Louis Armstrong He is famous for his great music.

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Louis ArmstrongHe is famous for his great
music.

• He was born JULY 4,1901 in NEW ORLEANS.
• He died JULY 6,1971.
• He was a great jazz player.
• Armstrong was featured in many recordings.
• He played jazz cornet and trumpet.
• One of his musical hits was Hello Dolly.

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George Washington CarverFamous for being a plant
doctor.

• George Washington Carver was born in 1865 and
  died in 1943.
• Carver was born a slave.
• Carver began school at the age of 12.
• Carver went to Simpson college in Minnesota.

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Dr. Charles Richard DrewHe saved many, many
lives with the invention of the blood bank.

• He was an American medical Doctor.
• He also started a blood bank.
• Dr. Drew set up an operated the blood plasma
  bank.
• Drews project was the model for the red cross.
• Dr. Drew also formed Britains blood bank system.
• Dr. Drew died in 1950 after a car accident.

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Frederick Douglass He worked for equal
rights for all people.

• He was born Feb.7 1817.
• He was born a slave.
• He died Feb.20 1895.
• He worked to stop slavery.
• He was an abolitionist, orator and a writer.
• He educated himself.

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Matthew A. HensonHe was one of the first people
to visit the North Pole.

• He was an American explorer.
• He was born in August 8, 1866.
• He died in March 9,1955.
• His parents died when he was a young boy.
• He became a clerk in Washington D.C.
• He went to sea when he was 12 years old.

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Mae C. JemisonShe was the first black woman in
space.

• She was born in Alabama in 1956
• She got a medical degree in 1991
• She was accepted in NASAS training program in
  1987.
• She was a professor of environmental studies.
• She was a Peace Corps doctor in Africa.
• She speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. He was the main leader
of the civil rights movement.

• He was born in 1929.
• He was an African American Baptist minister.
• King led the march for freedom in Washington,
  D.C. in 1963.
• He worked for racial equality and justice.
• He died in 1968.

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JACKIE ROBINSONHe was the first African
American to play major league baseball.

• First African American to play major league
  baseball.
• All ten years of his career was with the dodgers.
• He started as the first baseman for the
  dodgers.
• He was the first African American to make the
  hall of fame in 1962.
• He was born Georgia in 1919.
• He starred in four sports at UCLA.

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Harriet TubmanShe helped free slaves in the
underground railroad.

• Harriet Tubman was born on a plantation in
  Maryland in 1820.
• Harriet Tubman made 19 dangerous rescues.
• She spied for the union during the U.S civil war.
• Mrs.Tubman helped John Brown recruit soldiers.
• She died of pneumonia in March, 1913.
• Harriet Tubman was born, a slave in Bucktown,
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Booker T.WashingtonHe was a leader in
education.

• He was born on a plantation at Hales Ford.
• He was born on April 15? 1856
• He died in Nov. 15,1915.
• He was born a slave in Virginia.
• Began working at age nine.
• He was a presidential advisor.

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We found our information in the following
resources Internet (www.enchantedlearning.com) W
orld Book Encyclopedia Famous Black Americans
Poster Series