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Anthony, Susan

Anthony, Susan B(rownell), Click2Biography: Susan B. Anthony, Trail Blazer, My Hero: Susan B. Anthony, Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Ca, Susan B. Anthony, Susan B. Anthony House: Biography, Susan B. Anthony: American Suffragist, Susan Brownell Anthony, United States v. Susan B. Anthony: 1873

Douglass, Frederick

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass, Douglass, Frederick, Douglass, Frederick, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass - African American Historical F, Frederick Douglass Comes to Life, Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, Orator and Publi

Du Bois, W.E.B.

Du Bois, W. E. B., Du Bois, W.E.B., W. E. B. Du Bois, W.E.B. DuBois, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt DuBois

Evers, Medgar

Evers, Medgar, Evers, Medgar (Wiley), Medgar Evers, MWP: Medgar Evers (1925-1963)

Gandhi, Mahatma

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, My Hero: Mahatma Gandhi, The Man - The Mahatma

Garvey, Marcus

American Experience: Marcus Garvey, Garvey, Marcus

Jackson, Jesse

Jackson, Jesse, Jackson, Jesse Louis, Jesse Jackson, The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson

King, Coretta Scott

Coretta Scott King, Essence: Family on the Front Line, Gale Group: Coretta Scott King, IMS: Coretta Scott King, The King Center: Coretta Scott King, Voices from the Gaps: Coretta Scott King

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., AfricaWithin.com: Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. King Timeline, Dr. King Timeline, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., EnchantedLearning.com: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ggolden-legacy.com: Martin Luther King Jr., King, Martin Luther, Jr., King, Martin Luther, Jr., Kulture Kidz: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcom X

Mandela, Nelson

Leaders and Revolutionaries - Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela in the Electronic Passport, Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Address, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Parks, Rosa

1st Person: Rosa Parks, Girl Power! Rosa Parks, Parks, Rosa Louise, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks: The Woman Who Changed a Nation, The Women of The Hall - Rosa Parks

Scott, Dred

Dred Scott, Dred Scott Case, Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Ca, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Truth, Sojourner

African American Journey: Truth, Sojourner, Ain't I a Woman?, Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth - African American Historical Figu, Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl, Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth., The Women of The Hall: Sojourner Truth, Truth, Sojourner

Tubman, Harriet

African American Journey: Tubman, Harriet, Celebrating Black History Month: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Ross Tubman, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad for Ch, Spectrum Biographies - Harriet Tubman, The Women of The Hall: Harriet Tubman, Tubman, Harriet Ross

Wells, Ida B.

Thomson-Gale: Black History Month - Biographies -

Williams, Hosea

Biography Resource Center: Hosea Lorenzo Williams, Hosea Williams, 1926-2000

Cesar Chavez

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html

Biography of the civil rights and labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers.

Cleaver, (Leroy) Eldridge

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/131/33.html

Tells about the life of this preacher of the doctrine of Black Power who made two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Presidency.

Coleman A. Young

http://www.freep.com/news/young/

Comprehensive profile of the politician and civil rights activist who served as mayor of Detroit for five consecutive terms. Includes photographs, audio clips from his funeral, and forum. From the Detroit Free Press.

Elijah Muhammad

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/muhammad_e.htm

Black nationalist and Nation of Islam spiritual leader who rejected Christianity as the religion of the oppressor.

Hosea Williams

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhosea.htm

Tells the life story of the American civil rights leader.

Lech Walesa

http://www.4to40.com/legends/index.asp?article=legends_lechwalesa

A leader of the Solidarity movement that lead the Poles out of communism. Includes a brief biography.

Martin Delany

http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/delany/home.htm

Tells about the black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Includes excerpts from his writings.

Randolph, A Philip

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/494/22.html

Introduces the man who played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Viva Cesar E. Chavez

http://www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/cesarbio5-12.htm

Biography of the Hispanic civil rights and labor leader.

Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/635/7.html

Tells about the American journalist and reformer who was known chiefly for her campaign against the lynching of blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Young, Andrew

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/650/54.html

Biography of Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. American civil rights leader, politician, and clergyman.

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1932-)

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000028

From the Biographical directory of the United States Congress.