Famous African American Poems

By: Ms. Abramson's 5 Grade Class

February 2008

To celebrate black history month 5th graders in Ms. Abramson 's class did a research project, each profiling a famous African American. Once their research was complete, they wrote a poem about their person.

Note: Photographs have been removed from student's original poems due to copyright restrictions.

Marian Anderson Bessie Coleman Martin Luther King Philip Randolph Nat Turner
Maya Angelou W.E.B. DuBois Thurgood Marshall Jackie Robinson Booker T. Washington
James Beckwourth Matthew Henson Garrett Morgan Wilma Rudolph Phillis Wheatley
Mary McLeod Bethune Langston Hughes Jesse Owens Bessie Smith Tiger Woods
Ruby Bridges Michael Jordan Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman Carter Woodson