Contents Notes |
Each poster includes a black and white portrait, a quote, and brief biographical information for a well-known African-American. [pl. 1]. Sojourner Truth : abolitionist/speaker, 1797-1883 -- [pl. 2]. Zora Neale Hurston : writer/storyteller, 1903-1960 -- [pl. 3]. Rosa Parks : civil rights activist, born 1913 -- [pl. 4]. Jesse Owens : Olympic hero, 1913-1980 -- [pl. 5]. Thurgood Marshall : U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1908-1993 -- [pl. 6]. James Baldwin : writer, 1924-1987 -- [pl. 7]. Colin Powell : general/Secretary of State, born 1937 -- [pl. 8]. Martin Luther King, Jr. : civil rights leader, 1929-1968 -- [pl. 9]. Malcolm X : Black nationalist/Muslim leader, 1925-1965 -- [pl. 10]. Ella Fitzgerald : jazz singer, 1917-1996. |