Group items tagged

Many links to information on civil rights history and African American History. Includes links to biographies as well.

"We have developed computational methods to measure historical significance through analysis of Wikipedia and other data sources. We rank historical figures just as Google ranks webpages, by integrating a diverse set of measurements about their reputation (including PageRank, article length, and readership) into estimates of their fame, explained by a combination of achievement (gravitas) and celebrity. We correct for the passage of time in a principled way, so we can fairly compare the significance of historical figures of different eras."

There is so much here on explorers from the Vikings to Columbus to Lewis and Clark and more!

This site really has lots to explore and discover (no puns intended!)

"Brings students face to face with the extraordinary leaders, the visionaries and the pioneers who shaped our world."