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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 - Asian American Civil Rights - Asian-American Military Service - Asian-American Notable People

Some Specific Asian-American Cultures

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

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Afro-American Lesson Plans - Hispanic-Americans / Latino Lesson Plans - Asian-American Lesson Plans - Multiculturalism & Tolerance Lesson Plans

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 Biographies by Category __ Government officials, Civil Rights personalities, religious leaders, and many more. - From factmonster.com - http://www.factmonster.com/spot/afroambios.html

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 Inventors __ Biographical sketches of many notable African Americans.  From the invention of blood-banks to the potato chip, learn what inventions came from the African American community. - From enchantedlearning.com - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/black.shtml

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

Bios of African Americans in History __ Several brief biographies along with links to additional information about each. - From enchantedlearning.com - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/  

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/  

 

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.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdoug.htm

Famous African American Women __ "...biographies, quotes, and other information on notable African American women in history." - From about.com - http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm 

Famous African Americans __ You will find brief biographies of inventors, musicians, educators, and others who have made a difference. - From thinkquest.org - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002424F/

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

Famous Firsts by African Americans (Inventors, Government, Law ... __ "The first African-American billionaire, combat pilot, Nobel Prize winner, poet laureate, Oscar winner, and Miss America..."  A very long list of first, the people who did it and many links to additional material. - From infoplease.com - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmfirsts.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

Josephine Baker __ A biography and links to additional information. - illustrated - From about.com - http://womenshistory.about.com/od/bakerjosephine/p/josephine_baker.htm

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/

South Carolina SC - Notable African-Americans - Alphabetical List __ A list of notable African Americans from South Carolina with links to more detailed biographies. - From sciway.net - http://www.sciway.net/afam/byname.html 

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 

 

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