This resource offers a detailed account of how Georgia reacted to the American Revolutionary War and the battles that took place there. Uses popups

Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...

The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found...

The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.

The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...

The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Brown Hyenas (Hyaena brunnea), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Brownie McGhee, an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and longtime partner of the vocalist and harmonica player Sonny Terry.

This encyclopedia entry gives a brief overview of the inspirational life of Fredrick Douglass, abolitionist, essayist, and promoter of rights for everyone. There are references to several of his stirring essays.

This very brief encyclopedia entry gives a short overview of Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court judge.

This encyclopedia entry recounts briefly the life of Roy Wilkins, a very influential civil rights leader.

This website details the life of John Brown, the abolitionist, including his attack at Pottawatomie and the raid at Harpers Ferry. Information is from Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War.

This encyclopedia entry tells about the Palmer Memorial Institute, a school founded in North Carolina to educate African-American teenagers.

The encyclopedia article explains the beginning of black theatre productions at the African Grove Theatre in New York City in the early 1800's.

This interesting encyclopedia article gives information about theblack universities that were founded in Atlanta after the Civil War. Later several joined together to make a consortium called the Atlanta University System.

Describes the Pottawatomie Massacre which was John Brown's plan to drive the pro-slavers out of the area. From a 1912 encyclopedia.

Kids learn about Donald J. Sobol's biography on this site. Find out about the author of the Encyclopedia Brown series of children's books.