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- 1. AFRICAN AMERICAN HEROES
- 2. BLACK HISTORY MONTH’S AFRICAN AMERICAN HEROES OF THE WEEK • Each week in February we will be exploring 6 African American Heroes. • The next group of slides will showcase people who have put their stamp on history whether it be artistically, economically, politically, and so on.
- 3. BARACK OBAMA • Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44 th President of the United States. • He is the first president to be born in Hawaii August 4, 1961. • He is the first African American to become President. • He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. • He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago. • He helped set up job training programs, college prep tutoring programs, and a tenants right program while working for the Developing Communitites project while in Chicago.
- 4. SOJOURNER TRUTH • Was born Isabella Baumfre in 1797. • She was sold at the age of 9 for $100 and a herd of sheep. • She was born a Slave in New York • She was the first black woman to go to court and win her son back who was illegally sold after she escaped and became free. • She helped recruit black troops for the Union Army which helped to free slaves. • She died November 26, 1883 in Battle Creek Michigan. • She was pivital in the civil and women’s rights movement.
- 5. WHITNEY HOUSTON • Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born August 9, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey. • In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. • Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. • “I will always love you”, from the body guard soundtrack which she also starred in is the best selling single by a female artist in music history. • “The Preachers Wife”, soundtrack which she had hits on also became the best selling Gospel Album in history. • She passed abruptly at a pre Grammy party on February 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills California.
- 6. JACKIE ROBINSON • Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. • He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. • When the Dodgers started him at first base in 1947, they became the first major league team to play a negro. • He was selected for 6 consecutive all star games. • He played in 6 world series and contributed to the dodgers winning the World Championship in 1955. • He was major league baseballs Rookie of the Year in 1947. • He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1962. • He was also the first black television analyst in Major League Baseball.
- 7. MAE JEMISON • Mae Carol Jemison was born October 17,1956. • She is the first black woman to travel to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. • Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 to 1987 • She acted on an episode of Star Trek the next generation. • IN 1993 she resigned from NASA to form a company to research applying technology to every day life. • She is a dancer. • She holds nine honorary doctorates in Engineering and Science.
- 8. FREDERICK JONES MR. FREEZE • Jones was born in 1892 just outside of Cincinnati. • He ran away from the Catholic Priest who had adopted him at age 11 and got a job at an auto shop. • By the age of 15 he was helping to manage the auto repair shop. • After he returned from World War 1, he designed devices that adapted silent film to audio stock. • He developed a transportation refrigerator that could be mounted to trucks to ship food, and deliver food and blood behind enemy lines in World War 2. • In total Jones was granted more than 60 patents for inventions including a defroster, a two-cycle gas engine, and a thermostat system Read more:
- 9. THE END!! This concludesthe end of Week 1 of our African American heroes. Stay tuned for plenty more in the coming weeks.
- 10. REFERENCES I received facts and images from the following websites. Http://www.google.com http://www.findagrave.com http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,19634 24_1963480_1963466,00.html http://www.wikipedia.org/