Internet Resources for Black History Month  

· http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/  Read biographies of significant African American individuals Take a Black History Month quiz Follow a timeline of events that helped shape African American heritage Enjoy activities taken from the Black History Month Resource BookExplore African American literature

• Black History Month: Visual Arts - Read biographies of African-American visual artists, including Henry Ossawa Tanner, Augusta Savage, Gordon Parks, William H. Johnson, and Jacob Lawrence. From Time for Kids.
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,194520,00.html

• Black History Month: Literature - read biographies on African-American writers, including Zora Neal Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Maya Angelou. From Time for Kids.
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,194530,00.html

More sites about: African-American Authors and Poets

• Black History Month: Music - read about the different types of music that have been influenced by African-American history, including jazz, blues, gospel and soul, R&B and pop, and rap and hip-hop.
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,194525,00.html

More sites about: African-American Culture

• Black History Month -- Time for Kids - celebrate and learn about African-American history through a timeline, quizzes, photos, speeches, and more. Get info on famous black musicians, visual artists, and writers, too.
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,97217,00.html

• CNN: Black History Month - brief profiles of African-Americans who have made a lasting contribution, ranging from literature, music and the arts, to science and technology.
  http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/29days.html

• History Channel: Black History Month - read biographies, some with video clips, of many notable African-Americans and special related exhibits.
  http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory/