- Benjamin Banneker: Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson – http://www.africawithin.com/bios/letter_from__banneker.htm
- Benjamin Banneker: Thomas Jefferson’s reply – http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Banneker_4.htm
- Benjamin Banneker: Thomas Jefferson’s actual letter – http://inventors.about.com/od/photogallery/ig/Benjamin-Banneker—Pictures-/Thomas-Jefferson-s-Letter.htm
- Bill Pickett: The Art of the Stamp – info on Bill Pickett postage stamp error – http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/subpage%20table%20images/artwork/rarities/Bill%20Pickett/billpickett.htm
- Bill Pickett: Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo – http://www.billpickettrodeo.com/new/
- Duke Ellington: CD – Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady
- Duke Ellington: Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, CD 1987 (CBS RC 033 P5T-19477)
- Duke Ellington: Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, (Smithsonian Institution Press, compilation 1994 by BMG Music DMC2/DMK2-1141)
- Duke Ellington: Learning Through the Duke lesson plan – http://pbskids.org/jazz/lesson/learning_through_duke.html
- Ella Fitzgerald: CD – Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
- Solo Girl: National Double Dutch League http://www.nationaldoubledutchleague.com/
- Solo Girl: Have jump ropes available at recess for kids to work on various jump rope tricks and to try out Double Dutch
- Dear Abraham Lincoln: Winslow Press.com – Interactive website that supports the text in the book – http://www.winslowpress.com/dearmrpresident/dmp3/
- Hold Fast to Dreams: Dreams, poem by Langston Hughes which was referenced in the book – http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-2/
- The Pinkneys: Words and Images: The Narrative Works of the Pinkneys – http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus27c.htm
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