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This is an extensive list of biographical/literary entries; part of the larger portal web site for book news and reviews.

"Here you will meet 52 composers, conductors and instrumental performers - Africans, African Americans and Afro-Europeans. Many are alive today, but one lived 500 years ago! "
--Plus: AfriClassical Blog

--See also: Black Composers: A Guide to the Resources at The Library of Congress below

"From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. This web site provides an opportunity to read a sample of these narratives, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews." See also, a related website, "Been Here So Long" below.

African American artist profiled and celebrated. See also:
Bibliographies: "Bearden in his own words" ; "About Bearden" ; and, "Children's bibliography".

The collection includes audio recordings of interviews and interview transcripts, photographs, and documents. "The Black Women Oral History Project interviewed 72 African American women between 1976 and 1981." Among those interviewed are Dorothy Height, Maida Kemp, Audley Moore, Rosa Parks, Merze Tate, and Dorothy West.

Brief biographical profiles of prominent people in the civil rights movement and other figures important in American history during the struggle.

A searchable biographical dictionary of African American men and women in the history of science; some entries contain bibliographies. The site also includes links to other information regarding African American initiatives in the sciences: electronic conferences, data on doctorates, bibliographies, prospects for the future, etc.

Narratives, lesson plans for teachers, and other online resources.

--See also: William Greaves Collection, Black Film Center/Archive, Indiana University

A multi-media presentation of a short local history of Harlem in the 20th century, based on video interviews with individuals, their achievements, street map, short biographical profiles, and family histories.

The source of information: "The 1998 Black Fax Calendar." "The Internet African American History Challenge is an Internet based curriculum enhancement tool for high school Black History education programs. The Internet African American History Challenge consists of test questions based on the lives of important 19th century African Americans."

A biographical sketch of the Princeton University professor and winner of 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. See also: YK cover page with poetry samples.

The web site for two American Public Radio programs on the civil rights struggles of African Americans in the United States since 1895. The narrative is built around selected excerpts from recorded lectures and speeches made by famous African Americans. Biographical information of each featured speaker and the full texts and complete audio recordings of the speeches are available.

"Our mission is to bring truth, justice and healing, which can mean a full accounting of crimes committed and exhaustive investigations, to the families of victims of unsolved murders committed during the civil rights era."
--See especially: Emmett's Story (1941-1955)

An online list of African American women writers, with e-links to Wikipedia and Wikidata entries and other open access web sites.

'This site aims to collect poetry, drama, and fiction by African American women between 1900 and 1922'...featuring biographical sketches and selected writing by Georgia Douglas Johnson, Carrie Williams Clifford, and Clara Ann Thompson.

A very brief biographical sketch, plus useful links to other web pages with more information on the association he founded.