Famous African American Poems

By: Mr. Kapusnick's Class

February 2008

To celebrate black history month 5th graders in Mr. Kapusnick '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.

James Beckwourth Langston Hughes Garrett Morgan Wilma Rudolph
Ruby Bridges Michael Jordan Jesse Owens Sojourner Truth
George Washington Carver Martin Luther King Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman
Bessie Coleman Lewis Latimer Colin Powell Phyllis Wheatley
W.E.B. Dubois Thurgood Mashall Paul Robeson Granville Woods
Matthew Henson Elijah McCoy Jackie Robinson Tiger Woods