https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16 Extraordinary African Americans who have made significant contributions to our world en-us 2018-02-05 12:38:48 UTC 2023-04-05 17:41:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 009900365 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331257003 Did you know Jackie Robinson ran track like his brother?]]> 2019-02-14 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331257003 009901156 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331259193 Wilma Rudolph was the first women to earn three gold medals in track and field in one Olympic games.]]> 2019-02-14 13:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331259193 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331259768 Did you know That Jimi could not read music and he played his guitaur upside down
 ]]> 2019-02-14 13:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331259768 001001191 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331262244 Ray Charles was blind since the age 7 but it did not stop him from playing Jazz
P.S. Ray Charles was the King of soul!!!!!!!

]]> 2019-02-14 13:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331262244 009900453 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331262789 did you know Muhammad Ali had 9 kids?]]> 2019-02-14 13:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331262789 001001149 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263676 Duke  Ellington was a famous jazz musician. He was born on April 24 1899 ]]> 2019-02-14 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263676 000999492 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263867 did you know ]]> 2019-02-14 13:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263867 001001031 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263949 Mack Robinson won a silver medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics,second only to Jesse Owens.He was also the brother of Jackie Robinson and he had 6 children. ]]> 2019-02-14 13:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331263949 000999784 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331264085 his real name is cassius marcellous clay jr]]> 2019-02-14 13:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331264085 009989479 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331432048 he played the trumpet and the most influential person in jazz
 his song hello dolly
 was made into a movie 


]]> 2019-02-14 17:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331432048 009901457 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331432456 Elijah mcoy was a 19th century African American also elijah was known for lubrication devices and train travel more Efficent.

]]> 2019-02-14 17:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331432456 009900310 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331433720 2019-02-14 17:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331433720 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331434839 2019-02-14 17:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/331434839 000999817 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335324687 He ran for President.He also became a baptist.Jesse Jackson once said"Never look down on anybody unless your helping him up," and that's why he's a famous speaker.  ]]> 2019-02-26 13:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335324687 009901330 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325298 Duke Ellington was an a American jazz bandleader,composer, and pianist. He was born April 29,1899,Washington,D.C and died May 24,1974,in New York. His famous words of wisdom were "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young".]]> 2019-02-26 13:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325298 009988782 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325346 Wilma couldn't walk well until age 11,but she became a pro at running by setting records in the Olympics.]]> 2019-02-26 13:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325346 000999641 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325363 powell was appointed secretary of state in 2000]]> 2019-02-26 13:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325363 001000727 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325757 Jimi created his own band and when he was successful he left his own band]]> 2019-02-26 13:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335325757 001001053 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326267 2019-02-26 13:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326267 001001017 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326630 Some words that were inspiring were "A life is not ]]> 2019-02-26 13:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326630 001002289 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326661 she adopted the name in 1953]]> 2019-02-26 13:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326661 000999641 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326978 powell met Elvis presley twice while    serving in germany]]> 2019-02-26 13:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335326978 001001190 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327142 2019-02-26 13:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327142 001002281 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327375 Harriet Tubman is a African American who escaped slavery.]]> 2019-02-26 13:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327375 001001148 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327419 Frederick Douglass had 3 main occupations these include abolitionist,civil rights activist and a writer. As a writer Frederick posted 3 versions of his autobiography
(one of them by the name of "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass")

]]> 2019-02-26 13:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327419 009993999 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327537 Billie Holiday was 44 when she hafd died 1915 through 1959]]> 2019-02-26 13:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327537 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327713 B.B king was 89 in las vegas]]> 2019-02-26 13:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335327713 001002148 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328248 MARK DEAN was very good at math when he was a kid at school.MARK was also a computer programmer when he   was older.

]]> 2019-02-26 13:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328248 001001019 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328363 Thurgood Marshall had been as a lot of people know him the first african american to rule in supreme court he was in the supreme court for 24 ]]> 2019-02-26 13:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328363 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328580 Miles Davis is a grammy award winner 8 times in a row]]> 2019-02-26 13:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328580 000999641 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328782 was born in 1937....   he is now 81 he was in the military and got a certificit for being brave in a war zone]]> 2019-02-26 13:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328782 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328865 B.B king nickname was bb]]> 2019-02-26 13:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328865 009993999 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328887 Billie Holiday was only 44 years old when she had died 1915 through 1959 she died on July 17 also her real name was Eleanora Fagan]]> 2019-02-26 13:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335328887 001001053 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329176 2019-02-26 13:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329176 001001017 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329829 Do you know anything about Jackie Robinson]]> 2019-02-26 13:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329829 001000919 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329990 B.B KING ]]> 2019-02-26 13:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335329990 001002289 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335330800 did you know that  Maya Angelou.



]]> 2019-02-26 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335330800 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335330896 Miles Davis is a grammy award winner 8 times in a row]]> 2019-02-26 13:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335330896 009989550 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331341 ruby bridges was one of the first african american to join an all white school and was one of the first african american to pass the test.]]> 2019-02-26 13:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331341 001001190 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331822 2019-02-26 13:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331822 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331868 the guitarist cut his first recrod in 1949]]> 2019-02-26 13:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335331868 000999641 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332061 he has 2 words of wisdom]]> 2019-02-26 13:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332061 001002281 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332372 Harriet Tubman is a African American who escaped slavery and helped other slaves escape.]]> 2019-02-26 13:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332372 001000727 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332511 he created and destroyed his own band he also hunted deer 


]]> 2019-02-26 13:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335332511 000999641 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333097 was secretary of state]]> 2019-02-26 13:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333097 001001190 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333492 rosa went to jail for not giving her seatb up on the bus to a white man 

]]> 2019-02-26 13:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333492 001001017 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333726 Jackie Robinson won the National League Most Valuable Play er Award]]> 2019-02-26 13:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335333726 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335335014 b.b. king]]> 2019-02-26 13:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/335335014 009989160 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336032123 Ruby was the only one in first grade to go to an otherwise white school.Ruby had government agents walk her to school because kids were so mean to her. Ruby was the only one in that class one year. Lots of white parents took their kids out of school. Many years later Ruby was a volunteer at her childhood elementary school. Ruby also was a travel agent.  By 1999 Ruby wrote a book about her life. In 1984 Ruby married a man named Malcom Hall . Ruby raised 4 sons.]]> 2019-02-27 17:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336032123 009988497 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336034714 2019-02-27 17:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336034714 009989150 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336035663  BB king He was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy]]> 2019-02-27 17:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336035663 009993687 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336035783 Louis would grow up to change American music forever. Louis mixed scat singing with jazz music. Louis began making records in 1925. He died in 1971. Louis left for Chicago in 1922 to perform in a jazz band. In 1924 he moved to new York city. Louis Armstrong is one of a kind, an american legend.]]> 2019-02-27 17:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336035783 009988631 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336036323 He went to work with Martin Luther King. He ran for president.  " I am somebody never look down on anybody unless your helping him up.   If my heart can believe it,then you can achieve it". In 1979 he traveled to South Africa to speak out."If you fall behind,run faster. Never give up never surrender, and rise up against the odds". "Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. A new leadership. A choice.A chance .Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got". He was American civil rights,activist, Baptist, minister, and politician.]]> 2019-02-27 17:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336036323 009901268 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039316  ]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039316 009900333 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039402 Billie Holiday was a blue's,jazz singer.]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039402 009901527 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039519 He plays guitar and sings.
He is called Buddy Guy.
He plays jazz music.

]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039519 009989427 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039536 he played baseball.He hit 775 Homeruns

]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039536 009900398 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039645 she was a  only black 
kid  in a wihte shcool

]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039645 009901268 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039964 2019-02-27 17:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336039964 009901268 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336040268 2019-02-27 17:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336040268 009993736 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336040660 He was a slave . He also was a political leader, teacher and author. Booker wanted to read but slaves  can't read well. Booker had two siblings there names where John and Amanda.]]> 2019-02-27 17:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336040660 009988644 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336041196 Wilt averaged 30.1 points a game . Also he is a 13 time All star champion . Wilt is a 2 time NBA finals champion. wilt was a harlem  globetrotter before going the nba 



]]> 2019-02-27 17:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336041196 009900333 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336042477 She had no help or no formal training in singing.]]> 2019-02-27 17:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336042477 009992068 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336044090 Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice on the U.S.  supreme court
    ]]> 2019-02-27 17:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336044090 009988497 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336044774 Jackie robinson was a baseball player who became the first African American to play in major League the Baseball modern era.Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at the first base on April 15, 1947.Also Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919.He died October 24,1972.His childrens names were Sharon Robinson,Jackie Robinson Jr,and David Robinson.]]> 2019-02-27 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336044774 009901548 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336045669 c]]> 2019-02-27 17:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336045669 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336047240 She was a civil rights leader.
She studied at Antioch College in Ohio.
She met her husband while in Boston and had four kids named Yolanda King, Marten Luther King 3,
Bernice King and Dexter king]]> 2019-02-27 17:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336047240 009988883 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336048298 she was a waitress,cook,singer,dancer,journalist,poet,actor,director,but she is best known for her writing.Maya Angelou recited her poem at President Bill Clinton's 1993 inaugural ceremony.]]> 2019-02-27 18:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336048298 009901548 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336049244 2019-02-27 18:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336049244 emmam8 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336525430 2019-02-28 17:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336525430 009989203 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336529892 Otis Frank Boykin's noteworthy inventions include a wire precision register and a control unit for the Pacemaker. When Otis died in 1982 he had 26 patents in his name!

]]> 2019-02-28 17:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336529892 009901457 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530436 Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African American Inventor he was known for lubrication devices Elijah was born on may 2 1844 in Colechester, Ontario Canada Elijah McCoy  was trained as an engineer in Scotland as a teenager)Fun Fact, Elijah Used oil to make trains run for a long period time Elijah died October 10, 19]]> 2019-02-28 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530436 009900310 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530437 Ben carson had authored many books and in 2015 he became a contender for the republican nomination for u.s. president he also rose from humble beging]]> 2019-02-28 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530437 009900369 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530779 He inventted the super soker and nerf gun and many more invechins he got the masters degre in nuckler enginering and worked for nasaandin the army for jets and air for]]> 2019-02-28 17:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336530779 009901276 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336532612 in the 1950 BB.king became one of the most important blues musicians.BB.king the lager-than guitarist and singer who helped make the blues.  ]]> 2019-02-28 17:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336532612 009988937 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336534053 the words of wisdom every great dream begins with a dreamer always remember you have within you the strength the patience and the passion did you know harriet tub man escaped slavery to become a leading person she lead hundreds of enslaves people to freedom along the route of the under ground rail road]]> 2019-02-28 17:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336534053 009900310 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336534555 2019-02-28 17:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336534555 009993725 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336537523 2019-02-28 17:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336537523 009900434 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336539414 Andrew young became ]]> 2019-02-28 17:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336539414 009993621 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336540193 2019-02-28 17:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/336540193 009988784 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337569627 She led 10s and 100s of slaves to the underground railroad.She became a conductor on the underground railroad and spent about 10 years making 13 trips to Maryland to rescue slaves.Harriet started working on her plan to escape slavery when she was only 6 years old.She led about 300 people along the underground railroad.During the civil war,she worked as a nurse,cook and a scout. When the North won the civil war,slavery was illegal in all states.Later,Harriet moved to Newyork and she raised money for black children's schools and she continued to help black people.]]> 2019-03-04 17:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337569627 009992068 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570133

]]> 2019-03-04 17:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570133 009900290 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570369 2019-03-04 17:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570369 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570612 He was like his father and liked to speak like his father.He  

]]> 2019-03-04 17:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570612 009989344 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570824 1917-1996,She was a blue jazz singer. Her first song was "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" in 1938.
 Know as "Lady Ella" and "First Lady of Song" she had about 200 albums and about 2,000 songs]]> 2019-03-04 17:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570824 009989427 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570874 was a famase baseball player.
1957 world series 3 time gold glove winer MVP halloffame

]]> 2019-03-04 17:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337570874 009901268 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337571594 2019-03-04 17:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337571594 009989344 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337576633 In 1958 she was the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. Later Ella went on to win 13 Grammy Awards. 
Her multi-volume "songbooks" on Verve Records are among American's recording treasures.]]> 2019-03-04 17:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337576633 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337577066 2019-03-04 17:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337577066 009900290 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337577258 2019-03-04 17:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337577258 009900333 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579018 2019-03-04 17:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579018 009992068 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579213 Thurgood was the first African American Justice on the U.S.Supreme Court.]]> 2019-03-04 17:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579213 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579530 2019-03-04 17:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337579530 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337580995 2019-03-04 17:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337580995 009900314 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337587233 2019-03-04 17:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/337587233 009993621 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/339140013 Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 and died on May 28, 2014. Angelou could speak five different languages, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, and Fanti. In 2010 Angelou was awarded  the Presidential  Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian honor in the US, by President  Barak Obama.]]> 2019-03-08 00:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/339140013 009900398 https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/450041195 Harriet was a slave on a plantation in Maryland. historian sthiank think she was born in 1820 or possibly 1821. Life as a slave was difficult Harriet fist lived in one- room cabin wit]]> 2020-02-25 13:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emmam8/s16/wish/450041195