Thomson Gale Offers Free Resources to Celebrate Black History Month

Thursday January 5, 10:40 am ET Access to Biographies, Quizzes and Teaching Tools Available at www.gale.com FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In recognition of Black History Month, Thomson Gale, part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC - News; TSX: TOC - News), is launching a free Web site full of historical facts and figures, biographies, relevant Web links and teaching tools. This site, accessible at http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/, is designed to help students, teachers and families celebrate the month. Quizzes and Weekly Prizes Each week throughout February, Thomson Gale will post a new quiz to test knowledge of significant people and events in history as they relate to Black History Month. Weekly winners will receive Thomson Gale books for their library. Visit http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/quiz/ for questions similar to: President Reagan signed the bill that established January 20 a federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. on November 2 of what year? See below for the answer!