Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris Kentucky He was an inventor He invented the gas mask and traffic light Garrett Morgan died in 1963 Bibliography wwwworldbookonlinecom and Google Images ID: 746173
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Garrett Morgan
By: Amelia Taylor
Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky.He was an inventor.He invented the gas mask and traffic light.Garrett Morgan died in 1963.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide2
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was born in the year 1913He was an American track and fieldHe set 7 world records and won 4 gold medals in the 1936 summer Olympics
Jesse Owens died in 1980.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesBy:
Briena
ZenszerSlide3
Muhammad Ali
By: Hector Hernandez
Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky in the year 1942.2. He is a famous heavy weight boxer.3. Muhammad Ali’s real name is Cassius Clay, but changed his name when he changed his religion.
He is still alive and is 73 years old.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide4
Rosa Louise Parks
Rosa Louise Parks was born in 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama.Rosa Louise Parks was an African American woman who fought to gain equal rightsShe wouldn’t give up her seat on a bus to a white man and was arrested.Rosa died on Oct. 24, 2005.
Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesBy: Vanessa NedeogloSlide5
George Washington Carver
1. He was born in Missouri, he was born in the year 1864.2. He was famous for his research on soil and crops.3. He made more than 300 products from peanuts.4. He died on the year of 1943.5. Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and google images
.By: Kshlok SavaliaSlide6
J
ackie Robinson
By: Adam S
hiloni
1. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in the year 1919.
2. He was a very good baseball player, the first African American in the major leagues.
2. He starred in 4 sports in college
4. He died in 1972, but if he was still alive today he would be 97 years old
5. Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide7
Ray Charles
By: Gabe Humes1. He was an American singer song writer, band leader and pianist2. He went blind when he was 7 years old
3. He died in 20044. He was born in 1930 in Albany, Georgia.5. Bibliography: www.Worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide8
By. Daniel Hillman
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in the year 1958.He was a famous singer, dancer and song writer.He made the worlds best selling album, it was called Thriller.He died in 2009.Bibliography: worldbookonline and Google ImagesSlide9
Marian Anderson
By: VICTORIA SCHMITT
1. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa in the year 1897.2. She was a famous opera singer.3. She learned how to sing in Europe.4. She died in the year 1993.5. Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com google images.Slide10
Hank Aaron
By: Alex Sivak
1 . Hank Aaron was born in 1934 in Mobile , Alabama.2 . He received the 1976 Spingarn Medal, an award give each year to an outstanding African American.3 . He was a major baseball player. He broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record.
4. He is 81 years old.
5 . Bibliography www.worldbookonline.com and google imagesSlide11
Guion
Bluford
By: Britney
Thompson
1.
Guion
Bluford
was born in Philadelphia, P.A in the year, 1942.
2. He was famous for being the first African American to travel to space.
3. He entered air force in 1964. He began training to become an astronaut in 1978.
4. He is 73years old.
5.
Bibliography: www.world book online and google
imagesSlide12
Wilma Rudolph
By Elena BlowitskiWilma Rudolph was born in Bethlehem Tennessee in the year 1940.
She was a famous runner in 1960 Olympics Games she became the first American woman to win three gold medals.She couldn’t walk until she was 11 because she was sickThe year she died is 1994.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide13
Bessie Coleman
1. Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas in the year 1892.She was the first African American woman to be licensed as a pilot.She earned her pilots licensed in 1921.
Bessie Coleman died on April 30, 1926.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesBy: Molly
McAlinnSlide14
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was born in Delta, Louisiana in the year 1867. She was the first African American woman to become super rich by selling makeup and hair products to other African American women.She trained woman how to start their own business.
Madam C.J. Walker died in 1919.Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesBy: Nicolette DESAUTELSlide15
Althea Gibson
By: Caitlyn Friedman
Althea Gibson was born in Silver, South Carolina in the year 1927.She was one of the leading women tennis player.She was famous for tennis. But also became a pro golfer.She died in 2003.Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and google imagesSlide16
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama in the year 1956.
She is an American Doctor who became an astronaut.
She performed scientific experiments while in space
She is 59 years old.
Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images
By: Mia RuggieroSlide17
Satchel Paige
Aaron Zilley
Satchel Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1906.2. He was famous for baseball.3. He was a pitcher.4. He is in the baseball hall of fame.5. Bibliography www. Worldbookonline.com and google Images.Slide18
By: Maggie Benson
Ruby BridgesRuby Bridges was born on Sept. 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi.
She was the first black child to go to an all white public school.Her parents agreed to send her because it was a better school and closer to her home.Ruby is still alive today and is 61 years old.Bibliography: Worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide19
Martin Luther King Jr
.By. Milena Kravchenko
1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in the year 1929.He taught people how to be nice to others no matter what color their skin was.
Sadly, Dr. King died in 1968.He was assassinated.
Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide20
Harriet Tubman
By:Bailey
Stoddard1.
Harriet Tubman was born in Bucktown, Maryland in the year 1820.
2. She was a American woman who helped hundreds of slaves escape from freedom though the underground railroad.
3. She helped free more than 750 slaves.
4. Harriet Tubman died in the year 1913.
5. Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google I magesSlide21
Oprah Winfrey
By Michelle Kogan
Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in the year 1954.She was a American television producer, actress and business woman.She started a talk show in 1984.She is 61 years old.
Bibliography: www.worldbookonline.com and Google ImagesSlide22
Barack O
bamaBy: Connor
MulqueeneyBarack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in the year 1961.
He is the first African American President of the United States.In the African language, his name means blessing
Barack Obama is 54 years old.
Bibliography: worldbookonline.com and Google Images