Famous African Americans
Parent Information

Dear Parents,
Below, you will find some links to other sites. You will find a description of what can be found at that site right after the address.

Please note that I have only checked the sites listed below for appropriateness for your child. Leaving these sites by clicking on other links may take you to sites you don't really want.

http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/followthedrinkinggourd.htm On this site, you can read the actual lyrics to the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd".

http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp
At this site, you can read more information about the Civil Rights March on Washington D.C. There are also pictures that you can look at.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
A fascinating site by National Geographic. This is an interactive site that you and your child can do together. You decide whether you "walk in the footsteps" of a slave. Follow the directions and you will be walking the Underground Railroad. **This site is safe for you to move from link to link.

http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/Map.htm
A map of the Underground Railroad

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
A PBS site on information about John Brown who worked with "General Tubman", as he called Harriet, to plan the attack at Harper's Ferry.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwca/expanded/peanut.htm
From the George Washington Carver Museum information on the use of peanuts.

http://www.quia.com/jg/1123797.html

http://www.quia.com/hm/319554.html
Click here for some fun games.