African American Studies






Abernathy, Ralph David (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990)

FBI Records: The Vault
New York Times obituary
New Georgia Encyclopedia
 

Ali, Muhammad  (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; Jan. 17, 1942)

Official website
Sonny Liston vs Cassius Clay (Original) (Video)
The FAMOUS Phantom Punch~Fix? (Video)
Jack Dempsey and Rocky Marciano on the Phantom Punch (Video)
Muhammad Ali - Mini Bio (Video)
 

Armstrong, Louis (August 4, 1901–July 6, 1971)

 
 

Baldwin, James (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)

James Baldwin: the Price of the Ticket (Video)
 

Basie, William James "Count" (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

 
 

Beard, Andrew Jackson (1873–1921)

National Inventors Hall of Fame
 

Blair, Henry (1807–1860)

Henry Blair Biography
United States Patent Office, Cotton Planter
United States Patent Office, Seed Planter
 

Boykin, Otis F. (Aug. 29, 1920–Mar. 13, 1982)

Otis Boykin Biography
Otis Boykin Black Inventor
Patents Attributed to Boykin

Bouchet, Edward (1852-1918)

 Edward Bouchet on Wikipedia
 Physicists of the African Diaspora

Brown, James Joseph (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006)

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Brown, H. Rapp (born October 4, 1943)

Interviewed by Gil Noble about American politics (Video)
Speech at Free Huey rally, part 1 (Audio)
Speech at Free Huey rally, part 2 (Audio)
Speech at Free Huey rally, part 3 (Audio)
 

Campbell, James Edwin (September 28, 1867–1896)

Poetry Foundation
 

Carmichael, Stokeley (also Kwame Ture; June 29, 1941–Nov. 15, 1998)

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"Black Power" Speech Text, Oct. 29, 1966
"We Ain't Going" Speech, April 12, 1967 (Video)
Speech (Video)
 

Carson, Ben (born Sept. 18, 1951)

Official website
Wikipedia
Ben Carson Makes Obama Sit Through the Longest 27 Minutes Of His Presidency (Feb. 2013)
Obamacare worst thing to happen to the U.S. since slavery (Washington Times, Oct. 11, 2013)
 

Carver, George Washington ( Jan. 1864–Jan. 5, 1943)

1930 Tuskegee, Alabama, federal census
Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Alabama
 

Chamberlain, Wilton Norman "Wilt"

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Chestnutt, Charles W.  (June 20, 1858–Nov. 17, 1932)

 

Cleaver, Eldridge (Aug. 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998)

PBS Frontline interview
CNN obituary, May 1, 1998
New York Times obituary, May 2, 1998
 

Cosby, Bill  (born July 12, 1937)

Pound Cake Speech (May 17, 2004)
Is Bill Cosby Right or Is the Black Middle Class Out of Touch? (Michael Eric Dyson, NPR interview, May 3, 2005)
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event (Sept. 8, 2009)
 

Davis Sr., Benjamin O. (1880–Nov. 26, 1970)

U.S. Army Center of Military History
Wikipedia
 

Davis Jr., Sammy (Dec. 8, 1925–May 16, 1990)

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Davis, Dr. William Boyd Allison  (Oct. 14, 1902–Nov. 21, 1983)

 

Drew, Charles Richard (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950)

Charles Drew Biography (Video)
 

Dubois, W.E.B. (Feb. 23, 1868–Aug. 27, 1963)

The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches (1903)
Lange, Werner J. W.E.B. DuBois and the First Scientific Study of Afro-America. Phylon (1960-), Vol. 44, No. 2 (2nd Qtr., 1983), pp. 135-146.
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W.E.B. Du Bois vs Booker T. Washington - Then and Now (Video)
Du Bois and the Soviet Union (Video)
W.E.B. Du Bois - Rivalry with Booker T. Washington (Video)
 
 

Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)

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Wikipedia

Evers, Medgar (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963)

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Farmer, Jr., James L. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999)

 
 

Farrakhan, Louis ((born Louis Eugene Wolcott; May 11, 1933)

Wikipedia
Minister Farrakhan: That's A Murderer In The White House! June 10, 2011
Louis Farrakhan: America Blind In Its Arrogance, Has A WICKED Government. Chicago Speech, Oct. 2012
 

Finney, Jr., Ernest A. (born March 23, 1931)

 

Frazier, Edward Franklin  (Sept. 24, 1894-May 17, 1962)

 
 

Freeman, Morgan

Black History Month Is Ridiculous.. Black History Is American History (Video)
 

Garvey, Marcus M. (Aug. 17, 1887–June 10. 1940)

Marcus Garvey
 

Gaye, Marvin (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)

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Hampton, Fred (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969)

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On The Importance Of Education Prior To Action (Video)
 

Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters: Biography - 1 of 5 (Video)
The Harlem Globetrotters: Biography - 2 of 5 (Video)
The Harlem Globetrotters: Biography - 3 of 5 (Video)
The Harlem Globetrotters: Biography - 4 of 5 (Video)
The Harlem Globetrotters: Biography - 5 of 5 (Video)
 
 

Hendrix, James Marshall "Jimi" (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970)
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Houston, Charles Hamilton (Sept. 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950)

 

Hughes, Langston (Feb. 1, 1902–May 22, 1967)

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Jackson, George Lester (Sept. 23, 1941–Aug. 21, 1971)
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FBI Records: The Vault- George Jackson Brigade
 

Jackson, Michael (Aug. 29, 1958–June 25, 2009)
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Johnson, James Weldon (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938)

 

Johnson, Jack Arthur "John"  (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946)
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Johnson, John H.  (Jan. 19, 1918–Aug. 8, 2005)

 
 

Johnson, Lonnie George (born Oct. 6, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama)
 
 

Johnson, Malvin Gray (28 Jan. 1896-1934)

 

Jones, James Earl (born January 17, 1931)

 

Jones, Russell Tyrone “Ol’ Dirty Bastard” (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004)
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Julian, Percy Lavon (April 11, 1899–April 19, 1975)

 

Jones, Frederick McKinley (1940-
 

Joplin, Scott (c. 1867/1868?–April 1, 1917)

 

Just, Ernest Everett  (Aug. 14, 1883–Oct. 27, 1941)

King, Jr., Martin Luther (Jan. 15, 1929–April 4, 1968)

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, National Parks Service
Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives: MLK Assassination a Result of a Conspiracy (National Archives)
1940 Atlanta federal census
Martin Luther King at Communist Training School (The Augusta Chronicle, July 8, 1963)

Letter from Birmingham Jail (August 1963)
I Have a Dream Speech Aug. 28, 1963 (Text)
I Have a Dream Speech Aug. 28, 1963 (Video)
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate (Video)
The MLK that's never quoted (Video)
How Martin Luther King Put Rights Movement 'Where His Mouth Was' in 'Dream' Speech (ABC News, Aug. 27, 2013)
1910 Atlanta, Ga. federal census [father Michael King]
1940 Atlanta, Ga. federal census
Former King aide says Powers lied about affair (Louisville Courier Journal, Jan. 27, 1995)
 

King, Rodney Glen (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012)
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Latimer, Lewis Howard (1882-
 
 

Liston, Charles "Sonny" (c. 1932 – December 30, 1970)
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Sonny Liston vs Cassius Clay (Original) (Video)
The FAMOUS Phantom Punch~Fix? (Video)
Jack Dempsey and Rocky Marciano on the Phantom Punch (Video)
 

Malcolm X (May 19, 1925–Feb. 21, 1965)

1930 Lansing, Michigan, federal census
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Malcolm X: Our History was Destroyed by Slavery (Video)
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate (Video)
Why I Left the Nation of Islam (Video)
Malcolm X's Daughter Exposes Farrakhan (Video)
W. D. Muhammad tells how his own father Elijah feared Malcolm X (Video)
Malcolm X - Mini Bio (Video)
 

Marshall, Thurgood (July 2, 1908 – Jan. 24, 1993)

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U.S. Postal Service Stamp
Thurgood Marshall interview with Mike Wallace, late 1950s (Video)
Thurgood Marshall Nominated to Supreme Court (Video)
 

Matzeliger, Jan E.  (Sept. 15, 1852–Aug. 24, 1889)

 

McCoy, Elijah J. (1895-
 
 

Micheaux, Oscar (January 2, 1884–March 25, 1951)

 
 

Miles, Alexander (1887
 

Morgan, Garrett Augustus (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963)
 
 

Morganfield, McKinley "Muddy Waters" (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983)

 

Muhammed, Elijah (Oct. 7, 1897 – Feb. 25, 1975)

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Hon Elijah Muhammad Interview - Part 1 (Video)
Hon Elijah Muhammad Interview - Part 2 (Video)
W. D. Muhammad tells how his own father Elijah feared Malcolm X (Video)
 

Muhammed, Wallace Fard (26 February 1893 - ?)
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Negro Leagues

 Negro League Museum tour (Video)
The untold truth documentary (Video)
Satchel Paige (Video)

Newton, Huey P.

Prelude to Revolution documentary (Video)
ABC News account of his murder, Aug. 22, 1989 (Video)
 

Obama, Barack Hussein (born 1961)

Barack Hussein Obama home and school, Jakarta, Indonesia
Barack Hussein Obama statue, Menteng Park, Jakarta, Indonesia
Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, Boston (July 27, 2004)
Inaugural Address by President Barack Hussein Obama (Jan. 20, 2009)
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event (Sept. 8, 2009)
Barack Obama writes grovelling apology after being taken to task by art history professor for suggesting that degree in subject was pointless (Feb. 19, 2014)
 

Paige, Leroy Robert "Satchel" (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982)
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Pointe du Sable, Jean Baptiste (before 1750 – August 28, 1818)

 

Powell Sr., Adam Clayton (1865-1953)

 

Powell Jr., Adam Clayton (Nov. 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972)

If Your Name Is Powell, Take a Number
Rev Adam Clayton Powell (Video)
What's In Your Hand Speech--Classic Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Video)
Mr. Civil Rights: The Rise and Fall of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - A Political Dilemma (1992) (Video)
 

Powell, Colin (born April 5, 1937)

 
 

Randolph, Asa Philip  (April 15, 1889–May 16, 1979)

A Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (Video)
A PHILLIP RANDOLPH & THE PULLMAN PORTERS (Video)
 

Rillieux, Norbert (1846-
 
 

Robeson, Paul (April 9, 1898–Jan. 23, 1976)

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Robinson, Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)

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Rushing, Jimmy (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972)

 

Rustin, Bayard (March 17, 1912 – Aug. 24, 1987)

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A Civil Rights Leader’s Pasadena Ordeal
 

Scottsboro Boys

Scottsboro Boys Musem & Cultural Center
The Trials of The Scottsboro Boys - UMKC School of Law
 

Seale, Bobby (born Oct. 22, 1936)

 

Shakur, Tupac (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996)

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Sharpton, Alfred Charles "Al"  (born Oct. 3, 1954)

Speech at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the March on Washington (Video)
Sharpton secretly worked as FBI mob informant: report (New York Post, April 7, 2014)
 

Thomas, Clarence (born June 23, 1948)

Northern liberal elites treated me worse than the segregated South
 

Till, Emmett Louis  (July 25, 1941–Aug. 28, 1955)

Whitfield, Stephen J. The Story of Emmett Till (Book chapter)
My Father Helped Kill Emmett Till, Part 1 (Video)
My Father Helped Kill Emmett Till, Part 2 (Video)
Who Killed Emmett Till? (Video)
Emmitt Till 1955 (PBS Video)
30th Anniversary of Emmett Till's Death (NBC 1985) Part1 (Video)
30th Anniversary of Emmett Till's Death (NBC 1985) Part2 (Video)
30th Anniversary of Emmett Till's Death (NBC 1985) Part3 (Video)
30th Anniversary of Emmett Till's Death (NBC 1985) Part4 (Video)
"Death of Emmett Till" song by Bob Dylan
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World War II

 African Americans in World War II: Legacy of Patriotism and Valor (Video)
 World War II- Red Ball Express (Video)
 Black Female Battalion of W.W. 2 (Video)
 
 
 

Wallace, Christopher "Biggie Smalls" (1972-1997)
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Washington, Booker T.  (April 5, 1856–Nov. 14, 1915)

Booker T. Washington National Monument (National Parks Service)
Booker T. Washington stamp, issued April 7, 1940 (National Postal Museum)
Booker T. Washington (PBS)
Booker T. Washington - Mini Biography (Video)
 
 

West, Cornell
 

Wilkins, Roy (Aug. 30, 1901 - Sept. 8, 1981)

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Williams, Daniel Hale (1893
 

Williams, Robert Franklin (Feb. 26, 1925-Oct. 15, 1996)

Negroes With Guns: Robert F. Williams on Self-Defense (Video)
Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (Feb. 16, 1970)
Rob Williams and Black Power (PBS)
Tyson, Timothy B. Robert F. Williams, "Black Power," and the Roots of the African American Freedom Struggle (The Journal of American History, Sept. 1998)
 

Wright, Richard Nathaniel (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960)

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The Life and Times of Richard Wright (Video 1 of 2)
The Life and Times of Richard Wright (Video 2 of 2)
 

Woods, Granville T.
 
 

Woodson, Carter G. (Dec. 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950)

 
 

Young, Andrew Jackson (born March 12, 1932)

Andrew Young 1940 New Orleans federal census
 

Young, Whitney (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971)