African American History

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African American History

• Identifying four of your favorite
• African American Leaders

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Contributions

• Inventors and Inventions
• Athletes
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• History
• Music
• Science and Medicine

3
Charles Drew

• Athletic champion
• Academic scholar
• Blood transfusions
• Stored plasma
• Resigned ethics
• Died in a car crash in 1950

4
Sports Stars

• Michael Jordan
• Tiger Woods
• Television
• Sponsors endorsements
• Hank Aaron
• Jack Johnson
• Broke the color barrier in boxing
• Oliver Lewis first African American to win the
  Kentucky Derby
• Jackie Robinson

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Malcolm X

• Father was killed
• by racist group
• Mother was hospitalized
• He moved in with his relatives and
• got involved in a life of crime
• He copied the dictionary in prison
• He corresponded with Muhammad
• He disagreed with the Nation of Islam and
  oppression
• He was killed by members of the Nation of Islam

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Other Black Leaders

• Harriet Tubman
• George Washington Carver
• Madam C.J. Walker
• Louis Armstrong
• Rosa Parks
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Oprah Winfrey

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Who are your favorite African American Leaders?