Famous Americans - Who Am I?

I led the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

• Christopher Columbus

• Benjamin Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

• Helen Keller

I proved that electricity was present in lightening through an experiment with a kite.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Rosa Parks

• Helen Keller

• Thurgood Marshall

I started the first library and the first volunteer fire department in America.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Helen Keller

I was the president of the United States who helped to free African American slaves.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Rosa Parks

• Benjamin Franklin

• Martin Luther King Jr.

I overcame my disabilities and worked to help others who were blind and deaf.

• Rosa Parks

• Helen Keller

• Rosa Parks

• Cesar Chavez

I was a lawyer who defended people at a time when not all people had equal rights.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

I was the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• Abraham Lincoln

I was an African American woman who refused to give up my seat on a public bus, which was against the law many years ago.

• Rosa Parks

• Helen Keller

I helped to bring about changes in laws and worked so that all people would have equal rights.

• Rosa Parks

• Helen Keller

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

I was an African American minister who worked so that all people would be treated fairly. I led peaceful marches and gave speeches.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Abraham Lincoln

• Cesar Chavez