Great African-Americans

of the 20^th Century & Beyond

Public domain image from the National Park Service (www.nps.gov)

DATE	1900 1910	1910 1920	1920 1930	1930 1940	1940 1950	1950 1960	1960 1970	1970 1980	1980 1990	1990 Today
Name
Image (if available)
Great achievement
Something they valued
A virtue they possessed
What you admire about this person.

INSTRUCTIONS: You and a partner will work together to complete your own personal Great African-American Timeline of the 20^th Century. Your job is to select one favorite African-American from each time period, and complete each of the information categories for that person. Turn in one completed timeline to get full credit for the project. Use the Web sites below as a guide for your selections:

African-American World

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/

ARTSEDGE: Drop Me Off in Harlem

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/artsedge.html

Black Baseball’s Negro Baseball Leagues

http://www.blackbaseball.com/

Breaking Racial Barriers

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/index.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History: Biographies & Timeline

http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/subjects/bio.do

Our Shared History: African-American Heritage

http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/

The Top Ten African-American Inventors

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm