Resources & Citations

Digital Archives & Institutional Websites

• IEEE Spectrum. "Granville T. Woods: The 'Black Edison' Who Invented the Train Telegraph."

  Details on Woods's many patents, including the induction telegraph for trains.

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). "Bringing Light to All: Lewis Latimer."

  Information on Latimer's contributions to the carbon filament for the lightbulb.

• NASA Landsat. "A Face Behind Landsat Images: Meet Dr. Valerie L. Thomas."

  Biography focusing on Thomas’s work developing the illusion transmitter technology.

• Lemelson-MIT Program. "Mark Dean and Dennis Moeller."

  Details on Dean’s role in the development of the IBM PC and the ISA bus.

• The Henry Ford. "Jerry Lawson and the Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System."

  Information on Lawson’s pioneering work on removable video game cartridges.

• Greenbelt Museum. "Sarah Boone’s Modern Ironing Board."

  Details on Boone’s 1892 patent for the improved, reversible ironing board.

• Tasting Table. "The Man Who Invented The Bread Machine In The 1800s."

  The story of Joseph Lee, who invented the bread kneading machine and patented the automatic dough kneader.

• History.com. "Was the Potato Chip Invented in Saratoga, New York?"

  Context on George Crum and the accidental invention of the potato chip.

• New Georgia Encyclopedia. "Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927)."

  Biography of Alonzo Herndon, a former slave who became a successful entrepreneur and founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

• Jim Crow Museum, Ferris State University. "What was the Green Book?"

  Information on Victor Green's guide for safe travel for African Americans during the Jim Crow era.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). "Continuing César Chávez's Legacy Supporting Farmworkers."

  Article on Chávez's impact on agricultural labor rights and social movements.

• National Women's History Museum. "Dolores Huerta."

  Biography of the labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the UFW.

• PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy. "Censored, Erased, and Whitewashed: Jim Crow Education in the Twenty-First Century." P & R Article (January-April 2024).

  A key source analyzing the ongoing effects of historical erasure within education systems.

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "The Movement to Erase Black History, Culture, and Joy."

  Podcast episode discussing the current political and educational efforts to censor Black history.

• TIME Magazine. "The Black Panther Party's Forgotten History of Fighting Health Care Inequality."

  Details on the public health and medical initiatives run by the BPP.

• National Women's History Museum. "Alice Ball."

  Biography and details regarding the theft and subsequent restoration of Alice Ball's work.

• Smithsonian Magazine. "The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path..."

  Article detailing the life and historical erasure of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler.

• Medical News Today. "The stolen cells of Henrietta Lacks and their ongoing contribution to science."

  Information on the HeLa cell line and the ethical issues surrounding its use without consent.

• Frontiers in Science. "Children in Science: Jane C. Wright – A Forgotten Pioneer..."

  Details on Dr. Jane Cooke Wright’s pioneering work in cancer chemotherapy.

• National Women's History Museum. "Edmonia Lewis (c. 1844–1907)."

  Biography of the celebrated Black/Indigenous sculptor, Edmonia Lewis.

• Wikimedia Commons. "File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher.jpg."

  Source for portrait photography of Edmonia Lewis.

• African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). "Zora Neale Hurston's Anthropological Legacy."

  Analysis of Hurston's pioneering work in anthropology and folklore collection.

• KPBS. "Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists."

  Focus on Julia C. Collins's early work and the context of its disappearance.

• PBS American Experience. "Bessie Coleman."

  Biography of the first African American and Native American woman pilot.

• Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIG). "Black History Month, Part I: Historic Contributions..."

  Highlights the historical context and challenges faced by Black innovators.

• Learn HTML. "Learning By examples"

  Shows the basics of code so you the coder can make great work of your own.

• Learn HTML. "HyperText Markup Language"

  The articles below can help you learn more about HTML.

• Responsive Timeline. "Using HTML CSS Only"

  M - SoftTech Youtube channel..

• Icons. "How to Add Icons in HTML Website | Font Awesome Icons"

  Web Tech Knowledge Youtube channel..

• Fonts. "How to Add Google Font to HTML Website"

  ByteGrad.

• Fonts. "How to use google fonts in tailwind css?"

  AyyazTech.

• Sidebar. "Sidebar Menu in HTML CSS & JavaScript"

  CodingLab.

• Placeholder. "How To Create Custom Placeholder Images | Image Placeholder | Placeholder"

  Tips With Alam.

• Tailwind CSS. "Intro to Tailwind CSS"

  geeksforgeeks.