Black History Month

By: Ben Orban

Jackie Robinson• He was the first

African American to play Major League Baseball

• He broke the color barrier which caused other African American men to play baseball

George Washington Carver

• His studies revolutionized agriculture Southern United States

• Most of Carver’s fame is based on his promotion of alternative crops to cotton such as peanuts and sweet potatoes

Oprah Winfrey

• She is the most influential woman in the world

• She is the richest and most philanthropic African American of all time

Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Tubman was an African American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the Civil War

• As a nurse during the Civil War, Tubman prepared remedies from local plants to heal the wounded

Frederick Douglass

• Frederick Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people

• In 1868, Douglass supported the campaign of Ulysses S. Grant

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