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LIBRARY
Black History Biographies |
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| NON-FICTION | |
| 252 KIN | Strength to love |
| 305.242 SHA | Westside : young men and hip hop in L.A. |
| 305.4 MCC | First of all: significant first by American women |
| 305.42 ROW | A century of women |
| 305.896 DEN | Black history for beginners. |
| 320.54 X | The autobiography of Malcolm X |
| 323.1 BRA | Pillar of fire : America in the King years,1963-65 |
| 780 MER | Heart & Soul : a celebration of Black music style in America, 1930-1975 |
| 781.66 STO | The story of rock'n'roll |
| 784.5 STA | The encyclopedia of pop, rock and soul |
| 810 WOR | African-American literature |
| 811 AME | American negro poetry |
| 811 ANG ANG | I know why the caged bird sings |
| 811.008 VIN | The Vintage book of African American poetry |
| 813 CRI | Critical essays on Richard Wright's Native son |
| 818 RAC | Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings. |
| 920 CAD | they changed the world |
| 920 CON | Contemporary heroes and heroines |
| 920 ENG | Actists, rebels & reformers |
| 920 HAR | American civil rights leaders |
| 920 HAS | Extraordinary women athletes |
| 920 HER | Herstory: women who changed the world |
| 920 KEL | Voisces from the Negro league |
| 920 MCG | The encyclopedia of 20th century athletes |
| 920 SLA | Slave narratives |
| 921 ALI HAU | Muhammad Ali : his life and times |
| 921 HUG MEL | Langston Hughes |
| 921 JOR HAL | Playing for keeps : Michael Jordan and the world he made |
| 921 KIN PEC | The life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr |
| 921 MAR WIL | Thurgood Marshall : American revolutionary |
| 921 PAY PAY | Never die easy : the autobiography of Walter Payton |
| 921 TRU KRA | Sojourner Truth |
| 921 X HAL | X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 |
| 940.53 VAL | World War II: the war in Europe |
| 940.53 STO | World War II |
| 973 HOO | The African American family album |
| 973 STE | 1001 things everyone should know about African American history. |
| 973.049 OBA | The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream |
| 973.3 RAP | A peoples history of the American Revolution |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 347.7 GRE | Great American trials |
| REF 347.73 OXF | Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States |
| REF 349.73 GRE | Great American court cases |
| REF 364.66 PAL | Encyclopedia of captial punishment in the United States |
| REF 650 BUS | Business leader profiles for students |
| REF 796.323 HUM | The official NBA encyclopedia |
| REF 803 ENC | Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century |
| REF 809 BLO | The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature |
| REF 809.3 BEA | Beacham's encyclopedia of popular literature (Biographies & Resources) |
| REF 809.3 NOV | Novels for students |
| REF 810.9 AME | American women writers |
| REF 811 ENC | encyclopedia of American poetry |
| REF 821 POE | Poets: American & British |
| REF 920 AME | American national biography |
| REF 920 ENC | Encyclopedia of world biography |
| RF 92 WOR | World poets |
| REF 973 CHR | Chronicle of America |
| REF 973.5 ENC | Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century |
| REF 973 ENC | Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century |
| REF 973.1 AME | American eras |
| REF 973.917 HIS | Historic events |
| REF 973.92 AME | American decades |
| DATABASES |
| The American National Biography |
| A useful and dynamic source of information - updates quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. Search Tip: For a precise match, enter a name in the format Last Name, First Name. |
| http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html |
| EBSCO Ultra Online |
| Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes. |
| http://www.search.ebscohost.com |
| eLibrary |
| eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. |
| http://www.proquestk12.com |
| Encyclopedia Britannica |
| Britannica Online School Edition: The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school. |
| www.school.eb.com |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
| GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| The History Study Center |
| History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day |
| www.proquestk12.com |
| WEBSITES |
| Biography |
| Learn about the civil rights struggle and honor the pioneers who overcame discrimination at the Biography website. |
| http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ |
| Black History People.com |
| Discover ALL the facts about 250+ other famous and noteworthy black history people |
| http://www.blackhistorypeople.com/ |
| EdChange |
| EdChange is dedicated to equity and justice in schools and society. We act to shape schools, organizations, and communities in which the full diversity of people have opportunities to live, learn, and thrive free from oppression. |
| www.edchange.org |
| The King Center |
| Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace. |
| www.thekingcenter.com |
| The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Center |
| The King Institute at Stanford University seeks to ensure that King's ideas and ideals will benefit future generations. The Institute's endowment supports research and educational programs that contribute to public understanding of King's life and of the movements inspired by his message of peace with social justice. |
| www.stanford.edu/group/King |
| National Civil Rights Museum |
| A civil rights center within the Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, designed to help visitors better understand the history and lessons of the American Civil Rights Movement. |
| www.civilrightsmuseum.org |
| Teaching Tolerance |
| Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. |
| www.teachingtolerance.org |
| Voices of Civil Rights |
| AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all. You are invited to explore this site, a tribute to those who were a part of the civil rights experience and to the continuing quest for equality |
| www.voicesofcivilrights.org |
| SEARCH ENGINES |
| Ask.com |
| Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. |
| www.ask.com |
| MLA SITES |
| Easybib |
| The free automatic bibliography composer. |
| Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| Works Cited Guidelines (MLA 6th edition) |
| Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear. |
| http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html |
| Research and Documentation Online |
| Link for documenting sources in research papers. |
| http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ |
| The OWL at Purdue:MLA Formatting and Style Guide |
| Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html |
