Who Am I? Black History Month

Martin Luther King JR. I used nonviolent tactics based on the teachings of Mahatma Ghandi to push for civil rights and equality. I organized many marches and protests during the civil rights era, whose locations included Selma, Birmingham, and Washington D.C. I also gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in the name of equality.

Rosa Parks I was a national feminine icon of resistance to racial segregation. I worked closely with Marin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon (president of the local chapter of the NAACP). I became famous for taking a stand against public segregation by refusing to give up my seat on the bus to a white man.

Frederick Douglass “Sage of Anacostia” I was a slave turned prolific American author whose literature is still studied in schools and colleges to this day. My most influential works include The Narrative of the Life of ______, an American slave and My Bondage and My Freedom.

Barrack Obama After graduating from Colombia University, I became enrolled in Harvard University where I served as the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. I was named a Nobel Piece Prize laureate in 2009. On January 20, 2009, I was inaugurated as the first African American president of the United States of America.

Harriet Tubman “Moses” I was a female abolitionist, scout, and spy for the United States Army during the Civil War. I am most famous for my work through the Underground Railroad.

Aretha Franklin “Queen of Soul” I was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I began my career singing gospel for the church my father ministered, and would eventually become famous for my rendition of Otis Redding’s Respect.

Langston Hughes I was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. I was an early innovator of a new style of art known as jazz poetry. I am most famous as being a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as for my poems such as The Negro Speaks of Rivers and Let America be America Again.

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