Famous African American Presentations

By: Ms. Abramson's 5th Grade Block 1 Class

March 2009

To celebrate black history month 5th graders did a research project, each profiling a famous African American. Once their research was complete, they created a PowerPoint presentation about their person, and presented it to their classmates.

Note: Photographs have been removed from those presentations who did not identify and give credit to the source of their picture.

Marian Anderson Fredrick Douglass Jesse Owens Booker T. Washington
Maya Angelou Matthew Henson Rosa Parks Phillis Wheatly
Mary McLeod Bethune Langston Hughes Jackie Robinson Daniel Hale Williams
Benjamin Banneker Mae Jemison Paul Robson Tiger Woods
Ruby Bridges Martin Luther King Wilma Rudolph Carter Woodson
George Washington Carver Thurgood Marshall Bessie Smith  
Bessie Coleman Garrett Morgan Harriet Tubman