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Black / African - American History Month Celebration

Black / African - American History Month Celebration. Friday, February 11, 2011 1 pm – 2 pm. Famous African - Americans. Created by: Gabriela Calix, Kinjal Doshi, Jaspreet Kaur, Darshi Patel Edited by: Bonnie Fong. Muhammad Ali. 1942 – Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.

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Black / African - American History Month Celebration

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  1. Black/ African-AmericanHistoryMonth Celebration Friday, February 11, 2011 1 pm – 2 pm

  2. FamousAfrican-Americans Created by:Gabriela Calix, Kinjal Doshi, Jaspreet Kaur, Darshi Patel Edited by: Bonnie Fong

  3. Muhammad Ali 1942 – Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Boxer known for his flamboyant manner + doggerel verse (“float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”) Won Olympic gold medal for light-heavyweight division

  4. Maya Angelou 1928 – Born Marguerite Johnson Author, poet, playwright, actress, producer, director, dancer, civil rights activist, professor Best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  5. Dominique Dawes 1976 – Gymnast 1994: won U.S. National Gymnastics Championship 1996: Member of U.S. team that won the Olympic gold

  6. W.E.B. DuBois 1868 – 1963 Sociologist, civil rights activist, poet, professor 1st African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University Helped found NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) The Souls of Black Folk

  7. Duke Ellington 1899-1974 Born Edward Kennedy Ellington Jazz pianist, composer, bandleader Won Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966 "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing."

  8. Ella Fitzgerald 1917 – 1996 Jazz singer, songwriter Unparalleled mastery of scat singing Won 13 Grammy Awards, including the 1967 Lifetime Achievement Award

  9. Langston Hughes 1902 – 1967 Poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright The Weary Blues The Ways of White Folks Comic character Jesse B. Semple, later known as Simple

  10. Michael Jackson 1958 -2009 Singer Known as “The King of Pop” Youngest member of the Jackson 5 His 1983 record Thriller sold more copies than any album in history

  11. Shirley A. Jackson 1946 – Physicist 1st black woman to earn a Ph.D. in any subject at MIT 1st African American to head the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Pres. of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/jackson_shirleya.html

  12. Barbara C. Jordan 1936 – 1996 U.S. Representative 1st African-American congresswomen from the South 1995: awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom Co-founded People for the American Way, a liberal organization that opposes censorship

  13. Jamaica Kincaid 1949 – Born Elaine Potter Richardson Novelist Known for Caribbean-American literature The Autobiography of My Mother My Brother

  14. Thurgood Marshall 1908 – 1993 U.S. Supreme Court Justice, civil rights lawyer 1st African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court Successfully argued the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case

  15. Elijah McCoy 1844 – 1929 Inventor, manufacturer Developed machine-lubrication products (for steam engines) Over 50 patents, including an improved airbrake lubricator, folding ironing board, + lawn sprinkler

  16. Rosa Parks 1913 – 2005 Civil rights activist 1955: refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger; was arrested + imprisoned Her act of defiance ignited the civil-rights movement in the U.S. 1999: awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

  17. Jackie Robinson 1919 – 1972 Baseball player 1st African-American to play baseball in the major leagues Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Active in Civil Rights movement

  18. Will Smith 1968 – Actor, rapper The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Independence Day Men in Black I and II Won Grammy Award for "Parents Just Don't Understand"

  19. Sojourner Truth 1795 – 1883 Born Isabella Baumfree Abolitionist, feminist, orator, preacher "Aren't I a Woman" speech

  20. Madame C. J. Walker 1867 – 1919 Born Sarah Breedlove Businesswoman, philanthropist, inventor Invented hair products for blacks 1st self-made U.S. woman millionaire

  21. Booker T. Washington 1856 – 1915 Educator Founded the Tuskegee Institute in Mississippi Believed it more important for blacks to improve themselves through industrial education Up From Slavery

  22. Cornel West 1953 – Writer, philosopher, theologian, rapper, actor, sociologist, professor, civil rights activist Race Matters

  23. Oprah Winfrey 1954 – Talk show host, media mogul, actress, producer, philanthropist Won 25 Emmys, Peabody Award The Oprah Winfrey Show is an Emmy Award-winning series Harpo Productions; Oxygen; O, The Oprah Magazine

  24. Credits Images & biographical information came from library databases: African-American History Online Biography Reference Bank Credo Reference Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

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