Famous African American Poems

By: Mr. Kapusnick's Class

February-March 2006

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.

Maya Angelou Matthew Henson Rosa Parks Nat Turner
Benjamin Banneker Langston Hughes Bill Pickett Booker T. Washington
James Beckwourth Michael Jordan Norbert Rillieux Oprah Winfrey
Ruby Bridges Martin Luther King Paul Robeson Tiger Woods
George Washington Carver Thurgood Mashall Jackie Robinson  
Bessie Coleman Elijah McCoy Wilma Rudolph  
Charles Drew Jesse Owens Sojourner Truth