[YL] Black Business History online resources/suggestions

[Patty Schmidt]

good afternoon,
I am working on a graduate project to provide educational content related to 
black business history to 8-12th grade students in an extracurricular 
program that focuses on teaching about the business world. We have been 
guided toward some good hardbound books/biographies such as The History of 
Black Business in America by Juliet E.K. Walker, Black Titan by Carol 
Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines, and On her Own Ground by A'Lelia 
Bundles. We have started creating general categories of content such as 
1)books/magazines & business organizations the students should be aware of; 
2)business persons/leaders they should be familliar with; 3)businesses(such 
as those in the BE 100's) that they should know about, and 4) Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities that have grown business leaders.

I am looking for you input on 2 fronts

1) Existing web-based resources that focus on or incorporate aspects of  
black business history that might be useful for webquests, as supplemental 
resources, or as models for instruction.
2) Your thoughts as educators on what areas of content you think are best 
for this audience- with the goal being to give them familiarity with/a sense 
of history of who has come before them, and hopefully instill in them a bit 
of entrepeneurial spirit and confidence that they can be successful in 
business.

thanks for your consideration.
patty schmidt