Society, History, By Region, North America, United States, People
- Boone, Daniel
- Earhart, Amelia
- Garvey, Marcus
- Iacocca, Lee
- Wallace, Lew
- Barnum, P. T.
- Webster, Daniel
- Harrington, Michael
- Malcolm X
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Ford, Henry
- Jackson, Jesse
- Clay, Henry
- Rockefeller, John D.
- Barrow, Clyde and Parker, Bonnie@
- Debs, Eugene V.
- Truth, Sojourner
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- Truth, Sojourner
- Parks, Rosa
- Ness, Eliot
- Berkman, Alexander
- Rustin, Bayard
- Bryan, William Jennings
- Haldeman, H. R.
- Goldman, Emma
- Serra, JunÃpero@
- Shachtman, Max
- Stassen, Harold Edward
- Hubbard, L. Ron
- Jones, Mary Harris
- Dooley, Thomas Anthony
- Thomas, Norman
- Kissinger, Henry A.
- Crockett, David
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- Links to a large collection of textbook-style biographies of prominent people in US history.
- Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.
- Pictures and historical information about Uncle Sam, an American legend based on an actual person.
- Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote.
- The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.
- Article on three people who changed the electoral landscape in America: Andrew Jackson, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
- One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.
- All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.
- Detailed overview of McKean's life and career - includes a biography, contributions to PA, DE, and the U.S., a chronology of his political offices, his genealogy, and writings.
- The story of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth.
- How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.
- A study of Garrison's views on non-resistance, their influence in the abolitionist movement, and lessons for the future. By Ernest Crosby
- A biographical site about the founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company. Timeline, short biography, and links.
- Features the life and legacy of John Muir, naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club .
- An account of the life of an entrepreneur, who rose from the cotton fields of the South to become a successful self-made American businesswoman. [Created by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles.]
- Dr. William Beaumont (1785-1853) was the U.S. Army surgeon who researched the physiology of human digestion, working with a patient who had a hole in his stomach.
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