Harriet Tubman led hundreds
, was
of slaves to freedom through
the Underground Railroad.
Jesse Jackson ran for president
and worked to ensure that
everyone has a fair chance.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
an important leader and civil
rights activist who gave the
famous ‘I have a dream.’
speech.
Jackie Robinson was the first
African American to play
major league baseball.
 Rosa Parks was a civil rights Frederick Douglass spoke
activist who refused to give up against slavery and published
her seat on the city bus for a the newspaper, North Star.
white person.

Duke Ellington was a jazz Malcolm X was a civil rights

musicain that wrote leader and a religious leader
“Take the ‘A’ Train.” for the Nation of Islam.
Jesse Owens won four Olympic G. W. Carver was a scientist
gold medals in track and field. that invented products like
soap and shampoo from
peanuts.

W.E.B. Dubois was an Toni Morrison is a prize

important leader in the winning author and professor
African American who wrote Beloved and
community and wrote Souls of Paradise.
Black Folks.
 Langston Hughes wrote The Opera singer Marian Anderson
Negro Speaks of Rivers and sang in front of 75,000 people
other famous poems. at the Lincoln Memorial in
Washigton D.C.

Mae Jemison was the first Justina Ford overcame

African American woman to prejudice and discrimination
work in space as an astronaut. to become Denver’s first
female African American
doctor.
 Barney Ford escaped slavery
from South Carolina using the
Underground Railroad. He
became a successful business-
man and civil rights activist in
Colorado.
Clara Brown, a freed slave,
started a business in Denver
and invested her earnings in
real estate. She acquired a
small fortune.
James Pierson Beckwourth
was an African American
mountain man, fur trader, and
explorer. He was one of the
first black men to travel west.
Hattie McDaniel, who was
raised in Denver, was the first
African American to win an
Academy Award. She won the
award for Best Supporting
Actress for her role of Mammy
in Gone with the Wind.
Famous People Timeline Activity Key:
1820s: James Pierson Beckwourth was an African American mountain man, fur trader, and
explorer.

1840s - 50s: Frederick Douglass spoke against slavery and published the newspaper, North
Star.

1850 - 1860: Harriet Tubman led hundreds of slaves to freedom through the Underground
Railroad.

1860s: Barney Ford escaped slavery from South Carolina using the Underground Railroad.
He became a successful businessman and civil rights activist in Colorado.

1865: Clara Brown, a freed slave, started a business in Denver and invested her earnings in
real estate. She acquired a small fortune.

1899: Justina Ford overcame prejudice and discrimination to become Denver’s first female
African American doctor.

1903: W.E.B Dubois was an important leader in the African American community and wrote
Souls of Black Folks.

1920s: Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and other famous poems.

1930s: G. W. Carver was a scientist that invented products like soap and shampoo from pea-
nuts.

1936: Jesse Owens won four Olympic gold medals in track and field.

1939: Marian Anderson sang opera in front of 75,000 people.

1939: Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award of any kind.
She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind.

1940s: Duke Ellington was a jazz musicain that wrote “Take the ‘A’ Train.”

1947: Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball.

1952: Malcolm X was a civil rights leader and a Muslim religious leader for the Nation of
Islam.

1955: Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on the city bus for
a white person.

1963: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was an important leader and civil rights activist who gave
the famous ‘I have a dream’ speech.

1970s - 90s: Toni Morrison is a prize-winning author and professor who wrote Beloved and
Paradise.

1984: Jesse Jackson ran for president and works to ensure that everyone has a fair chance.

1992: Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to work in space as an astronaut.