PBS
Africans in America: Revolution: Colonel Tye, 1753 1780
Read this exciting account of Colonel Tye, a guerrilla leader of both blacks and whites who spread fear throughout New Jersey while fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. From PBS.
BBC
Bbc: The Enigma of Prabhakaran
A brief biographical piece from May 2009, on the mysterious leader of the Tamil Tigers, Velupillai Prabhakaran.