African American Resources

African American Resources from Howard University http://www.founders.howard.edu/afroam2.htm - This site is a good starting point for a web-library type search for African American resources.

Recommended African American Sites - This site, maintained by the University of Iowa, includes a wide variety of websites, publications, and other resources for African-American interest.

Individual Portraits

Booker T. Washington - bio:   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/bookert.html

                                      writings:  http://www.historycooperative.org/btw/

Colin Powell     http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/powell.html

Harriet Beecher Stowe  -  http://www.harrietbeecherstowe.org/

Jimi Hendrix  -  http://www.jimi-hendrix.com/

Magic Johnson  -  http://www.nba.com/history/players/johnsonm_summary.html

Malcolm X http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/home.php

Michael Jordan  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan

Mohammed Ali / Cassius Clay  -  http://www.ali.com/

O.J. Simpson   -  http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/simpson_oj.html

Oprah Winfrey  - http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1

Rosa Parks - http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1

Entertainment

BET - Black Entertainment Television - http://www.bet.com/

Harlem Renaissance http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem_intro.html

Motown http://www.motownmuseum.com/

Language Usage

Ebonics http://www.cal.org/ebonics/

Urban Dictionary - http://www.urbandictionary.com/