Quilt of Heroes Internet Resource Links

Quilt of Heroes Internet Resource Links Also there is Quilt of Heroes afterschool open library time! January 20 th February 24 th T/W/Th/F from 2:50-3:50 pm (with caregiver) Ella Baker Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: http://ellabakercenter.org/about/who- was- ella- baker Josephine Baker http://www.biography.com/people/josephine- baker- 9195959 Daisy Bates http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daisy- bates/film.html http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/05/us/daisy- bates- civil- rights- leader- dies- at- 84.html?smid=pl- share Mary McLeod Bethune https://www.nwhm.org/education- resources/biography/biographies/mary- mcleod- bethune/ Gwendolyn Brooks http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/gwendolyn- brooks http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn- brooks Shirley Chisholm http://www.history.com/topics/shirley- chisholm http://archive.adl.org/education/chisholm_bio.pdf Septima Clark http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/119967/septima- Poinsette- Clark Anna Julia Cooper http://cooperproject.org/about- anna- julia- cooper/ Marian Wright Edelman http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper94.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/marian- wright- edelman- marks- 40- years- of- advocacy- at- childrens- defense- fund/2013/09/29/f0abc816-279b- 11e3- b3e9- d97fb087acd6_story.html http://www.makers.com/marian- wright- edelman Lorraine Hansberry http://socialjustice.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/index.php/biography_of_an_intellectual Fannie Lou Hamer http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/hamer/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.hamer/fannie- lou- hamer/ Dorothy Irene Height http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/us/21height.html?_r=0 http://spartacus- educational.com/usaheight.htm Claudia Jones http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/claudia_jones.shtml http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jones- claudia- 1915-1964 http://peoplesworld.org/life- and- times- of- claudia- jones- telling- herstory/ Flo Kennedy http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/supplement- Ka- M/Kennedy- Florynce.html http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/10/guardianobituaries1 Audre Lorde http://www.biography.com/people/audre- lorde- 214108 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/audre- lorde#about Pauli Murray http://paulimurrayproject.org/pauli- murray/biography/ http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article- 9490085/Pauli- Murray Diane Nash http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/diane- nash http://www.makers.com/diane- nash http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/26/nashville- civil- rights- diane- nash/2023301/ Rosa Parks http://www.rosaparks.org/biography/ http://www.timeforkids.com/news/remembering- rosa- parks/77091 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa- parks/ http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0gal- 1%20 http://www.makers.com/blog/day- 1955- rosa- parks- arrested- beverly- guy- sheftall- shares- what- you- may- not- know- about- her Gloria Richardson http://www.biography.com/people/gloria- richardson- 21442461 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/27/civil_rights_pioneer_gloria_richardson_91 JoAnn Robinson http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/article.jsp?id=h- 3124 http://www.anb.org/articles/09/09-01128.html Barbara Smith Conrad http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/arts/television/08rise.html http://video.pbs.org/video/1435210705/ Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/512334/josephine- St- Pierre- Ruffin

http://www.blackpast.org/1895- josephine- st- pierre- ruffin- address- first- national- conference- colored- women Nina Simone http://www.biography.com/people/nina- simone- 9484532#civil- rights- singer Interviews Documentaries - http://www.ninasimone.com/media/video/#gtab- 7 Maria Stewart http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/maria- w- stewart- early- abolitionist http://womenshistory.about.com/od/slaveryto1863/a/maria- W- Stewart.htm Mary Church Terrell http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/588243/mary- Eliza- Church- Terrell Sojourner Truth http://www.sojournertruth.org/library/archive/legacyoffaith.htm Harriet Tubman http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/harriet- tubman/ http://www.pbs.org/black- culture/explore/harriet- tubman/#.vlmhqmbzdoo http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp- jr- topic/harriet- tubman/ Ida B. Wells-Barnett http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wells.html http://www.biography.com/people/ida- b- wells- 9527635 Amy Ashwood http://www.blackpast.org/aah/garvey- amy- ashwood- 1897-1969 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/peopleevents/p_ashwood.html W.E.B. Du Bois http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/w- e- b- du- bois http://www.biography.com/people/web- du- bois- 9279924 A. Philip Randolph http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_randolph.html http://www.biography.com/people/a- philip- randolph- 9451623 Paul Robeson http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/paul- robeson/about- the- actor/66/ http://www.biography.com/people/paul- robeson- 9460451#star- athlete- and- academic Jackie Robinson http://www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/jackie- robinson- for- kids/ http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/facts.html Thurgood Marshall http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood- marshall- 9400241 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/robes_marshall.html

Bayard Rustin http://rustin.org/?page_id=2 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african- americans- many- rivers- to- cross/history/100- amazing- facts/who- designed- the- march- on- washington/ http://spartacus- educational.com/usarustin.htm Fred Shuttlesworth http://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/141083711/rev- fred- shuttlesworth- civil- rights- pioneer- dies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqsabp7oy7u Malcolm X http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html http://www.biography.com/people/malcolm- x- 9396195 The Reverend Jesse Jackson http://www.biography.com/people/jesse- jackson- 9351181 http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/jesse- jackson John Lewis https://johnlewis.house.gov/john- lewis/biography Muhammad Ali http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad- ali- 9181165 http://mrnussbaum.com/athletes/muhammed_ali/ Frederick Douglass http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frederickdouglass1.htm Hank Aaron http://www.biography.com/people/hank- aaron- 9173497 Marcus Garvey http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/marcus- garvey http://www.biography.com/people/marcus- garvey- 9307319 Vernon Johns http://www.biography.com/people/vernon- johns- 21402221 Harry Belafonte http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/us/harry- belafonte- fast- facts/index.html http://www.biography.com/people/harry- belafonte- 12103211 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. http://history.house.gov/people/listing/p/powell,- Adam- Clayton,- Jr- - (P000477)/ http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/473225/adam- Clayton- Powell- Jr Augusta Savage http://www.biography.com/people/augusta- savage- 40495#profile http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=4269 http://www.blackpast.org/aah/savage- augusta- 1892-1962

Tuskegee Airmen http://tuskegeeairmennationalmuseum.org http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356 http://www.redtail.org Crispus Attucks http://www.biography.com/people/crispus- attucks- 9191864 http://crispusattucks.org/about/who- was- crispus- attucks http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html Madame Walker http://www.biography.com/people/madam- cj- walker- 9522174 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african- americans- many- rivers- to- cross/history/100- amazing- facts/madam- walker- the- first- black- american- woman- to- be- a- self- made- millionaire/ http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/madame- c- j- walker John Carlos & Tommie Smith http://life.time.com/culture/black- power- salute- tommie- smith- and- john- carlos- at- the- 1968- olympics/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people- places/olympic- athletes- who- took- a- stand- 593920/?no- ist http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_3535000/353534 8.stm George Washington Carver http://www.biography.com/people/george- washington- carver- 9240299 http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/george- washington- carver http://www.nps.gov/gwca/index.htm Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee http://www.kennedy- center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=12124 http://www.biography.com/people/ruby- dee- 9269542#early- life- and- career http://www.biography.com/people/ossie- davis- 9268149 http://www.visionaryproject.com/davisossie/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/ruby- dee- actress- and- civil- rights- activist- dies- at- 89/2014/06/12/d4c3e4d2- f250-11e3-9ebc- 2ee6f81ed217_story.html http://newsone.com/3019067/ruby- dee- wiki/ Ntozake Shange http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ntozake- shange http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/ntozake- shange http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/10/28/10- things- to- know- about- ntozake- shange- and- for- colored- girls/ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/11/08/color- vision Jesse Owens http://www.jesseowens.com http://www.biography.com/people/jesse- owens- 9431142 http://www.jesse- owens.org/about1.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer- olympics- jesse- owens.html Ruby Bridges http://www.rubybridges.com http://www.biography.com/people/ruby- bridges- 475426 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight.html http://rubybridgesfoundation.org http://nwhm.org/education- resources/biography/biographies/ruby- bridges/ E.D. Nixon http://www.biography.com/people/ed- nixon- 21308863 http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/edgar- daniel- e- d- nixon/ http://www.blackpast.org/aah/nixon- e- d- nixon- 1899-1987 http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/27/obituaries/ed- nixon- leader- in- civil- rights- dies.html http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/article.jsp?id=h- 1355 Floyd McKissick http://www.core- online.org/history/mckissick.htm http://www.biography.com/people/floyd- b- mckissick- 9393322 http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/30/obituaries/floyd- mckissick- civil- rights- maverick- dies- at- 69.html http://mlk- kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_mckissick_floyd_bixler_19 22_1991/ James Farmer http://www.biography.com/people/james- farmer- 21349629 http://www.core- online.org/history/james_farmer_bio.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/james- farmer http://jamesfarmer.umwblogs.org/links/ Robert Moses http://mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_moses_robert_ parris_1935/ http://freedom50.org/moses/ http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/bmoses.html http://www.pbs.org/now/society/moses.html John Lewis https://johnlewis.house.gov/john- lewis/biography http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/lewis.html http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/civil- rights- movement/videos/john- lewis- - civil- rights- leader http://www.biography.com/people/john- lewis- 21305903 Pearl Primus http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/primus.html http://www.danceheritage.org/primus.html http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/476589/pearl- Primus http://www.mamboso.net/primus/summary_2.html

Benjamin Banneker http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin- banneker- 9198038 http://www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe/banneker.htm http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/a0775682.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p84.html Booker T. Washington http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/bookertwashington/bookertwashington.html http://www.biography.com/people/booker- t- washington- 9524663#education http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdbookr.htm Langston Hughes http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode5/topic2/e5_t2_s3- lh.html http://www.biography.com/people/langston- hughes- 9346313#early- life http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams- 2/ Maya Angelou http://www.mayaangelou.com/biography/ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maya- angelou http://www.biography.com/people/maya- angelou- 9185388 James Baldwin http://www.biography.com/people/james- baldwin- 9196635 http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/go- tell- it- on- the- mountain/james- baldwin- biography Stokely Carmichael http://www.biography.com/people/stokely- carmichael- 9238629 http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/10/287320160/stokely- carmichael- a- philosopher- behind- the- black- power- movement http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/us/stokely- carmichael- rights- leader- who- coined- black- power- dies- at- 57.html John Hope Franklin http://www.jhfcenter.org/john- hope- franklin/ http://www.biography.com/people/john- hope- franklin- 9301314#from- slavery- to- freedom Billie Holiday http://www.billieholiday.com http://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/jazz/billie- holiday/ http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_holiday_billie.htm http://www.biography.com/people/billie- holiday- 9341902#synopsis Robert Smalls http://www.robertsmalls.com/history.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african- americans- many- rivers- to- cross/history/which- slave- sailed- himself- to- freedom/

Dred Scott http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/insearchof/dred_scott http://thedredscottfoundation.org/dredscott.html http://video.pbs.org/video/2298073069/ Dick Gregory http://www.visionaryproject.org/gregorydick/ http://www.biography.com/people/dick- gregory- 9320102 James Weldon Johnson http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james- weldon- johnson http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp- history- James- Weldon- Johnson Louis Armstrong http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_armstrong_louis.htm https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/timeline/time_main.htm Mildred Delores Loving http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vawomen/2014/honoree.htm?bio=loving http://life.time.com/history/richard- and- mildred- loving- landmark- civil- rights- case- photos/#1 Lena Horne http://life.time.com/history/richard- and- mildred- loving- landmark- civil- rights- case- photos/#1 http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/871171/lena- Horne Bill Russell http://www.oaklandyouthfirst.org/bill- russell/ http://kut.org/post/how- sports- played- role- civil- rights- movement Nat Turner http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/nat- turner http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/nat- Turners- Rebellion.htm Richard Wright http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wright.html http://www.notablebiographies.com/we- Z/Wright- Richard.html Odetta Holmes http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/odetta.aspx http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/arts/music/03odetta.html?pagewanted=all Jacob Lawrence http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/meet/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/lawrence.html Coretta Scott King http://www.thekingcenter.org/about- mrs- king http://www.notablebiographies.com/jo- Ki/King- Coretta- Scott.html