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African American Student Name Index - Student Name Index Project

Index includes every name mention of students, faculty and trustees. Student name listed plus city, state, school class and gender. Faculty includes position and classes taught. Student Name Index Project. Entries: 224.

Ancestry of Muhammad Ali

Black Fraternal Orders

Fraternal Lodges Developing & Expanding the Village in Rural Southern Virginia.

BlackIndians & Intertribal Native American Association

Born Free - 350 Year History - ADAMS/BECKETT Family

The is a story of remarkable men and women who came out of bondage on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland. In researching his family history, the author discovered many African American families whose freedom had been established from the first or second generation after arrival

Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks in Federal Census Records

Links to free images of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in the 1920 & 1930 census.

Eyes of Glory - An American Story of Faith, Family and Freedom

Early African and Jewish American history information.

Famous African Americans

List and Biographies of famous African Americans.

GEDER Genealogy - Evangelist for African Ancestored Genealogy

Inspiration, Ideas and Tips on African Ancestored Genealogical Research, through my GEDER family.

Heart of Two Nations: African Native Americans

Overview of the shared history of Native Americans and African Americans that includes bibliography of research and genealogical resources.

Heritage of a Heavyweight

Family history of Muhammad Ali.

History of Black Firefighters

In the United States.

James S. Russell's an Adventure in Faith

An Adventure in Faith by James S. Russell of Nottoway County Virginia. Russell was born a slave, attended Hampton University and later founded St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He was the first African American to be named Archdeacon of the Episcopal Church. The school still exists today. Surnames: BANKS, BROWN, BRAGG, BURKE, CHRISTIAN, CLAIBORNE, COLE, COLEMAN, COLES, CYPRESS, CONNOR, DRIVER, FEARING, GARDINER GREEN, HUNTER, HINTON, HAYES, JACKSON, JONES JOHNSON, LANE, LEWIS, LUNDY, MICKIE, MANNING, MILLER, MILLS, MORRIS, OWENS, PONTON, ROCK, RUSSELL, TYLER, TROY, WATTS, WILSON, WEST, WILLIAMS.

Malcolm X: A Research Site

Including the genealogy of the LITTLE & SHABAZZ families.

Old Photographs of African Americans

Unknown Old African American Photographs to be identified by researchers and family historians. You can post your unknown photographs here.

Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery

Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, the first black rebels to beat American slavery, tells the story of an epic quest for freedom that changed American history. The site documents the 19th-century odyssey of John Horse and the Black Seminoles, descendants of free blacks and fugitive slaves who sought freedom on three American frontiers, from Florida to Mexico. The Black Seminoles helped shape American politics toward slavery, inspired the emancipation movement, and led the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history, which historians have overlooked for 167 years. The first source to substantiate the size of the Black Seminole slave revolt,

The Black Seminoles

The Founder of the Order of True Reformers: The Story of William Washington Browney

The Legacy of West FORD - American Son

The African American son of George Washington.

The Life of the Pullman Porter

Article by Stewart H. Holbrook.