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Martin Luthur King Jr. changed History for the good, and many people would agree with that. He was the leader of peaceful protestors throughout the 50's and 60's. The biggest movement is when MLK gave a speech in Washington D.C. in 1963. His speech s

On sunday, in Middletown, Connecticut, workers were working in the kleen powerplant. A big accident happened. it was caused by a leak during a test of a natural gas plant under construction. The large explosion killed 5 people and 12 to 13 people wer

Thrugood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2 of 1908. From a very young age his father thought him to appreciate the law and the constitution. He complete high school in 1925. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania after his br

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was born in 1913 to her mother and father. she lived on a farm with her grand mother and mother and brother. when she was younger she was sick most of the time. she was home scooled until she was 11 years old. when at the public

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a labor union of African Americans working for the Pullman Company. It was created in 1925 by A. Philip Randolph and Milton P. Webster. They were fighting against the

Once again we have entered into that time of year when the spotlight shines upon certain individuals in the black community who have been a great influence for African Americans and beyond. Our Blog topic for this week is to research a bit about one

In Memphis Tennesee Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions. She fled empty-handed both times. The Commercial Appeal reported the suspect is a short, thin black or Hispanic woman dre

James Meredith was born on June 25, 1933. He is known for being the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss. This was a major point in the American civil rights movement.

In the 1950's few African America

Matthew Henson

(1886-1995)

Matthew Henson was born on August 8, 1886, on a farm in Nanjemoy, Maryland. His parents died when he was young, so he and his siblings lived with his uncle. Henson's days on exploration started though small, at a young age. H

I have decided to do my blog over Marcus Garvey. Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born on August 17, 1887 in St. Ann's Bay witch is located in Jamacia. He spent most of his life working for equal rights for his African American people. At the age of 14 Marcu

Today Mr. Bruns talked about our next blog assignment. Our blog topic is to pick an African American that has effected American or history, because it is black history month. He also showed us how to get to the New Deal test questions on the History

Today Mr. Bruns talked about our next blog assignment. He also showed us how to get to the New Deal test questions on the History page. Sam was the first to go today and his topics were the Reconstruction Finance Corporation(RFC) and the National Lab

Today Mr. Bruns talked about our next blog assignment. Our blog topic is to pick an African American that has effected American or history, because it is black history month. He also showed us how to get to the New Deal test questions on the History

Condoleezza was born November 14, 1954 in Alabama. At the age of three she could play the piano and eveyone thought that she would be a pianist when she got older. She was so smart that she skipped the 1st and 7th grade. She started college when she

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14th, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born into a very intelligent family. Both of her parents were college professors. At the age of three, she had mastered the skill of being able to play t

Little Rock 9

It was a case that went to court. They want to desegerate of races in school. Which they made agreement in court to do desegrate schools. School Board Little Rock agreed to this. It happened in 1957 at Little Rock Central High School. Th