Heritage on CD-ROM: firm offers Black history software.Minneapolis-based Computerized Educational Resources (800-948-1237) offers a number of software titles that help explore various aspects of black history. All its CD offerings make it easy to point-and-click your way to enlightenment. Lessons from History, a Celebration "A Celebration" was a non-album single released by U2 between the October and War albums in 1982. It is probably better known for its B-side, "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" (later shortened to "Party Girl"), which has become a fan favorite throughout the of Blackness ($69) shows the impact that African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. have had on history, focusing on black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although the visual images could be enhanced, the educational value of the CD is well worth the investment. The software, which is compatible with Macintosh and DOS, discusses political and social issues, making it a provocative teaching tool. CER's newest release, The Negro Leagues Negro leagues Associations of teams of black baseball players active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s. The principal leagues were the Negro National League, originally organized by Rube Foster in 1920, and the Negro American League, organized in 1937. Dream Teams ($89), introduces you to the history of black baseball. The quality photos, vintage footage, biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. sketches and statistics create a fascinating trip into the past. The program is available for Macintosh and Windows, and a Windows-only Negro Leagues Screen Saver A utility that was originally created to prevent a CRT from being etched by an unchanging image. After a specified duration of time without keyboard or mouse input, it blanks the screen or displays moving objects. Pressing a key or moving the mouse restores the screen. can be purchased for $19. |
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