Black History Month - Project :
YO
Politimi Zondiros-Farrell (Bailey ES] · 1:35 PM
25 points
Due Feb 25, 11:59 PM
Use the questions to help you put together a biography on a famous person of color. It could be from the past or
present. Please let me know who you have chosen so that we all do not present the same person.
On your powerpoint you can use bullet points and pictures that help to explain their life. This will be presented and
graded for informational accuracy, proper English, and creativity. IF YOU PLAGIARIZE YOU WILL GET A MINIMUM 50%.
This project will be a test grade.

Frederick Douglass

Explanation:

1. Frederick Douglass is known as one of the most important abolition movement leaders of the 19th century. Furthermore, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, his autobiography is a classic in American literature and a famous primary source on slavery from the view of the slaves.

2.

He became a well known and influential abolition movement leader.

He was able to purchase his freedom.

He founded an antislavery newspaper, the North Star.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, his report on his personal reflections about his life as a former slave when he lived in Lynn, Massachusetts, became a must of American literature and a famous primary source on slavery.

He was a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

He was the first Black citizen to hold a high rank in the government.

c. the dred scott v. sandford case,