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Famous AfricanAmericans
Nicholas Baker
Taylor Robertson
I created this PowerPoint
presentation of famous AfricanAmericans for my internship at
Stonewall Jackson Middle School for
Black History Month in February
with a student teacher from Virginia
Tech, Nicholas Baker. We would
cover one person per day (two on
Mondays and Fridays) throughout
the month. These were not
necessarily a part of the content,
but a large population of Stonewall
Jackson was African-American.
Therefore it was crucial for me to
relay the importance of knowing the
history of African-Americans in this
country to my students in an effort
to increase their cultural
perspective and its effect on their
appreciation for history.
Jacob Lawrence
• One of the most
famous African
American painters of
the 20th century due
to his famous works
depicting important
African American
historical moments
and individuals.
Muhammad Ali
• Considered the greatest heavyweight
professional boxer in history.
Langston Hughes
• A famous literary figure from the Harlem
Renaissance period during the 1920’s.
Jesse Owens
• Famous Olympian sprint and long jump
American track and field athlete.
Thurgood Marshall
• First African American Supreme Court Justice.
Martin Luther King Jr.
• Was a leader in the African American Civil
Rights Movement who was a central figure to
the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Rosa Parks
• Often called the “first lady of the Civil Rights
Movement” Rosa Parks was a symbol for Civil
Rights that helped sparked the movement.
Althea Gibson
• First African American athlete to enter into
international tennis and the first to win the
Grand Slam title.
Charles Drew
• A pioneer in medical research he made
groundbreaking discoveries regarding blood
transfusion, storage, and processing. He
essentially created blood banks in both the
U.S. and Great Britain during WWII.
Wilma Rudolph
• African American Olympian athlete who was
considered to be the fastest woman in the
world in the 1960’s.
Dr. Maya Angelou
• Famous literary figure, civil rights activist,
actress, and educator.
Henry Louis Gates
• Was the first African American famous literary
figure, educator, scholar, editor to receive the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship.
Barack Obama
• First African American
President of the United
States of America currently
serving as the 44th
President.
Phyllis Wheatley
• First published AfricanAmerican woman
• Wrote poems in favor
of the American
Revolution and its
leaders
Jackie Robinson
• Responsible for
breaking the Major
League Baseball
Color Barrier in 1947
by playing for the
Brooklyn Dodgers
Benjamin Banneker
• Surveyor, almanac
author, and farmer
who served on the
team that surveyed
the boundaries of the
District of Columbia
Jo Anderson
• Slave of Cyrus
McCormick, credited
inventor of the
reaper
• Believed to be the
actual inventor of the
reaper
Harriet Tubman
• Abolitionist guide on
the Underground
Railroad who helped
over 300 slaves
escape from slavery to
the North over the
course of nineteen
trips to the South
Frederick Douglas
• Abolitionist leader in
the North
• Famous for his
writings and
speeches against
slavery
Sojourner Truth
• Abolitionist and
women’s rights
activist
• Spoke about slavery,
women’s rights,
prison reform, and
capital punishment
Robert Smalls
• Stole the
Confederate ship,
CSS Planter, and
sailed it beyond the
Federal Blockade
convincing Lincoln to
allow AfricanAmericans in the
Union Army
Joe Frazier
• “Smokin Joe”
• Professional boxer,
Olympic Gold
Medalist, and World
Heavyweight
Champion
Booker T. Washington
• Educator, author, and
speaker
• Founder and leader of
the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute
W.E.B. Du Bois
• First AfricanAmerican doctoral
graduate of Harvard
University
• Emphasized
vocational
education for
African-Americans
Duke Ellington
• Composer, pianist,
and bandleader of
jazz music in the
1920s and beyond
Bessie Smith
• Female blues singer
during the 1920s and
1930s
• Still has major
influence on jazz and
blues vocalists today
Louis Armstrong
• “Pops”
• Jazz trumpeter and
singer from New
Orleans
• Pioneered the use of
improvisation in
music