Famous African American Poems

By: Mrs. Forman/Chism's 4/5 Split Class

February-March 2005

To celebrate black history month 5th graders in Mrs. Forman/Chism '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 Booker T. Washington
Crispus Attucks Matthew Henson Sidney Poitier Phillis Wheatley
James Beckwourth Lewis Latimer Jackie Robinson Daniel Hale Williams
Ruby Bridges Thurgood Marshall Sojourner Truth Granville T. Woods
George Washington Carver  Elija McCoy Harriet Tubman  
Bessie Coleman Garret Morgan Nat Turner  
Fredrick Douglass Jesse Owens Madame C.J. Walker