African American History Month

Who was an olympic track and field athlete who performed in the 1936 olympics in Berlin, Germany?

• Frederick Douglass

• Jesse Owens

• Ruby Bridges

• Marian Anderson

Frederick Douglass was...

• an inventor of hair products for African American women,

• A great musician who played music in the 1840's.

• an escaped slave who worked hard to end slavery for all. He also was a great writer.

• A Civil War captain who led troops against the North.

This man became a very important botanist who did a lot of work with peanut plants...

• George Washington Carver

• Jackie Robinson

• Garrett Morgan

• Benjamin Banneker

He was the first African American athlete to play Major League Baseball.

• Miss Trexler

• Singapore

• George Washington Carver

• Jackie Robinson

Marion Anderson was....

• a civil rights activist

• a famous opera singer

• a brilliant eye doctor

• the first African American to graduate college

This person was the first African American child to attend an all-white public school...

• Mae Jemison

• Duke Ellington

• Ruby Bridges

• Sojourner Truth

Mae Jemison is known because...

• she was the first African American female astronaut.

• she was a famous author.

• she was the first African American to sing at the White House

• she was a brilliant doctor

Garrett Morgan was an important....

• doctor

• inventor

• soldier

• scientist

Who worked to calculate the location of stars and planets for almanacs?

• Benjamin Banneker

• Ruby Bridges

• Mae Jemison

• Malcolm X

Who was known for creating big-band jazz music?

• Marion Anderson

• Maya Angelou

• Dr. Patricia Bath

• Duke Ellington