Power to Learn - Whoopi Goldberg Celebrates Black History

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When Power to Learn asked Comedienne, Actress and Humanitarian Whoopi Goldberg to select 4 individuals she would want recognized in honor of Black History Month, she selected Shaka Zulu, Judith Jameson, Andrew Young and Moms Mabley.

Use the following links to learn about each of these figures, pass a short quiz about their lives and receive a personalized postcard from Whoopi Goldberg.

Afro-American Almanac
http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/men/shaka.htm

The History Channel: Shaka
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=222131

Secrets of the Dead: Day of the Zulu
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_zulu/clues.html

Secrets of the Dead: Watch the Battle
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_zulu/zulu_flash.html

Shaka Zulu and the Zulu Kingdom
http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_zulu.htm

Biographies of Famous South Africans
http://zar.co.za/shaka.htm

Great Performances: Free to Dance - Biographies - Judith Jamison
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/jamison.html

Judith Jamison Bio - Alvin Ailey
http://www.alvinailey.org/page.php?p=art_d&v=56&sec=aaadt

Judith Jamison Biography
http://home.earthlink.net/~williamlichten/jamison.html

Kennedy Center - Biographical Information for Judith Jamison
http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?
fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3745&source_type=A

Biography for Moms Mabley
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531098/bio

Moms Mabley
http://home.earthlink.net/~dianska/mabley.htm

Bio of Moms Mabley
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=655

The African-American Registry: Moms Mabley, Comic Pioneer
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/539/Moms_Mabley_comic_pioneer

AYSPS People
http://aysps.gsu.edu/people/YoungA.htm

The Briefing Fall 1999
http://aysps.gsu.edu/news/briefing/fall99/andrewyoung.htm

Young, Andrew
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/article-9078051

Alternet: Dismantling The Dream by Andrew Young
http://www.alternet.org/story/20332/

Eyewitness: Andrew Young Lessons from a Missed Opportunity
http://www.robertscheer.com/1_natcolumn/93_columns/091293.htm