FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Born January 15, 1929

Skipped 9th and 11th grade

Known for his fight for equality

Was a Baptist minister

Made his “I Have a Dream”

speech in 1963

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vD

WWy4CMhE

Died April 4, 1968

Born in 1820

Escaped slavery in 1849

Known for helping slaves

escape through the

Underground Railroad

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ

_gRFYgXMo

Died in 1913

Buried with military honors

HARRIET TUBMAN

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

Born January 1864

Born during the Civil War

Was known for coming up

with many uses of peanuts

Taught at Tuskegee

Institute

Died January 5, 1943

Born September 25, 1968

Formed DJ Jazzy Jeff and the

Fresh Prince when he was 16

Known for his rapping and

acting

https://www.youtube.com/watc

h?v=_

WamkRSDeD8

Has 3 kids

Currently 46 years old

WILL SMITH

MR. BARACK OBAMA

Born August 4, 1961

Known as the 44th

President and the 1st

African American

President

Went to Harvard Law

School

Currently 53 years old

Born February 4, 1913

Known for refusing to give

her seat up on the bus

Joined the NAACP in 1943

Worked as a seamstress

Published her

autobiography in 1992

Died October 24, 2005

ROSA PARKS

MICHAEL JORDAN

Born February 17, 1963

Known for his basketball

playing

Played for UNC and

Chicago Bulls

Played and won basketball

in the Olympics

Officially a billionaire on

3/2/15

Currently 52

Born January 29, 1954

Known for her TV

network and hosting talk

shows

Billionaire

Hosted her talk show for

25 years

Currently 61

OPRAH WINFREY

BB KING

Born September 16, 1925

Served in World War II

Known for his blues music

Won his 15th Grammy in

2009

Named his guitar Lucille

Currently 89 years old

Born August 4, 1901

Known for his jazz tru

mpet music and raspy

voice

Adopted his 3 year old

cousin

Made scat singing

popular

Died July 6, 1971

LOUIS ARMSTRONG