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		Shadowball: The Story of the Negro Leagues ^Votes:0 W ELCOME T O S HADOWBALL : T HE S TORY O F T HE N EGRO L EAGUES Works best with You are visitor number since July 12, 1996 Click here to hear an audio welcome! (308 K Wav format) (Works best with Media Player) Click on the buttons below to learn more about the Negro Leagues!! This website is designed to teach everybody about the Negro Leagues. We have prepared an introduction for those of you who have no idea in the world what the Negro Leagues are. If it is the great players of the Negro Leagues that interest you, then visit our player's site. It has the biography and pictures of some players. We also have a special section for the great teams of the Negro Leagues. And our timeline section provides a great way to see how the Negro Leagues evolved to become a crowd favorite, only to see it Read More Go to Site


		Dr. King Timeline ^Votes:0 NOTE: This document is designed to be viewed using a browser that supports frames. Frame-capable browser can be found at Netscape Communication . Welcome to the Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Page We have been learning about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . We read a book by Faith Ringgold about Dr. King's life. In the back of the book was a timeline of the major events in his life. That timeline was the source of the information contained on these pages. Please click on a date below to learn what happened on that day. Please note this page is still under construction. A better layout is coming next week. Special thanks to Grace for scanning all the images. January 15, 1929 September 1935 June 1944 February 1948 June 18, 1953 October 1954 June 1955 November 17, 1955 December 1, 195 Read More Go to Site

		Duke Ellington ^Votes:0 Musicians & Composers Duke Ellington Portrait of Duke Ellington at the Paramount Theater, New York City 1946 Born: April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C. Died: May 24, 1974, New York City Born Edward Kennedy Ellington, Duke Ellington was one of the founding fathers of jazz music. He started playing piano at the age of seven, and by the time he was 15, he was composing. A pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer, Ellington and his band played together for 50 years. Some of Ellington's most famous songs include "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Sophisticated Lady" and "In a Sentimental Mood." How the Maestro Began An Incredible Career Choose another Musician or Composer Duke Ellington A Man and His Band "Duke's Band" An Incredible Career "Duke Ellington's Varied Career" How the Maestro Began "D Read More Go to Site

		Frederick Douglass ^Votes:0 Activists & Reformers Frederick Douglass Photograph of Frederick Douglass in 1890 Born: February 1817 (exact date uncertain) Died: February 20, 1895 Frederick Douglass once told a group of African American students from a school in Talbot County, Maryland, "What was possible for me is possible for you. Do not think because you are colored you cannot accomplish anything. Strive earnestly to add to your knowledge. So long as you remain in ignorance, so long will you fail to command the respect of your fellow men." Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father he never knew, Frederick Douglass grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement and the first black citizen to hold high rank (as U.S. minister and consul general to Haiti) in the U.S. governme Read More Go to Site

		Harriet Tubman ^Votes:0 Activists & Reformers Harriet Tubman Portrait of Harriet Tubman Born: c. 1820, Dorchester County, Maryland Died: March 10, 1913, Auburn, New York Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as the "Moses of her people." Over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse. Spying for the Union Freeing the Slaves Choose another Activist or Reformer Harriet Tubman Freeing the Slaves "Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad" Running to Freedom Read More Go to Site

		Langston Hughes ^Votes:0 Writers & Artists Langston Hughes Twentieth century writer and poet Langston Hughes Born: February 1, 1902 Died: May 22, 1967 Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, which was the African American artistic movement in the 1920s that celebrated black life and culture. Hughes's creative genius was influenced by his life in New York City's Harlem, a primarily African American neighborhood. His literary works helped shape American literature and politics. Hughes, like others active in the Harlem Renaissance, had a strong sense of racial pride. Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality. Langston Touche Read More Go to Site

		The Internet African American History Challenge ^Votes:0 Bright Moments Presents The Internet African American History Challenge &copy and Profiles of Some Important 19th Century African Americans Alexander Crummell Frederick Douglass Henry Highland Garnet Harriet Tubman Henry McNeal Turner John Mercer Langston Mary Elizabeth Boswer Mary Church Terrell Mary Ann Shadd Nat Turner Richard Allen Sojourner Truth Take The Internet African American History Challenge Read More Go to Site

		Three-fifths Compromise ^Votes:0 Slide 39 of 46 Three-fifths Compromise Slaves received no rights or votes. Slaves would count for three-fifths of a person for determining both representation and taxation. Census would be held every 10 years to apportion representation. This controversial bargain was used to bring northern and southern states together --> Read More Go to Site

		W.E.B. Du Bois ^Votes:0 Activists & Reformers W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1963 Born: February 23, 1868 Died: August 27, 1963 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a noted scholar, editor, and African American activist. Du Bois was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP -- the largest and oldest civil rights organization in America). Throughout his life Du Bois fought discrimination and racism. He made significant contributions to debates about race, politics, and history in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, primarily through his writing and impassioned speaking on race relations. Du Bois also served as editor of The Crisis magazine and published several scholarly works on race and African American history. By the time he died, in 19 Read More Go to Site

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