Black History Month

BY: EMILY JABLON

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After her medical education she

decided to work with Peace Corps,
until NASA put her on the team.
Later she went onto the space
shuttle named Endeavor.

Mae Jamison
was the first
African
American
woman to go
into space.

Mae Jemison

She was born

October 17th
1956. She is
still alive and is
retired.
She is 58 years old
and was born in
Alabama. She was
later raised in
Chicago, Illinois for
better education.

Mae Jemison

List of Awards1990 Gamma Sigma Sigma Woman of the Year[38]

1991 McCall's 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s
1991 Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New
Century
1992 Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award
1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
1993 Ebony magazine 50 Most Influential women
1993 Kilby Science Award
1993 Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth
1993 People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful and sexy People in the World"
1993 Turner Trumpet Award
1997 Chicago History Museum "Making History Award" for Distinction in Science
Medicine and Technology.
2002 listed among the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Molefi Kete Asante.
[39]
2003 Intrepid Award by the National Organization for girls[40]
2004 International Space Hall of Fame
NASA Space Flight Medal
2005 The National Audubon Society, Rachel Carson Award
Institutions
1992 Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago,
Illinois
1992 Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit, Michigan
2001 Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, Illinois
2007 Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter school in Baltimore,
Maryland
2013 Mae Jemison High School, Huntsville Alabama (currently under construction opens
2016)
Doctors honoris causa
1991 Doctor of Letters, Winston-Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1991 Doctor of Science, Lincoln College, Pennsylvania
2000 Doctor of Humanities, Princeton University[41]
2005 Doctor of Science, Wilson College[42]
2006 Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College[43]
2007 Doctor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College[44]
2007 Doctor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[45]
2008 Doctor of Humanities, DePaul University[46]
2009 Doctor of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Mae Jemison had

several awards, gave
speeches, had a few
television
appearances and
was a college
professor once.

Mae Jemison

I chose Mae Jemison

because, she had a
interesting life, was the
first African American
woman to go to space,
and is a more recent
figure.

I chose a spaceship
for Mae Jemisons
symbol, since her
most famous career
was being a
astronaut.

Pictures
Giving a
speech

Mae
Jemison in
her space
suit.

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George
Washington
Carver

George Washington Carver was born in

Diamond, Missouri On January 5th 1864. The
exact day of his birth is unknown. Probably
because he went into slavery at a young age.
During this time of being a slave he studied
peanut plants, soy bean plants, and cotton.
He also tried promoting using different crops
to poor farmers. Surprisingly, he made over
100 peanut recipes and products.

Carter actually became famous over the

years but tragically died in January 5th 1943 at
the age of 79. His cause of death was a bad
fall down a flight of stairs. But, during his
career he made a new soils, how to grow
certain crops better, and made delicious
peanut
butter!
This is
Carters
symbol, since one of
his most famous
inventions is peanut
butter.
I chose George Washington Carter
because, he came really far in life from
being a slave, to a scientist and inventor.
Also, he invented peanut butter, which
everyone uses unless your allergic.

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Phillis
Wheatly

Phillis Wheatley was born in West

Africa in 1753.
She was the first published African
American woman, and the second
poet.
She was a slave going to Britain.
Her owners daughter taught her
to read and write,
Later she chose to write some
poetry, this poetry actually was
praised by George Washington and
other readers.

Her two children died

when they were infants,
Her husband fell into
debt and was
imprisoned.
She later fell into poverty
and died from sickness
in 1784 at the age of 31.
Her surviving son also
died.

I chose to do Phillis
Wheatley because
she had a good life
until the later years
when she went into
poverty and died.
Also I think its
important to include
someone from way
back, and to have
one of the first
African American
Poets.

I chose a
book for
Philliss
symbol,
since she
was a
poet and
writer.

Pictures

These are two

painting of Phillis
Wheatley, theres no
photographs because
there were no
cameras during this
time.

Moses
Fleetwood

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses was born in Ohio, in the year

1846.
He was the first African American
baseball player. He did go through a
lot of discrimination fro playing
baseball but eventually he turned
out to be a valuable player.

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses was born in Ohio, in the year

1846.
He was the first African American
baseball player. He did go through a
lot of discrimination fro playing
baseball but eventually he turned
out to be a valuable player.

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses was born in Ohio, in the year

1846.
He was the first African American
baseball player. He did go through a
lot of discrimination fro playing
baseball but eventually he turned
out to be a valuable player.

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses was born in Ohio, in the year

1846.
He was the first African American
baseball player. He did go through a
lot of discrimination fro playing
baseball but eventually he turned
out to be a valuable player.

Moses
Fleetwood
Walker

Moses was born in Ohio, in the year

1846.
He was the first African American
baseball player. He did go through a
lot of discrimination fro playing
baseball but eventually he turned
out to be a valuable player.

Moses first joined the Toledo

Blue Stockings, in 1883. He
played as a catcher during
this time. Later, he and his
team had a game with the
Chicago White Socks, but
they refused because of
Moses on their team.

In 1884 Moses joined the

Major league. During this
time he had the batting
average of 263 (above the
average). Also, his brother
joined the Major leagues
with him as well.

I have chosen
this as his
symbol since
he was a
baseball
player.

On May 11th, 1924 he died

at the age of 41.

A few events that happened

before his batting times are
being a inventor, he made
moving picture equipment.
Also he got in a scuffle with a
few people who came to
attack him, in self defense he
killed one, he was later put
into prison for second degree
murder,

Pictures

On the right is a
picture of Moses, On
the left is a picture of
him and his baseball
team, bellow is a
newspaper article.