Ancestry.com has extended it's African-American History Month promotion until March 12th. You can get three days of free access to materials in their African-American Collection. It might be worth a try. We've blogged about a few famous African-Americans on our site:
- 1880 Census-Frederick Douglass
- 1850 Sojourner Truth
- 1860 Frederick Douglass
- 1870 Scott Joplin
- 1930 Rosa Parks
There are a lot more on our site and we'll try and get an updated list out