My Black History Project By:Nicole

Welsh

Beyonce Knowles

• When Beyonce was just 8 years old she auditioned for a kids singing group in Houston,Texas

• The group went on Star Search and lost in the finals.

• Now Beyonce alone has made 6 albums. Not only that but she also does some charity work. She works at a charity called “Survivor Foundation” it helps people who survived Hurricane Katrina

Phillis Wheatley

• Phillis was an African slave in Boston Phillas came to Boston slave market in 1761

• It was estimated that Phillis was between 7-8 years old

• By the time she was 13 she wrote her first poem

• Phillis today has a center named after him called Phillis Wheatley Community Center.

Ella Baker

• Ella became the first American women to receive a doctorate in public health

• Ella also helped find the American child Hygiene Association

• Ella spent her life working behind the scenes to organize the “Civil Rights Movement”

• Ella was one of the people who created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957

Rosa Parks

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man because she was tired of being pushed around just because of her race.Rosa Parks stood up for herself by sitting down.

• She also helped with freedom Rosa had an institute called the Rosa and Raymond Institute that helped kids with freedom.

Thurgood Marshall • Thurgood was the

grandson of a slave• In 1930 Thurgood applied

for a law school but was denied because he was black he new after that that him being denied would interrupt his skills for law.

• But Thurgood became a counsel and chief of the National Association for the advancement of colored people