-- one for Harriet Tubman and the other for Frederick Douglass. - Illustrated - By John T. Marck - http://www.marylandtheseventhstate.com/article1086.html 

Harriet Tubman Frees 300 Slaves ___This interesting article provides information about Harriet Tubman's life as a slave and as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She was responsible for freeing over 300 slaves. - Text only - From OLD NEWS, Susquehanna Times & Magazine, Inc. - http://www.oldnewspublishing.com/tubman.htm 

James Weldon Johnson Was Born ___"He was a poet, diplomat, songwriter, and anthologist (compiler) of African American culture." If you've not heard of this extraordinary man, you'll find these three brief pages quite interesting. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress -
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_johnson_1.html 

John Brown Took Harper's Ferry Hostage ___Read about Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry and the results of his action. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_brown_1.html

Paul Laurence Dunbar Was Born ___According to this website, Dunbar was "By the turn of the [20th] century, the most famous black writer in America." These three brief pages are suitable for younger grades. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress -
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_dunbar_1.html 

Prominent African Americans: Past & Present ___The website isn't pretty -- none of the graphics as of this date [03-02-2005] seem to work, but by clicking on the links you can access information about prominent and influential black Americans from a variety of expertise and occupations. - Text only - From William Richard Jones, CCP - http://www.aawc.com/paa.html 

SC African American History On-Line ___"Now in its sixteenth year, the project provides educators, parents, and visitors a method of identifying African-American role models for all youth, honoring notable African-American achievers with ties to South Carolina." Use the menu to the left of your screen to access information about some very interesting people. - Illustrated - From BellSouth and WIS-TV - http://www.scafam-hist.org/ 

Thomas Peters ___What a story you're going to find here! I'd not heard of this man before, but I doubt I'll forget him now that I've read the information here. - Illustrated - From Canada's Digital Collections - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/people/secular/peters.htm 

Thurgood Marshall Became the First African-American Supreme Court Justice ___Two brief pages, geared to younger students, overview the story of Justice Marshall's career. - Illustrated - From the Library of Congress - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_marshall_1.html 

UGA African American Studies ___"African Americans have played a vital role in the history and culture of their country since its founding. On this page you will find brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history." People include Benjamin Banneker, Alexander Crummell and Ida Wells-Barnett. - Illustrated - From the University of Georgia - http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html 
 

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