An
African & African American
History & Heritage
Study Guide

 

 

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ...."
(Hosea 4:6)

 

 

 

 



"ISHE OLUWA KOLEBA JEO"

The Work of God cannot be destroyed
It shall go on forever.

West African Proverb
(See Ecclesiastes 3:14)


Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

"Mirror to America"

************

Consultant: Clayborne Carson, Ph.D.
Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

Foreword by Myrlie Evers-Williams


"CIVIL RIGHTS CHRONICLE
The African-American Struggle for Freedom"


************

Consultant: Charles R Branhaan, Ph.D.
Senior Historian, DuSable Museum of African American History


"GREAT AFRICAN AMERICANS"

************

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Taylor Branch
history of America in the King Years
(a 3 part series)


"Parting the Waters"
(1954-63)

"Pillar of Fire"
(1963-65)

"At Canaan's Edge"
(1965-68)

************

Tavis Smiley

"The Covenant with Black America"

************

Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

"Long Walk to Freedom"

************

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"God Has a Dream -
A vision of Hope for Our Time"

************

"Great Speeches by African Americans"
(Edited by James Daley)

************

"Motown In Love -
Lyrics from the Golden Era"
(Edited by Herb Jordan)

************

Autobiography of James Brown
(1933 - 2006)

"I Feel Good -
A Memoir of a Life of Soul"

************


in addition to those associated and linked with

Bev Smith Radio Show and Kenneth "Coach" Carter

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/coach_link1.htm

Mississippi Freedom Summer

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/vote_for_freedom.htm

Coretta Scott King

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Coretta_Scott_King.htm

Remembering September 11, 2001

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/teotwawki1.htm

Women of Honor and Distinction

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Women_of_Honor.htm

SNCC and the Student Freedom Movement

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/students1.htm

Signs of the Times

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/introsplash7.htm

Dr Martin Luther King's Message for Today

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/MLK-Today.htm

Rosa Parks Remembered

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/RosaParks1.htm

Rosa Parks Stands Up for Respect

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/R-P-Letters.htm

African and African American
Pacesetters, Heroes and Legends

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Heroes_Legends.htm

James Brown Speaks
About Today's Songs

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/motown_lyrics.htm#jbrown

Planet Earth "S.O.S."

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/introsplash5.htm

A Christmas Mystery Solved

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/commentary3.htm

John H Johnson Media Pioneer

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/jhjohnson1.htm

Dr Martin Luther King's Keys to Peace

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/peacekeys.htm

The Program of Malcolm X

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/MalcolmX.htm

Remembering Ossie Davis

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Ossie_Davis1.htm

Emmett Till Remembered


http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Emmett_Till_Remembered.htm

Johnnie Cochran - A Legal Legend

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Johnnie_Cochran.htm

Glenn Cunningham - A Legacy of Leadership with Integrity

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/cascar7.htm

Education to Make a Difference

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Education1.htm#odv_1


ICA sports - A Millennium Special Report

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/sportnet/

Bill Cosby's Historic "Ghettoesburg Address"

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/doc_oops.htm

Read the Speech Transcript for Yourself!

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/transcript_bc.htm

What Readers Think About the Speech

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/cosby_survey.htm

Remembering Dr Martin Luther King Jr

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/networkc/MLKremembered.htm

Dr Betty Shabazz Leaves Us a Powerful Message

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/shabazz.htm

Medgar Evers - "Never Forget!"

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/MedgarEvers1.htm

Muhammad Ali - "What's in a Name?"

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/ucol/aliname2.htm

Dr Leon H Sullivan Made a Powerful Difference

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/leon-s.htm

Ray Charles - A Genius Remembered!

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/ray_charles1.htm

It Really Does Take a Village

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/it_takes_village.htm

Remembering the Victims of Senseless Violence

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/Newark_Remembers.htm

Father Paul Washington - a Champion for Human Rights

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/fyi_features.htm#pmw


Celebrating Diversity


http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/introsplash2.htm


Facilitating Education

http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/introsplash3.htm




37 http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/ references above



2:55 PM 12/13/2006/r20070408

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~

African American History:
Major Speeches

and more!

http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/aa_history_public/aa_major_speeches.htm

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Learn More About
Black Inventors!

The Black Inventor Online Museum™

and

The Museum of Black Innovations & Inventions

 

 

 

 

The United States National Slavery Museum

"Through greater knowledge and understanding of the history of slavery, our nation can hope at long last to become free of its legacy."
– The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder

The United States National Slavery Museum is committed to telling a more complete story of American slavery.
Its honesty will lead the nation in commemorating, understanding, and overcoming slavery and its enduring legacy.

Read More Here About

The United States National Slavery Museum

 

 

 

 

ALWAYS REMEMBER

Lest we Forget

Our Honorable Ancestors

 

 

 

 


The above directory is for the convenience of our customers and visitors.

A listing in it does not necessarily imply our endorsement of, or by, the listed site. 


 

 

 

 

 

Quality Web Sites

by

Eight Cities Media & Publications