Below is a list of resources and Black history information used within our Black Excellence products.
Coppin State University. (n.d.) Fanny Jackson Coppin. Coppin State University. Retrieved May 25, 2021. https://www.coppin.edu/fannyjacksoncoppin
Edwards, B. (2020, Feb. 21). Jane Bolin, The First Black Woman Judge. Essence. Retrieved May 25, 2021. https://www.essence.com/feature/jane-bolin-first-black-woman-judge-history/
Ella Fitzgerald (2021, December). Biography. Ella Fitzgerald Foundation. Retrieved January 23, 2022 https://www.ellafitzgerald.com
Garner, C. (2010, October 06). Eugene James “Jacques” Bullard (1895-1961). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bullard-eugene-jacques-1894-1961/
Gordon Parks Foundation. (2021). Biography. Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved June 22, 2021 https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biography
Granshaw, M. (2010, October 18). Black Swan Records (1921-1923). BlackPast.org. Retrieved June 4, 2021. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-swan-records-1921-1923/
Hansen, M. (2007, January 19). Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/mcdaniel-hattie-1895-1952/
“Hazel Johnson-Brown.” Visionary Videos: NVLP: African American History. National Visionary Leadership Project. Accessed January 29, 2021. http://www.visionaryproject.org/johnsonbrownhazel/
Klein, A. (2010, October 26). William DeHart Hubbard (1903-1976). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hubbard-william-dehart-1903-1976/
Mahoney, E. (2018, December 22). Raye Jean Jordan Montague (1935-2018). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/montague-raye-jean-jordan-1935/
Mouser, B. (2011). For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press
National Museum of African American History and Culture. (2021, December). Smithsonian.Jackie Robinson and the “Double V” Campaign | National Museum of African American History and Culture (si.edu)
National Park Service. (2021, June 18). Maggie Lena Walker. National Park Service. Retrieved June 30, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/mawa/learn/historyculture/maggie-lena-walker.htm
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. (n.d.) Henry Mason. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2021. https://nlbemuseum.com/history/players/mason.html
New York Medical College. (n.d.) Myra Adele Logan, M.D. 1933 (1908-1977). New York Medical College. Retrieved May 25, 2021. https://www.essence.com/feature/jane-bolin-first-black-woman-judge-history/
Rafferty, S. (2021. Feb. 2). Earl Lloyd: One of the NBA’s first and most important trailblazers.
Retrieved June 3, 2021. https://ca.nba.com/news/earl-lloyd-was-one-of-the-nbas-first-and-most-important-trailblazers/1avolke0864kv1894wdk2fqopc
Ruffin II, H. (2007, January 17). Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931). BlackPast.org. Retrieved June 3, 2021. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/williams-daniel-hale-1856-1931/
Singer, H. (2013, January 15). Carol Brice (1918-1985). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brice-carol-1918-1985/
Stewart, J. (1998). 1001 things everyone should know about African American History. Crown.
Ursin, C. (2020, October 04). Lyda Newman (1885- ?). BlackPast.org. Retrieved May 25, 2021. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/lyda-newman-1885/
White, C. (2007, February 11). Ethel Waters (1896-1977). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/waters-ethel-1896-1977/
U.S. Department of Education. (2021). What is an HBCU. White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Retrieved June 3, 2021 https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/