African American Power Points: Table of Contents

• Rosa Parks by Julie

• Harriet Tubman by Tiffany

• Harriet Tubman by Emily

Rosa ParksBy: Julie Schmidt

Rosa’s Lifestyle

• Born on February 4, 1913

• Husband – Raymond Parks

• Occupation – Seamstress

Rosa’s Education

• College – Alabama State Teachers College

What Rosa did…• Rosa refused to give her seat up to a white person on a bus

because it was unconstitutional

• Rosa’s action started a boycott for African Americans against city bus lines.

Rosa’s Big Accomplishments

• Worked for the NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• Won the Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize

Resources

• Riding the Bus- Taking a Stand, http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/black_history/

• Celebrating Black History Month, http://www.galegroup.com/freresrc/blkhstry/bio/parksr.htm

The End

Harriet Tubman

By Tiffany Burmeister

Harriet Tubman

• Was born in 1820 or 1821.

• In Dorchester County, Maryland.

• Escaped from slavery in 1949.

What she did

• Conductor of the Underground Railroad.

• Helped 300 slaves flee the south and slavery.

• Was a spy during the Civil War

Her family

• She helped her mother and father escape slavery.

• Later helped bring her sister’s family to the free north.

Resources

• “Harriet Tubman” 5 March 2001 http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html

• “Stamp on Black History” 5 March 2001 http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/Tubman.htm

• “Harriet Tubman” 20 March 2001 http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4639.html

By: Emily Tesch

Harriet Tubman – Personal Facts

• Born: In Maryland in 1820

• Parents: Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross

• Died: In New York on March 10, 1913

• Married: John Tubman in 1844

• Escaped from slavery in 1849

• Went back to get her sister

The Underground Railroad

• Brought about 300 slaves to freedom

• Brought them to Ontario, Canada

• Never caught • $40,000 reward

for her capture

This is one of the safe houses in the Underground

Railroad.

                                      

                               Here is a map of the routes of the

Underground Railroad

The Civil War

• Union Army– Nurse– Scout – Spy

Harriet’s Death

• March 10,1913• Auburn, New

York• 93 years of age

Sources Sited• “America’s Story”

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman.

• “Harriet Tubman (1821-1913)” http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/content.asp?id=303.

• “Harriet Tubman” World Book Online.

• “Celebrating Black History” http://www.philly.com/packages/history/life/railroad/railroad.asp.

• “The Choosen One” http://www.thechosenone.com/overview.html

• “Fontsnthings” http://www.fontsnthings.com/halloffame.html.