Black+History+Month

=**Black History Month**=

Useful Links:

http://www.blackinventions101.com/inventionslist.html

http://www.black-collegian.com/african/1inventions605.shtml

http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm

This infotopia site is a collection of websites:

http://www.infotopia.info/black_hist.html

Infotopia indexes only websites previously recommended by librarians & teachers


 * Databases ( found on library page)**

African-American Database http://www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?ItemID=WE01&ID=103837

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month

**Books at the Hornets' Nest:**
Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverly Naidoo Which Way Freedom? by Joyce Hansen Perseverance by editors of Time Life Malcolm X: by Any Means Necessary: a Biography Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter Out From This Place by Joyce Hansen My Name is Not Angelica by Scott O'Dell A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park John Johnson: Media Magnate by Keith Elliott Greenberg The Afro-American Texans Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Nelson Mandella: A Voice Set Free by Rebecca Stefoff Nelson Mandela: Strength and Spirit of a Free South Africa The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry Desmond Tutu Soujourner Truth and the Struggle for Freedom by Edward Claflin Tiger Woods

Elementary:

Five Notable Inventors George Washington Carver At the Plate with Sammy Sosa Shaquille O'Neal Jesse Owens, Olympic Hero Who Was Rosa Parks? Bo Jackson Marion Jones Carl Lewis Rosa The Riches of Oseola McCarty