Famous+and+Not+so+Famous+African+American+Project

We are going to research some famous and not-so-famous African-Americans that have contributed to science as well as other interesting fields of study!

Choose a person you would like to research and add their name to [|this document]. If someone has already typed your person, choose another person,

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What to INCLUDE in your presentation : - Your person's name - Date of birth & date of death (if not currently living) - Place of birth (city, state, country) - Why your person is important (what contribution to society did they make?) - Why do you think this person should be remembered as part of history? - Include a picture of your person and any other pictures that will help you present your person.

Men : 1. Louis Armstrong BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">another video on L. Armstrong

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Otis Boykin <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More about O. Boykin

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">3. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">George Washington Carver <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More info on G. W. Carver <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;"> another video on G. W. Carver

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">4. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Mark Dean <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More information on M. Dean

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">5. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Frederick Douglas <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Another Frederick Douglas video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">6. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Lonnie G. Johnson <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video of L. Johnson

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">7. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Martin Luther King, Jr. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;"> BrainPop video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">8. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Lewis Latimer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More on Lewis Latimer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Lewis Latimer on Kid Positive

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">9. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Thurgood Marshall <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More info on T. Marshall <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">video on T. Marshall

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">10. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Jan Ernst Matzeliger <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Inventor video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">11. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Garrett Morgan <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video on G. Morgan

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">12. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Elijah J. McCoy <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video of E. McCoy

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">13. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Barack Obama <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;"> BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">another video on B. Obama

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">14. Dred Scott <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Dred Scott video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">15. Tuskegee Airmen <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">BrainPop video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">16. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Booker T. Washington

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">17. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">James E. West

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">18. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Charles Drew

<span style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Women <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">19. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Maya Angelou <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;"> BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">another video on M. Angelou

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">20. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Dr. Patrica Bath

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">21. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Ruby Bridges <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video of R. Bridges

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">22. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Mae Jemison <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More info on M. Jemison <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Even more info on M. Jemison

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">23. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle Obama <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More info on M. Obama <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video on M. Obama

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">24. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Rosa Parks <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Video on Rosa Parks

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">25. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Harriett Tubman <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">H. Tubman video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">26. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Madame C.J. Walker <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More info on C. J. Walker <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">More on C. J. Walker <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">C. J. Walker video

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">27. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">Oprah Winfrey <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">BrainPop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">another video on O. Winfrey

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">28. [|Ella Fitzgerald]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">29. [|Aretha Franklin]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-decoration: none;">30 [|Shirley Crishholm]