Includes Banneker, Benjamin, Bearden, Romare, Bluford, Guion S. Jr, Carver, George Washington, Coleman, Bessie, Douglass, Frederick, Du Bois, W.E.B., Ellington, Duke, Evers, Medgar, Garvey, Marcus, Henson, Matthew, Hughes, Langston, Hunter, Clementine, Jackson, Jesse, Jemison, Mae C., King, Coretta

Videos included are Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D., Colin L. Powell, and Rosa Parks.

Includes: African American Leaders, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Inventors, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey,Huey P. Newton Foundation, Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, Rosa Parks, Voices from the Gaps: Angel

Includes Eubie Blake,Robert Cole, Gussie L. Davis, R. Nathaniel Dett, James Reese Europe, Bert Williams.

From science to the arts, to social activism to philanthropy, African-Americans have made their mark on American and world history. Check out these: Athletes, Apollo Legends, Black Artists, Black Lawyers, Black Scientists, Black Writers, Million-Dollar Ideas.

Features 21 Most Successful Black Entrepreneurs Throughout History. Includes Paul Cuffee (18th century sea captain and businessman), Samuel T. Wilcox (wholesale and retail grocer), James Forten (18th century sea captain and businessman) and more!

The following are short descriptions of the women and men who have contributed to the shaping of Global African history.

Be inspired by an exceptional group of women in this collection of videos and web-exclusive features from trusted public media partners. Each of the features below is a window into a documentary or program about Black women who have made a special mark on their communities and the World.

The Library of Congress American Memory brings you the lives of African Americans, both famous and not, from the pages of American History. Also includes oral history recordings.

This page serves as an index to the prominent figures featured throughout the Black History Portal webpages. Includes Muhammad Ali, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eldridge Cleaver, Shirley Chisholm, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more!

African Americans have long blazed new paths in areas ranging from political reform to the arts, science and education. "Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud," James Brown once exhorted audiences. This is where you can celebrate the great individuals that give that call its resounding ring.

Black History Month provides teachers with an opportunity to feature the stories and voices of black scientists, engineers and mathematicians in the context of their science instruction.