February 08, 2013

Black History Month


Every year there is always a project that needs to be submitted for black history month but you may not know who to choose. Some students may be tired of doing the same people, or having someone in class that did the same research as you so here a few people that you cobuld possibly do your project on.

Daisy Bates: She was a civil rights leader who helped desegregate Arkansas’ Central High School in Little Rock.

Alvin Ailey: American modern dancer and choreographer, known for his style and his choreography were based on multiracial cultures.

George Carruthers: Earned his Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering. He built telescopes as a child and as he became an adult NASA used his inventions to explore space and the Earth’s atmosphere.

Garrett Morgan:  Girls should be grateful for Mr. Morgan, he improved the sewing machine, traffic signal, a hair straightening product, and a respiratory device.

Hank Aaron: one of the best baseball players of all time. He scored 755 home runs.

Black History Month started around 1926 in the United States when Carter G. Woodson declared the second week of February to be “Negro History Week”.  This week was chosen because it marked the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.



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