Black History

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  1. 2. was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time
  2. 4. was a sociologist, historian, author, activist, and editor who lived in the United States. During the first half of the 20th century, he was the most significant Black protest leader in the country. He participated in the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and served as editor of The Crisis, the NAACP’s magazine, from 1910 until 1934. His collection of essays The Souls of Black Folk (1903) is considered a landmark of African American culture.
  3. 6. was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president.
  4. 10. was a black nationalist and the first black president of South Africa. His discussions with South African President F.W. de Klerk in the early 1990s contributed to the peaceful conclusion of the nation’s apartheid system of racial segregation. Mandela and de Klerk shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for their contributions.
  5. 12. is known for his contributions to the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech
  6. 13. is an American rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. One of the world's best-selling music artists with 160 million records sold, his best known album is titled Graduation
  7. 14. Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," she invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala
  8. 15. Born into slavery, he overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education. After his family gained freedom through the Emancipation Proclamation, there were no schools in his area. However, he didn’t let that stop him. Instead, he walked 500 miles to enroll in school at the Hampton Institute
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  1. 1. As a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers,he was the first African American professional baseball player in U.S. Major League Baseball. After he retired, he was dedicated to civil rights activism and worked to raise money for both the NAACP and SCLC.
  2. 3. was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement
  3. 5. was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
  4. 7. made history by becoming the first African American student to attend an elementary school in the South. Bridges never skipped a day of school despite harassment and prejudice.
  5. 8. was 25 years old when he marched across the bridge in support of Black people’s pursuit of equal voting rights, he experienced racial prejudice while growing up in the southern part of the country where black people were not treated equally to white people. He participated in the civil rights movement, marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against injustice and putting his life in danger for equality
  6. 9. was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
  7. 11. was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress during the racially tense decade of the late 1960s. She served as the 12th District representative for New York from 1969 to 1983, and in 1972. She made political history by running for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.