Famous African Americans

  
Hank Aaron     |      Maya Angelou     |      Louis Armstrong    |      Arthur Ashe   |   Crispus Attucks
Benjamin Banneker    |    James P. Beckwourth    |    Mary McLeod Bethune    |    Buffalo Soldiers
Ralph Bunche   |   George Washington Carver    |     Shirley Chisholm    |    Bill Cosby
Frederick Douglass    |    Charles Drew    |    W.E.B. DuBois    |    Ella Fitzgerald    |    Matthew Henson
Langston Hughes   |   Jesse Jackson    | Mahalia Jackson     | Mae C. Jemison    |  Frederick Jones
Scott Joplin     |     Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.     |     Thurgood Marshall
Elijah McCoy     |     Garrett Morgan     |     Carol Moseley-Braun
Constance Baker Motley     |     Jesse Owens     |     Rosa Parks     |     Colin Powell
Paul Robeson     |     Jackie Robinson     |     Asa Philip Randolph     |     Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth     |     Harriet Tubman     |     Madame C.J. Walker     |     Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells-Barnett    |    Phillis Wheatley    |   Oprah Winfrey    | Malcolm X 

 
 
 
  

Hank Aaron
a few facts biography of Hank Aaron
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Maya Angelou
biography on Maya Angelou a few facts
from Colored Reflections  



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Louis Armstrong
Enchanted Learning a few facts
from Colored Reflections  



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Arthur Ashe
a few facts biography of Arthur Ashe
from Colored Reflections  



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Crispus Attucks
biography of Crispus Attucks  a few facts
pbs.org  



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Mary McLeod Bethune
biography of Mary McLeod Bethune a few facts
from Colored Reflections  
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Buffalo Soldiers
about Buffalo Soldiers a historical document
the Buffalo Soldier story  



 

Ralph Bunche
a few facts biography of Ralph Bunche
from Colored Reflections  



 

George Washington Carver
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this?  



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Shirley Chisholm
a few facts more info



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Bill Cosby
a few facts biography of Bill Cosby



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Tommy Dorsey
biography of Tommy Dorsey  



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Frederick Douglass
Enchanted Learning biography of Frederick Douglass
Can you do this? pbs.org



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W. E. B. DuBois
Enchanted Learning more info



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Ella Fitzgerald
biography of Ella Fitzgerald  



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Matthew Henson
Enchanted Learning more info 
Can you do this? from Colored Reflections



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Jesse Jackson
biography of Jesse Jackson more info



 

Mahalia Jackson
biography of Mahalia Jackson more info
from Colored Reflections  


 

Mae C. Jemison
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this? from Colored Reflections



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Frederick Jones
a few facts  



Scott Joplin
Enchanted Learning biography of Scott Joplin



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this? from Colored Reflections


   



Thurgood Marshall
Enchanted Learning more info
a few facts from Colored Reflections



Elijah McCoy
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this?  



Garrett Morgan
Enchanted Learning more info
biography of Garrett Morgan  



Carol Moseley-Braun
a few facts  



Constance Motley
a few facts biography of Constance Motley



Jesse Owens
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this?  



Rosa Parks
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this? from Colored Reflections



Colin Powell
biography of Colin Powell a few facts
from Colored Reflections  



Paul Robeson
a few facts a biography of Paul Robeson
from Colored Reflections  



Jackie Robinson
Enchanted Learning more info
Can you do this?  



Asa Philip Randolph
biography of A. Philip Randolph a few facts



Dred Scott
Enchanted Learning more info 
a few facts pbs.org



Sojourner Truth
Enchanted Learning biography of Sojourner Truth
a few facts  



Harriet Tubman
Enchanted Learning more info
biography of Harriet Tubman pbs.org



Madame C.J. Walker
Enchanted Learning more info



Booker T. Washington
Enchanted Learning biography of Booker T. Washington
a few facts  



Ida B. Wells-Barnett
biography of Ida B. Wells another biography



Oprah Winfrey
biography of Oprah Winfrey from Colored Reflections



Malcolm X
biography of Malcolm X a few facts
from Colored Reflections  



Langston Hughes
biography of Langston Hughes a few facts
another biography  



Phillis Wheatley
biography of Phillis Wheatley a few facts
another biography pbs.org



Benjamin Banneker
biography of Benhamin Banneker a few facts
another biography pbs.org



James P. Beckwourth
biography of James P. Beckwourth Check the MO History books!
   
 

Dr. Charles Drew
biography of Charles Drew from Colored Reflections
a few facts  
 
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Last updated February 10, 2003                                                                                         to Ms. McLain's home page