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Black History Month Famous Black People. “We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” –Jimmy Carter. Bill Cosby. Raven Symone. Oprah Winfrey. Rosa Parks (1913-2005 ).
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Black History Month Famous Black People
“We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” –Jimmy Carter
Bill Cosby Raven Symone
Rosa Parks(1913-2005) Coretta Scott King
Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) Michael Jordan
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams(1859-1931) Lonnie G. Johnson (1949–)
Serena Williams Venus Williams
Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) Mary Ann Shadd(1823–1893)
Muhammad Ali (1942-) Jesse Owens (1913-2005)
Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) Ralph Bunche (1904-1971)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985)
Thurgood Marshall(1908 – 1993) Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Matthew Henson(1866-1955) Guion “Guy” Bluford (1942-)
Booker T. Washington(1856-1915) Shirely Chisholm (1924-2005)
Langston Hughes Maya Angelou
Disney’s First Black Princess Princess Tiana, the heroine of The Princess and The Frog, will be voiced by AnikaNoni Rose Photo: DISNEY/AP
Websites • http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/index.jsp • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/ • http://www.history.com/content/blackhistory • http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory