Today we are doing blog discussions. Our topic for this week is another black history month blog.
Sam blogged about Jessie Jackson. He was born in South Carolina and he got a degree in Sociology. He fought for equal rights in blacks. He made some organizations and they helped a lot. He established the National Rainbow organization. He ran for president several times, but he never won.
Kelsey blogged about Karawilsley Brown? I have no clue if thats her name because I couldnt hear. She had two jobs in high school. She got a law degree. She was elected to be in the Illinois House of Representatives. Her main goal was to better education. She was the first African American woman to be in the senate.
Josh did Booker T. Washington. He was born on April, 5th. He was a black political leader and he was the author of about 14 books. He was born into a slave family in Virginia. He worked a lot of labored jobs.
Jackie did Rosa Parks. She worked in the NAACP for a while. She was a hard worker. She is most know for the seating arangment on the bus. She got arrested because she didnt give up her seat for a white person. She was arrested and then the black boycotted busses and that made them change the arrangement because a lot of blacks rode busses. It was very peaceful.
Whitney and Kody did Malcome X. He was born in Omaha, NE. His dad was a baptist. Their family was getting a lot of black threats from the Black Legion so they moved a lot. His dad was killed by members of the Black Legion. He was put into a foster home because his mom went crazy. He had seven brothers and sisters. He was really smart and he told his teacher that he wanted to be a teacher. His teacher said you cant because you are black so he dropped out of school. He got into prostitution gambling and drugs. He got put in prison and he found the Nation of Islam. He joined the NOI. The leader of the NOI was having affairs with ladies in the NOI and then he lost faith becasue he found this out. He was assassinated by three guys and was shot fifteen times. The people that shot him were from the NOI.
Joe did Barak Obama. He is the current President of the United States. He went to Harvard Law School. He became the first African American President.
Ian did George Washington Carver. He was born into slavery. When he was a week old he was sold to another family. Slavery was abolished and the white family raised him as their own. He went to Iowa State for college. His main interest was in helping souther farmers. He came out with some recipies.
Alex did Little Rock 9. Schools got rid of desegregation and people in the south didnt like that. One case of violence happened when a girl threw acid in someones eyes. The violence was so bad that they had to have army men come in and stand in the hallways so kids wouldnt get harrassed. It lasted over a year. Only one of the nine kids graduated. I guess nine black kids went to a white school in Little Rock.
Chelsea did her blog on Jessie Jackson. He went to the University of Illionois on a football scholarship.
I did Condoleezza Rice.
Kelsey T. did Liz Polman? I coulndt really hear her. She went to college but only had enough money for one semester. She really like flying and she saw a school for it but it was in France so she had to learn French. She was the first Afican American to get her liscense. She would perform show in flying and once while she was flying something went wrong and she crashed and died.
Brooke did hers on Jackie Robinson. He was born in Georgia. He couldnt go to college because of financial problems.
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