Famous African American Poems

By: Mr. Kapusnick's Class

February-March 2005

To celebrate black history month 5th graders in Mr. Kapusnick 's class did a research project each profiling a famous African American. Once their research was complete they wrote a poem about their person.

Note: Photographs have been removed from student's original poems due to copyright restrictions.

Marian Anderson Charles Drew Rosa Parks Sarah Walker
Crispus Attucks W.E.B. DuBois Sidney Poitier Booker T. Washington
Benjamin Banneker Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) Norbert Rillieux Phillis Wheatley
James Beckwourth Matthew Henson Jackie Robinson Daniel Williams
Ruby Bridges Martin Luther King Dred Scott Granville T. Woods
George Washington Carver  Lewis Latimer Bessie Smith  
Bessie Coleman Garret Morgan Harriet Tubman  
Fredrick Douglass Jesse Owens Nat Turner