Black History by Anna Marie https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd en-us 2018-02-21 18:11:21 UTC 2018-02-23 18:18:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Sojourner Truth anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/233905485 Sojourner Truth (1797–1897) was born into slavery. She  escaped to freedom and became one of the most noted African-American women speakers on issues of civil rights and abolition; Being deeply religious and felt a calling from God to travel America speaking on slavery and other contemporary issues, Sojourner proved to many that women have equal rights. At 6.ft tall she was a striking presence, and used her powerful oratory to awaken the conscience of America to the injustice of slavery and discrimination.
 

]]> 2018-02-21 18:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/233905485 Martin Luther King Jr. anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234376247
Martin Luther King Jr, (1929-1968) was one of the most influenced civil rights activists, His passionate and non violent protests proved to manmy to help raise for the awarness that blacks deserve the same right as whites.
]]> 2018-02-22 17:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234376247 Michael Jordan anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234389090
Michael Jordan (MJ) is considered the greatest basketball player of all time. He was voted NBA most valuable player a record five times. Playing most of his career for the Chicago Bulls, he won six NBA Championships. Michael Jordan also became one of the most marketed sportsmen, with lucrative endorsements with Nike, helping to make the Nike Air shoe one of best known trainers in the world. His career and high profile, coincided with a rapid growth in the popularity of NBA basketball, and his personal achievements are considered a major factor in boosting the popularity of basketball. In his childhood MJ never made the football team, but he never gave up on his dreams. He showed to everyone that you shouldn't give up on your dreams, and that you should keep going, even if it is proved impossible. ]]> 2018-02-22 18:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234389090 Oprah Winfrey anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234394705
Oprah Winfrey was put through a rough childhood born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey is alive today, helping citizens who have been through what shes been through and she is given amazing advice to us all.]]> 2018-02-22 18:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234394705 Nelson Mandela anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234821230 Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a South African political activist who spent over 20 years in prison for his opposition to the apartheid regime; he was released in 1990. In 1994, Mandela was later elected the first leader of a democratic South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with F.W. de Klerk) in 1993 for his work in helping to end racial segregation in South Africa. Nelson Mandela is one of the most admired political leaders of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century for his vision to forgive and forge a new ‘rainbow’ nation.`
]]> 2018-02-23 17:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234821230 Barack Obama anna_bufkin https://padlet.com/anna_bufkin/zqw58xr7dlfd/wish/234822241 Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the US from 2009 to 2017. Obama passed several bills, which sought to extend welfare support and help the economy to recover from the Financial and Economic Crisis of 2009. His primary legislation included health care reform (Protection and Affordable Care Act), and The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Obama also approved a major bailout of the automobile industry.
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