fea eee On a recent visit to my parents’ house, | asked my mom if she still had the black history flashcards that | grew up with on the bottom shelf of the third bookcase over in our living room. My sister and I used to pull them out when we were bored we could not remember, we always knew that there was one we would never miss His picture showed him wearing a big hooded fur parka- immediately we would | shout out "Matthew Henson!" knowing that he was the black man who was part of the first mission to the north pole. My mother and | later challenged each other to a duel over who could get the most flash cards right...sadly we never found them on that visit. The bet still stands In the meantime, here are a few of my favorite memories from that pack, and from history in general. There's even a template on the last page to help you make your own. Use them for fun, for learning, activism, presentations, and anywhere that needs a dose of the facts. fc aon in ing aeee ee ee eee ee i Garrett A. Morgan I ¥ 1877-1963 Inventor, Gas Mask and Traffic Sign J. caret Morgan invented device cated te Morgan safety hood in #914 I 1 ons 28 avalon wens tr 1 I 1 ihe international Expetton of Sart a trom the intemationaAssecatlon a 1 i ' 1 I ' ' I 1 1 towons oaar = 1 src nts mntor abut comornyietoraigs asm a ee Sat slong mer line ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee” Matthew Henson i 866-1955 Co-Discoverer of The North Pole T cach expeaition over the next two decades started trom Greeniand. it was rience pt proved favaluable, He learned Wie ee ee ee ee ee — — Sat mong emer line Shirley Chisolm I 1924-2005 Historic Congresswoman {| sosnang.tn ord chahain mages ator the Demcrate Pare 1 a Na ' c a i nd by dara a 1 — = ut Moma tere imeMarshall “Major” Taylor I 1878-1932 Champion Cyclist t ' ' | Seema Ml ' ' ' ' ' beck by racism, particularly in te Southern states where he was not fold along thin line cut along thick line — ee eee ee ee I Vivien Thomas I 0- 1985 Groundbreaking Surgical Technician James Beckwourth I 4798-1866 Pioneer of the American We: Nevada ia now situated, The trail went north and west from there rough ‘along the route now followed by Highway 396), then turned west though I by a pry of Crow warriors I ‘Bowl, one of the tribal chieflane, and adopted into the tribe. Beckwourty ‘sit to eight yoars with the Grow, and gained considerable = — cut along thick line. fold along thin line= cut along thick line, = — fold along thin line cut along thick line— ee eee ee Sea Islands Settlers 1865-67 Independent Self-Sustaining = cut along thick line, ' Euphemia Lofton Haynes ' 1890-1980 Pioneering Mathematican 1 or. Eupnemis Haynes taught in the public schools of Washington, OC for V Shelwan'stescher at tist grade at Garreon and GarfelaSchovlesa [ fosoner or matnomet pier toma Sea y Mae C. Jemison I f | 1956- Physician and Astronaut ' (Cornet Univer = == cut along thick line. fold along thin linefold along thin line = == cut along thick line: fold elong thin ine = — cut along thick line.