William Edward Burghradt Du Bois

• Also known as W.E.B. Du Bois

• Helped founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• It is also called NAACP

• He was a great civil rights leader and author and helped many people

Carter Godwin Woodson

• Founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915

• It was to train black historians to collect, preserve, and publish documents on black life and black people

• Dr.Carter spent his whole life working as an educator

George Washington Carver

• He promoted and researched the use of alternative crops like sweet potatoes, peanuts, and cotton plus many more

• He lead the Agriculture Department

• He also created 100 ways peanut butter can be useful in homes and on farms

Jackie Robinson

• He started the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 1973

• It rewarded a four year scholarship to academically gifted students and students of color with financial need

• Jackie Robinson didn’t just play baseball he also was a rights activist

Barrack Obama

• He donated 5.7% of his income to charities in 2007

• Him and his wife earned about 4.2 million in 2007 and donated 240,000 that year

• And in 2006 he gave 6.1% of his income to charities