Rewriting History--True Americans by

Brainstorm Directions

autumnroot1 — 2021-06-04 22:35:29 UTC

Let's help each other brainstorm!! Share out some names of people you are thinking about researching for your project. You can include links, images, facts, stories, quotes, or anything else related to them.

heirret tubman

2021-06-07 15:45:20 UTC

George Washington Cavier

2021-06-07 17:23:02 UTC

He is a important inventor and is a important black figure. "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."- George Washington Cavier

Yuri Kochiyama

2021-06-07 17:27:16 UTC

Yuri Kochiyama is important b/c she is a former activist aginst world war 2. She moved san diego after the japanese attack, She grew up in a black and peurto rican neighborhood inspired to

Tecumseh

jushua000 — 2021-06-07 17:28:01 UTC

Tecumseh is a important Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.

Fred Korematsu

joston000 — 2021-06-07 17:30:39 UTC

Fred Korematsu was an Asian American national civil rights hero, well known for refusing to go into a Japanese internment camp.

Katherine Johnson

2021-06-07 17:33:20 UTC

Katherine Johnson was a physicist and mathematician who helped launch the first use of digital electronic computers at NASA.

Amelia Earhart

mavboy000 — 2021-06-07 17:34:58 UTC

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

Marsha P Johnson

2021-06-07 17:58:30 UTC

was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969.

huey percy newton

2021-06-07 18:00:09 UTC

Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American revolutionary, most known for co-founding the Black Panther Party (BPP) with Bobby Seale. Together, Newton and Seale created the party's manifesto, the ten-point program. Under Newton's leadership, the Black Panther Party founded over 60 community support programs (renamed survival programs in 1971) including food banks, medical clinics, sickle cell anemia tests, prison busing for families of inmates, legal advice seminars, clothing banks, housing cooperates, and their own ambulance service. The most famous of these programs was the Free Breakfast for Children program which fed thousands of impoverished children daily during the early 1970s. Newton also co-founded the Black Panther newspaper service which became one of America's most widely distributed African-American newspapers. In 1967, he was involved in a shootout which led to the death of a police officer John Frey and injuries to himself and another police officer. In 1968, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for Frey's death and sentenced to 2 to 15 years in prison. In May 1970, the conviction was reversed and after two subsequent trials ended in hung juries, the charges were dropped. Later in life he was also accused of murdering Kathleen Smith and Betty Patter, although he was never convicted for either deaths. Despite graduating from high school not knowing how to read, he taught himself literacy by reading Plato's Republic and earned a Ph.D. in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness program in 1980. In 1989, he was murdered in Oakland, California, by Tyrone Robinson, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family. Newton was known for being an advocate of self-defense, Palestinian statehood, and for his support of communist-led governments around the world.

Jackie Robinson

natpho000 — 2021-06-07 18:00:49 UTC

The first Africa american to play in the major League of baseball.

Cathay Williams

2021-06-07 18:04:54 UTC

she was the first african american woman to enlist and serve in the army.

Marsha P. Johnson

2021-06-07 18:05:14 UTC

She fought for LGBTQ+ rights during stonewall

Ferd Korematsu

natpho000 — 2021-06-07 18:05:25 UTC

Was a Japanese-american who fought aganist Japanese camps in WW2

Mary Jackson

2021-06-07 18:06:21 UTC

NASA's science, engineering, and mathematics

Xain young

2021-06-07 18:25:31 UTC

My best friend who helped me accept my sexuality

Jim Carrey

Chilichongoes — 2021-06-07 18:26:14 UTC

Jim Carrey.

2021-06-07 18:26:28 UTC

Jesse owens

Steve Carell

Chilichongoes — 2021-06-07 18:26:57 UTC

Hilarious actor

Dezmond

2021-06-07 18:28:54 UTC

My best friend who made me realize that I'm not the horrible person I think I am. He helped me go through things I didn't wanna go through but did anyways because who am I to make my own decisions

gigi bryant

raypoc000 — 2021-06-07 18:30:00 UTC

inspired young girls to work harder when she played basketball

And Kayla ofc

2021-06-07 18:30:41 UTC

The innocent child that made me realize that it's okay to be pure sometimes and if you're not that's okay. Be yourself that's all that matters <3

Fredrick Douglas

amamur000 — 2021-06-07 18:32:43 UTC

i chose Fredrick because a lot of people know him but dont know what he did for america

bruce lee

2021-06-07 18:34:30 UTC

he just cool and possibly dead. also inspired me to fight.

Alfred Hitchcock

2021-06-07 18:34:46 UTC

An amazing producer and director of American movies

Robert downey jr.

armnyj000 — 2021-06-07 19:06:05 UTC

he is the person who plays iron man but before that he didnt have the best time, he is proof that you can turn your life around

robhou000 — 2021-06-07 19:06:36 UTC

my grand father in my eyes was a good example of a american he grew up in the Philippines and fought against the Japanese when they invaded Manila in WW2 .
after the war he officially joined the united states army and fought in Vietnam and Korea to protect him and his family and what he belived in

mike meyers

aribat000 — 2021-06-07 19:07:00 UTC

a lot of people don't know him because hes more of a mature audiences actor but hes really good probably my favorite actor.

Brandon Burlsworth

2021-06-08 18:29:58 UTC

Because when the odds were stacked agianst him, he still found a way to follow his dream and was a insperation you can do anything if you put your heart to it

todd beamer

luklut000 — 2021-06-14 15:32:54 UTC