African American Achievements By: Kimberly Jimenez,Marco Padilla,Evelyn Sanchez, Ana Saldana, Noah Mendieta, and Cristopher Alas
By Group 7-11
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Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick was born on February 1818, and died due to a stroke on February 20, 1895. He became a leader of the abolitionist movement after he escaped slavery. -
Harriet Tubman
No one knows when exactly Harriet was born but that she was born in Dorchester County, MD and died on March 10, 1913. She was born into slavery in Maryland and successfully escaped in 1849. She fought for Civil Rights and led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the underground railroad. -
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rebecca Lee Crumpler was a born on February 8,1831 and died on March 9,1895. Rebecca was the first African-American woman to become a physician in the United States. Rebecca married Arthur Crumpler who had served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. She fought for civil rights to become a physician in the United States. -
W.E.B Du Bois
He lived from February 23, 1868 to August 23, 1963. He was known as arguably one of the most intelligent individuals to ever live, W.E.B. Du Bois was instrumental in bringing along the process of human rights for African-American's. In a time when the despotic and abundant prejudice and bigotry towards African-Americans was not only tolerated, it was with reason and law. He was also considered the best known spokesperson African- American Civil rights in which he fought for. -
Ella Baker
Ella Baker lived from December 13, 1903 to December 13 1986 and she died on exactly her 85th birthday. Ella fought for African-American Civil Rights and she was an human rights activist -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist. Who lived from February 4, 1913 to October 24, 2005. She was what the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement” and who fought for civil rights . It all began with Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a white person and because of that she was arrested and bailed out by President NAACP Edgar Nixon the next day. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was born in January 31, 1919,Cairo, Georgia. He died in October 24, 1972, North Stamford, Connecticut. He was the first black person in major league baseball. He was number 42 on the Dodgers baseball team. His wife was Rachel Robinson and he had three kids He fought for civil rights and was determined to end the unwritten segregation rule in the majors. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 and assassinated on February 21 1965. He was a human rights activist and fought for African-American Civil Rights. -
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King lived from April 27, 1927 to January 30, 2005. She was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968.
Coretta helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and fought for African-American rights along her husband when alive. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He lived from January 15, 1929 till assassinated on April 4, 1968. He was an American Baptist Minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil rights movement. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby bridges lived from September 8, 1954 and still lives to this day at 62 years old. She became a symbol of the African-American Civil Rights Movement because she was the first African-American child to enter a previous all white school. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 and still lives to this day at 55 years old. He served as the 44th president of the United States 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American to serve as president and the first born outside the United States. He fought for Civil rights.
