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Awards

• Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award Winners - A list of past and present BCALA Literary Award winning book from 1994 thru 2008
• Coretta Scott King Award and the John Steptoe Award - A link to the ALA Coretta Scott King Book Award List and The John Steptoe Award for New Talent with a complete list of winning books from 1970 to 2008.
• The Hurston/Wright Foundation Award - A list of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Award winning books from 2006 thru 2008

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Biography

• African American Astronauts
• African Americans in the Visual Arts
• Biographies from Encyclopedia Britannica
• Colin S. Powell
• Dr. Mae C. Jemison Biography page of the first Black woman in space.
• The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
• GaleGroup
• Black History Month.
• Biographies
• Life and Philosophy of Frederick Douglass
• Marian Anderson:  a Life in Song
• Matthew Henson
• Prominent African Americans
• Reverend Peter Gomes
• Rosa Parks Dies at 92 - Detroit News
• W.E.B. DuBois Virtual University
• Yahoo's African American People

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Books

• African American Literature Book Club - Book reviews, discussions, and best sellers hosted by the African American Literature Book Club.
• Book Buzz - A list of resources and websites, and books by and about African Americans. Brought to you by the Richland County Library of Columbia, South Carolina.
• The African American Fiction Booklist - A booklist of Popular African American Fiction from the Public Library of Cincinnati.
• Just Us Books for Kids - One of the leading publishers of Black interest titles for young people .

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Culture

• African American Health Network
• Oxford African American Studies Center  
• African American Web Connection
• African American World for Kids (PBS and NPR)
• Black Enterprise Online authority on business news, strategy, information and resources for African American entrepreneurs, corporate executives, managers, and professionals.
• Black Facts Online!
• Black History Links at the Kids Domain
• Black History Month: Soul of a Culture from CNN
• civilrights.org The definitive source for information and resources about civil rights.
• The History of Black History
• We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
• Infoplease.com
• Civil Rights Timeline, black history quizzes, and a crossword puzzle.
• Negro League Baseball: Gone but not Forgotten
• Universal Black Pages
• Writing Black - Literature and history written by and on African Americans.

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Games and Study Guides

• African American Heritage Teacher Toolkit for Grades K-12 - A study tool brought to you by AfroAmericanHeritage.com, complete with reference links, history, lesson plans, posters, and a guide to African American heritage travel in America.
• Time for Kids! Black History Month - Time for Kids! Special Black History Month Issue with games, puzzles, facts and a homework helper.
• The Underground Railroad Derby: Escape to Freedom Game - A game all about the Underground Railroad brought to you by Headbone.com a website dedicated to educational games for kids!
• Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad site with games - A website created by Mrs. Taverna’s second grade class at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. This site contains Quizzes, Crossword Puzzles, and study materials about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
• PBS Kids! Games , African American World for Kids! - Try these games from PBS Kids!

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Genealogy

• Afrigeneas Focus on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular.
• Christine's Genealogy Site
• Cyndi's List of African-American Genealogy Sites
• Lest We Forget Genealogy Page

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History

• A History of African American Troops during the Civil War - From Americancivilwar.com
• African American Freedom Fighters: Soldiers for Liberty.
• African American Journey from World Book Encyclopedia
• African-American Month from the Department of Defense
• The African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
• African American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress)
• Africans in America  PBS Online
• Academy of Achievement Rosa Parks Interview
• Been Here So Long - Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives
• Black History Hotlist
• Black History Month at Google.com Web Directory
• Celebrate Black History from familyeducation.com
• Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
• History Channel Black Celebrate History Month
• Images of African Americans from the 19th Century Amazing collection
• Internet African American History Challenge  Can you pass this quiz?
• Let's Talk About Black History Month.
• The African American Odyssey from the Library of Congress
• The Civil War Archive - A website detail African American units in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• The Kid's Corner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• National Geographic Underground Railroad interactive site
• Resources in Black Studies (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Social Studies School Service
• Virtual Tour of the National Civil Rights Museum
• Yahooligans African American Culture

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Project - Historic Speeches and Interviews
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Seattle Times)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Chronology
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford
• Martin Luther King Speeches (some Sound Clips)
• Newsfile:  Martin Luther King, Jr. (Time Magazine archived articles and photographs)

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Literature

• Today in Black History
• Facts for Features from the US Census Bureau
• Black History Month - Factmonster.com
• Recent Fiction by and about African Americans (PDF)
• African American Literature Book Club
• African American Writers: a Celebration
• BlackLiterature.com books by, for, and about Black people
• A Brief Chronology of African American Literature with links to biographical pages
• Coretta Scott King Award Winners - Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream. "
• Ebony/Jet Magazine
• Electronic Text Center. 
• Essence Magazine
• Essence Magazine's Best Seller List
• Powerful African-American Images Revealed in Picture Books
• 10 Great Novels by African Americans

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