Black History 102

DIRECTIONS: Read each clue. Each clue tells about a famous black American on the list below. Use the list to connect to a short biography of each person. On the line next to each clue, write the name of the person that the clue tells about.

1. _____________________ This lay preacher led a Virginia slave revolt in 1831.

2. _____________________ This person, who was one of 13 children, died in an airplane crash.

3. _____________________ This person, who was a famous writer of piano music, was known as the "king of ragtime."

4. _____________________ When first out of college, this person worked as a TV news reporter.

5. _____________________ This person, a well-known trumpet player, was known by the nickname "Satchmo."

6. _____________________ This person attended the University of California on a tennis scholarship.

7. _____________________ This person was a teacher in Mississippi before she became a well-known journalist.

8. _____________________ This person was appointed by President George Washington to help survey the land that would become Washington, D.C.

9. _____________________ This person was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949.

10. _____________________ This person wrote proudly of black people in books, poems, and plays.

Arthur Ashe	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=9817
Scott Joplin	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=43968
Langston Hughes	http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html
Joe Louis	http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/louis/bio.htm
Ida Wells-Barnett	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=76512
Benjamin Banneker	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=13201
Nat Turner	http://www.historybuff.com/library/refslave.html
Bessie Coleman	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=2993
Oprah Winfrey	http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=2504
Louis Armstrong	http://www.satchmo.net/bio

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