Black Mt. Rushmore—Non Sports
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Aretha and Obama off.
Thurgood Marshall and Muhammad Ali on.
I know you said non-sports, but I wouldn’t be putting him there for his sports achievements.
Maybe you have an Obama ear sticking out somewhere in the back. Or the back of his head.
Seriously, though. He won the national popularity contest. Twice.
Jesse Owens. Sports, yes. But there’s more to it than just that.
Black Mt. Rushmore (All)
Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
Obama
In the “yes, sports....but there is more to it than just that” category I would be good with any or all of Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, or Jackie Robinson. Oh second consideration, Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson are probably better choices.
George Washington Carver (my personal hero)
Fredrick Douglass
Thurgood Marshall
Sojourner Truth
Booker T. Washington
Jesse Owens
Fredrick Douglass
Thurgood Marshall
Sojourner Truth
Booker T. Washington
Jesse Owens
George Washington Carver was an amazing dude. I believe he was a founder of the Tuskegee institute.
Also if you are going to include Rosa Parks, you should probably exchange her for Claudette Colvin since she refused to give up her seat to a white man 9 full months prior to Ms. Parks.
WoW!!! So much I do not know...
All 3rd graders should be so lucky to have your wife for their teacher!!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
She also went to the Rock and Roll HOF summer institute to integrate music into the classroom. She's also her school's teacher of the year.
Oklahoma’s own Clara Luper is a too often unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement that rightfully earned a place on this MR if her contributions were just more widely known.
