Jackson Creek Middle School
Historical Figures in Black History
Benjamin Banneker
Biography about Benjamin Banneker (http://library.thinkquest.org/3337/banneker.html)
Encyclopedia of World Biography (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Banneker-Benjamin.html)
America's Story from America's Library (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_banneker_1.html)
Black Inventors (http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/benjamin-banneker.html)
Elijah McCoy
Black Inventors (http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/elijahmccoy.html)
Africa Within (http://www.africawithin.com/bios/elijah_mccoy.htm)
Famous Black Inventors (http://www.famous-black-inventors.net/inventors/12-elijah-mccoy-)
Black Engineers (http://www.ncalifblackengineers.org/Elijah%20McCoy.htm)
Matthew Henson
Biography about Matthew Henson (http://library.thinkquest.org/10854/mhenson.html)
Virtual Exploration Society (http://www.unmuseum.org/henson.htm)
My Hero (http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Matthew_Henson)
Matthew Henson Official Site (http://www.matthewhenson.com/)
Mae Jemison
NASA (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html)
NASA Quest (http://quest.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html)
Encyclopedia of World Biographies (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Jemison-Mae.html)
My Hero (http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=m_jemison)
Last Updated: 01/14/10
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Jackson Creek Middle School
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