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Bibliography
 
1.   Alexandria 1861-1865. Images of America
      Author:  Charles A Mills and Andrew L. Mills
 
2.   Africana.  The Encyclopedia of The African and African American Experience
      Editors: Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr
 
3.   The Coming Free.  The Struggle for African American Equality
      Author: David Rubel
 
4.   Free at Last.  A History of the Civil Rights Movement & Those Who Died in the Struggle
      Author:  Sothern Poverty Law Center
 
5.   Here I Lay My Burdens Down.  A History of the Black Cemetaries of Richmond, Virginia
      Author:  Veronica A. Davis
 
6.   Richmond Virginia.  The Black American Series
      Author: Elvatrice Belsches
 
7.   Up From the Ashes
      Author: Hannibal B. Johnson
 
8.    A Century of African American Experience. Greenwood: Ruins, Resilience and Renaissance
       Author: Donn Ross
 
9.    The Encyclopedia of African American History
       Edited by: Faustine C. Jones-Wilson, Charles A. Asbury, Margo Okazawa-Rey, D. Kamili Anderson, Sylvia M. Jacobs
       and  Michael Fultz
 
10.   Time Magazine. September 6, 1963 and February 22, 1963
 
11.   The Washington Post. January 10, 2009, Page B06
 
12.   Black Laws of Virginia
        Author: June Purcell Guild.  Reprinted by the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, Virginia, (1995)
 
13.  The Guide to Black Washington
        Authors: Sandra Fitzpatrick
                       Maria R. Goodwin
 
Movies and DVD's
 
1. The Murder of Emmett Till.  Released 2/04. Not Rated.
 
2. Our Inspiration. The Story of Maggie Lena Walker.  Not rated.
 
3. The Untold Story of Emmett Till.  Released 2/06.  Rated PG13.
 
4. 4 Little Girls. Released 1/01. Not Rated.
 
5. The Tulsa Lynching of 1921.  A Hidden Story. Released 1999. Not Rated
 
6. In Search of History. The Night Tulsa Burned. Released 1999.  Not Rated
 
7. Rosewood
 

Tours

 

1. Princetta R. Newman
    "The Voice of Black Wall Street"
    Black Wall Street Tours
    322 North Greenwood
    Tulsa, OK. 74120
    (918) 955 2689

 

TV
 
1. 7/23 and 7/24/08:  CNN Blacks in America Documentary 
 
Websites
 
1.  City of Alexandria, Alexandriava.gov.
 
2.  National Park Service, nps.gov/malw/home.htm.
 
3.  The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - tennesseeencyclopedia.net/.
 
4.  West African Wisdom: Adinkra Symbols & Meanings - Adomacraft.com.
 
5.  University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Africology - uwm.edu/letsci/africology/faculty/symbols/symbols.cfm
 
6.  Online encyclopedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
7.  Cyndi's Lists of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet.
 
8.  Western New York Suffragists - Winningthevote.org.
 
9.  African American History of Western New York -   math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny.html.
 
10.  The National Archives - Archives.gov/.
 
11.  Living vignettes of women from the past - lkwdpl.org/wihohio/.
 
12.  Find a Grave - Findagrave.com.
 
13.  International Boxing Hall of Fame - ibhof.com/gans
 
14.  Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia - cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/gans.htm.
 
15.  United States Department of Veteran Affairs - Va.gov/.
 
16.  Titanic Historical Society -  titanic1.org/people/louise-laroche.asp
 
17.  Titanic Nautical Society and Resource Center - Titanic-Nauticle.com
 
18.  Women in History - lkwdpl.org/wihohio/contact.htm.
 
19.  Tulsa Race Riot.  A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 -
 

20.  Oklahoma State History and Information - State.ok.us/osdocs/stinfo.html.

 

21.  The website of Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton. Copy of her letter requesting that Dunbar High School's

        Marching band, "the nation's first public high school for African American students", participate in the inauguration

        parade - Norton.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=964&Itemid=88

 

22.  PBS website on the Shaw Neighborhoods and Dunbar and Armstrong High Schools -

        pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/vtSchools.htm

 

23.  Google Books, Encyclopedia of African American Education, history of Dunbar High School -

       Books.google.com/books

 

24.  Time Magazine. February 22, 1963,  Time.com

 

25.  Time Magazine. September 6, 1963,  Time.com

 

26.  Infoplease.com

 

27.  New York Times, NYTimes.com

 

28.  Negro League Baseball Players Association - nlbpa.com

 

29.  Baseball Library - BaseballLibrary.com

 

30.  Entertainment How Stuff Works - entertainment.howstuffworks.com/smokey-joe-williams

 

31.  African American Registry. aaregistry.com  

 

32. Library of Congress - loc.gov

 

33. We Shall Overcome. Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement. A National Register of Historic Places Travel

       Itinerary -  nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm

 

34. Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation - IdeaFinder.com

 

35. Vitalrec.com - vitalrec.com/.  Excellent resource for vital records in all 50 states, United States Birth Certificates, Death

       Records and Marriage Licenses.

 

36. Slavery Insurance Registry provided courtesy of California Department of Insurance -

       insurance.ca.gov/0100-consumers/0300-public-programs/0200-slavery-era-insur/

 

37.  Cinema Treasures - cinematreasures.org/theater/7630/

 

38.  Howard Theatre Restoration - howardtheatre.org/home.html

 

39.  The Uptown Theater - thesilhouettes.org/uptown-theater.htm

 

40.  Matthew Henson - matthewhenson.com/

 

41.  Answers.com, Matthew Henson - answers.com/topic/matthew-henson

 

42.  The Root.com, Matthew Henson - theroot.com/views/black-man-top-world

 

43.  National Geographic, Matthew Henson - news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030113_henson.html

 

44.  San Jose State University, Matthew Henson - sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/henson.html

 

45.  Arlington Cemetery, Matthew Henson - arlingtoncemetery.net/mhenson.htm

 

46.  Matthew Henson Biography - who2.com/matthewhenson.html

 

47.  Arlington National Cemetery, Matthew Henson - arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/matthew_hensen.html