Black History Month

1) Bell Wells-Barnett
1. She was was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862, six months before the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves.
2. Her father, James Wells was on the board of trustees of Rust College, a freedmen's school, where Ida got a basic education.
3.Wells obtained a teaching position by convincing officials she 18 years old when she was 16.
4. In 1884 she was thrown from a first- class train car because she refused to ride in the "blacks only" car.
5. She sued the railroad and won and worked towards black rights.

2) Booker T. Washington
1. He was born into slavery as Booker Taliaferro on April 5, 1856.
2. His father was a white man, but didn't claim him.
3. His stepfather put him to work in the salt mines in Malden, West Virginia.
4. Booker wanted an education but his stepfather only let him when he agreed to work a double shift in the mines every day to make up for what he lost in school.
5. He became Booker T. Washington when he realized he didn't know his last name in school and quickly added a famous one.

3) George Washington Carver
1. He invented peanut butter.
2. He was born near diamond grove, Missouri.
3. He went to school in Neosho, Missouri.
4. He completed high school in Minneapolis, Kansas.
5. He applied to Sampson College, tuition was $12 a year.

4) Sojourner Truth
1. She was born into slavery in Ulster County, New York.
2. She was known to her fellow slaves only as Isabella.
3. In 1827 she fled Dumont's Farm and became a runaway.
4. She sued her former owner for illegally selling her son to a slaver in Alabama after New York emancipated its slaves.
5. She continued to aid slaves even after the Emancipation Proclamation.

5) Marcus Garvey
1. He was from the West Indies.
2. He was the first to forcefully articulate the concept of African nationalism.
3. He traveled to several places around the world in 1910.
4. He returned home from England in 1914.
5. In 1916 he went to the United States to fund raise for work in Jamaica.


6) Langston Hughes
1. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1st 1902.
2. He graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio in 1920.
3. He won an athletic letter in track and held offices in student council.
4. Hughes spent the next year in Mexico with his father.
5. His first popular poem was "A Negro Speaks of River," was published n 1921.

7) Maya Angelou
1. She was a writer, poet andf director.
2. She was born on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.
3. She was raped by her mother's boyfriend at the age of 7.
4. Her rapist was later found beaten to death in an alley.
5. Angelou stopped speaking after the incident.

8) Thurgood Marshall
1. He was a jurist, lawyer and assistant justice.
2. He was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore.
3. He won 29 of his 32 civil rights cases throughout his career.

9) Clarence Thomas
1. He was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
2. He was born on June 23, 1948 in Pin Point Georgia.
3. He enrolled at Holy Cross for college.

10) Lena Horne
1. She was a singer and actress.
2. She was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York.
3. Her father was Edwin "Teddy" Horne.

11) Muhammad Ali
1. He was a famous boxer.
2. He was born on January 17, 1942.
3. He developed Parkinson's Sydrome later in life.

12) Jesse L. Jackson
1. One of America's foremost political leaders.
2. After Dr. King he was the primary leader for civil rights.
3. He is the founder of The National Rainbow Coalition.

13) Lebron James
1. He is an incredible basketball player in the NBA.
2. He has never won a Championship Ring.
3. He plays for the Miami Heat.

14) Michael Jordan
1. He played in the NBA in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
2. He is one of the greatest players to ever live.
3. He has 6 Championship Rings.
4. He scored 32,292 points in his career.

15) Sarah S. Good
1. She invented the folding cabinet bed.
2. She was a business woman and inventor.
3. She owned a furniture store.

16) Rosa Parks
1. She won the congressional gold medal.
2. She helped keep the civil rights movement going.
3. She refused to give her bus seat to a white man and was kicked off the bus.

17) Earvin "Magic" Johnson
1. He played point guard for the Los Angelas Laker.
2. He was a great player in the NBA.
3. He was a member of "the Dream Team".