Historians Making Black History

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  1. 1. an African American musical form born out of the blues, ragtime and marching bands,originated in Louisiana during the turn of the 19th century
  2. 3. The month of February was chosen to coincide with his birthday
  3. 6. Claudette __was arrested nine months prior to Rosa Parks for not giving up her bus seat to white passengers
  4. 8. Hughes famed poet of the Harlem Renaissance
  5. 9. Taylor the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal, also held a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Pennsylvania
  6. 11. ____ Williams was the first and only known female Buffalo Soldier
  7. 12. was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  8. 13. Mary McLeod _____________Famed African American educator and activist
  9. 14. Before becoming a film star,____ Whitaker he was accepted into the music conservatory at the University of Southern California to study opera as a tenor
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  1. 1. Jack ____Became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908
  2. 2. Carter Godwin_____ established Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month.
  3. 4. The first all-Black Californian township -founded and financed by African Americans in 1908, the town was built with the intention of establishing a self-sufficient city where African Americans could live their lives free of racial prejudice
  4. 5. Scientist and mathematician Benjamin____________ is credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C
  5. 7. Cassius __________ Clay - Famed19th-century abolitionist and politician and namesake of World renowned Boxer6.
  6. 10. In 1938 - first lady _____________ Roosevelt challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama, so she could sit nex tto a famed African American educator andactivist.