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- Jazz
Provides some insight into American, especially African American, culture in the 20th Century through biographies. 2-01
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Books
- Jefferson, Thomas - Autobiography (Bibliomania)
Lists
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. Day (Howard University)
Provides almost two dozen links on Martin Luther King, Jr. 12-99
- Leaders by Time Period (About.com)
Provides source of information on leaders by time period. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00
Papers
- African American Biographies J - L (Learning Network - TeacherVision.com)
Provides short biographies of Jesse Jackson, Judith Jamison, Barbara Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jacob Lawrence. 2-01
- Jackson, Helen Hunt (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of "one of the most influential defenders of Native American rights in late 19th-century America."6-00
- Jackson, Mahalia (Southern Music Network)
Provides a short background of the African American gospel singer. 12-00
- Jefferson, Thomas (Minnesota State University)
Provides a short biography. 7-99
- Jemison, Mae C. (TopBlacks.com)
Provides a picture and biography of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut and the first black female in space. 5-00
- Joan of Arc (Bois)
Provides a short biography and a painting of Joan of Arc. 5-00.
- Joan of Arc (Cambridge University Press - Bowmen)
Provides a short biography. No picture. Sometimes visitors misspell as ark or arck. 5-00.
- Joan of Arc (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Provides an extended biography and a drawing of Joan of Arc. 5-00.
- Joan of Arc (Domestic-Church.com)
Provides a biography and a painting of Joan of Arc. 5-00.
- Joan of Arc (Gale Group)
Provides a well written story of Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, for students. No pictures 6-00.
- Joan of Arc (Infoplease.com - Columbia University Press)
Provides a short biography of Joan of Arc. No pictures 5-00.
- Johnson, Lady Bird (Claudia Taylor) (White House)
Provides a short biography of the First Lady for the 37th President of the United States. 12-01
- Johnson, Lyndon B - Library
- Johnson, Samuel - Eighteenth-Century (Lynch)
- Jones, Marion (Time.com)
Provides a short biographical statement about why this person was influential in the year 2000, according to Time magazine. 12-00
- Jordan, Barbara (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the "first African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction." 6-00
- Joyner-Kersee, Jackie (Sports Illustrated)
Provides a biography of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century. "In ways that could be measured, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history, and in ways that could not, she was a rare combination of courage and grace, of power and vulnerability." Includes a picture. 12-02
- Joyner-Kersee, Jackie (World Sports Academy)
Provides a biography and a picture. "Joyner-Kersee retired from the track in the summer of 1998 but, in December the following year, she was named as one of the top six U.S. Olympians at Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards in New York. That same month, she was voted the outstanding female Olympian of the century by a six-member panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press." 12-02
- Justices - Biographies of U.S. Supreme Court Justices (Legal Information Institute)
Provides brief profiles, as well as recent decisions by each justice. 6-02
- Keller, Helen (Biography.com)
Provides a short summary of her life. 8-00.
- Keller, Helen (Helen Keller International)
Provides a rather complete biography. 8-00.
- Keller, Helen (National Women's Hall of Fame)
Provides a summary of why she is a member of the National Women's Hall of Fame. 8-00.
- Keller, Helen (RNIB)
Provides a somewhat personal account of Keller's struggle and triumph related to deafness and blindness. 8-00.
- Keller, Helen (Time Magazine)
Provides a summary of why she is considered one of the 100 greatest figures of the 20th century. 8-00.
- Kennedy, John F - Presidential Library
- Kennedy, John F. (Encarta)
Provides a biography. "Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963), 35th president of the United States (1961-1963), was the youngest person ever to be elected president. He was also the first Roman Catholic president and the first president to be born in the 20th century." 8-02
- Kepler, Johannes (Discovery.com)
Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02
- Kepler, Johannes (Fowler)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. Carl Sagan listed Kepler as one of the five greatest contributors to science. 7-00
- Kepler, Johannes (Koch)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. Carl Sagan listed Kepler as one of the five greatest contributors to science. Includes a picture of Kepler. 7-00
- Kepler, Johannes (O'Neill)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. Carl Sagan listed Kepler as one of the five greatest contributors to science. Includes a picture of Kepler. 7-00
- Kepler, Johannes (Unilab)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. Carl Sagan listed Kepler as one of the five greatest contributors to science. 7-00
- Kepler, Johannes (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. "Johannes Kepler is now chiefly remembered for discovering the three laws of planetary motion." Includes a picture of Kepler. 7-00
- Kepler, Johannes (Van Helden)
Provides a history of Kepler's work. Carl Sagan listed Kepler as one of the five greatest contributors to science. Includes a picture of Kepler. 7-00
- Key, Francis Scott (USFlag.org - Streufert)
Provides a biography of the author of the national anthem, with an emphasis on the American Flag. 9-01
- Keynes, John (Economics New School)
Provides a biography of the economist. "John Maynard Keynes is doubtlessly one the most important figures in the entire history of economics. He revolutionized economics with his classic book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). This is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the 20th Century, in that it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society. No other single book, before or since, has had quite such an impact." 4-02
- Khans, Sorghaghtani Beki, Mother of the Great Khans (Women in World History Curriculum - Reese)
Provides a biography of Sorghaghtani Beki, mother of the Great Khans of the Mongolian Empire.
- King, Billie Jean (Sports Illustrated)
Provides a biography of the tennis great. Includes a picture. 12-02
- King, Martin Luther, Jr (King Estate)
Provides a biography, chronology, and articles.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr - Links (Chico High)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr - Links (LSU)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. - Day (Boggs Center)
Provides an essay on honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. 1-00
- King, Martin Luthur - I Have a Dream (Infomotions)
Provides online text. 6-02
- Koizumi, Junichiro (BBC)
Provides a political profile of the new Prime Minister of Japan. He replaces Yoshiro Mori. leaders and rulers. 5-01
- Kostunica, Vojislav - Biography (Information Please)
Provides a short biography and a picture of the President of Yugoslavia. 10-00
- Kyi, Aung Suu - Audio of Speeches
- Kyi, Aung Suu - Resources (Wu)
Provides over a dozen resources. 6-02
- Kyi, Aung Suu Profile (BBC - Jagan)
Provides a profile of the peace activitist and former President of Burma (Myanmar). 8-02
- LeMond, Greg - Biography (HW Wilson)
Provides a short biography of LeMond, the bicycling champion. 8-00
- LeMond, Greg - Interview (Raia)
Provides the results of an interview with LeMond, former bicycle racing champion, when LeMond turned 40. 7-02
- Leakey, Louis (Minnesota State University)
Provides a short biography. 7-99
- Leakey, Mary (Minnesota State University)
Provides a short biography. 2-01
- Leakey, Mary Douglas - Biography (University of Texas - Dente)
Provides a full biography. 2-01
- Lee, Robert E. (Ima Hero)
Provides a biography for children. 8-01
- Lemaitre, Georges (Discovery.com)
Provides a picture and a short biography of the astronomer. 3-02
- Lessing, Doris (Lessing.Redmood.comg)
Provides a biography. "Lessing believes that she was freer than most people because she became a writer. For her, writing is a process of 'setting at a distance,' taking the 'raw, the individual, the uncriticized, the unexamined, into the realm of the general.' " 11-02
- Lessing, Doris - Portraits (Lessing.Redmood.comg)
Provides a series of photographs of Lessing over a 52 period of her career. 11-02
- Lin, Maya Ying (Gale Group)
Provides a biography of the artist who created the controversial Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The article includes a picture of her. 6-00
- Lincoln, Abraham (Abraham Lincoln Online)
Provides a biography. 2-00
- Lincoln, Abraham (Excellent Drawing from the Kansas Collection)
- Lincoln, Abraham (IPL - POTUS - Summers)
Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding Lincoln.
- Lincoln, Abraham (Ima Hero)
Provides a biography for children. 8-01
- Lincoln, Abraham (Information Please)
Provides a full biography, with links to related information.
- Lincoln, Abraham - Biography and Stories (Norton)
Provides a somewhat comprehensive history of Lincoln, including details from original sources. Norton conducts research on the life of Lincoln as a regular activity and conducts some research on request from Web visitors.
- Lincoln, Abraham - Genealogy (Thomsett)
Provides genealogical information on Abraham Lincoln going back to 1556 AD.
- Lincoln, Abraham Games (Quia - Payton)
Provides games, such as matching words, related to Abraham Lincoln.
- Liszt, Franz - Biography (Classical Music Pages - Boynick)
Provides a biography. 2-01
- Literature Nobel Laureates Since 1900 (Nobel Foundation)
Provides short autobiographies of the Nobel laureates in literature during the 20th century. 9-00
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Bibliomania - Simmonds)
Provides a biography, with an emphasis on his contribution to American Literature.
- Luther, Martin (Peterson)
Provides a detailed biography and a drawing. 10-00
- Lyell, Sir Charles (Minnesota State University)
Provides a short biography. 7-99
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