Famous African American Poems

By: Ms. Lesser's Class

February - March 2006

To celebrate black history month, 5th graders in Ms. Lesser'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 Bessie Coleman Garret Morgan Wilma Rudolph Booker T. Washington
Maya Angelou Langston Hughes Jesse Owens Bessie Smith Tiger Woods
James Beckwourth Michael Jordan Bill Pickett Sojourner Truth  
Mary Bethune Martin Luther King Colin Powell Harriet Tubman  
George Washington Carver Lewis Latimer Jackie Robinson Sarah Walker