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A multitalented writer and performer, Maya Angelou is best known for her work as an author and poet. Her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by a Black woman. Some of her famous poems include “Phenomenal Woman,” “Still I Rise,” and “On the Pulse of Morning,” which she recited at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993 and which earned her a Grammy Award. Angelou also enjoyed a career as a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor and singer in plays, musicals, and onscreen. She became the first Black woman to have a screenplay produced with the 1972 movie Georgia, Georgia. In her work as a civil rights activist, she collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, among others. The Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient died in May 2014 at age 86.

Source: www.biography.com

George Washington Carver (1861-1943) was a scientist and an inventor who found hundreds of uses for peanuts. He experimented with the legumes to make lotions, flour, soups, dyes, plastics, and gasoline—though not peanut butter!

Source: National Geographic for kids

Date: 1875 – 1955 (80 years old)
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune ?
Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, civilrights activist and government official.
She was known as the “First Lady of the Struggle,” because of her dedication to improving the lives of African Americans.
She also fought for women’s rights, establishing the National Council for Negro Women in 1935.
Source: www.lottie.com

Langston Hughes (1902?–67) was an American writer Langston Hughes was celebrated for his poetry, but he also wrote plays, children’s books, and newspaper columns. His poems, which tell of the joys and miseries of the ordinary Black man in the United States, have been widely translated. Hughes was called “the poet laureate of Harlem,” a reference to the predominantly Black area of New York City. He was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a period of intense African American cultural awakening and creative output in the 1920s and '30s.

Source: Britannica Kids

Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician who figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit (go around) Earth and to land on the Moon. NASA used Katherine's math, and it worked! NASA sent astronauts into orbit around Earth. Later, her math helped send astronauts to the Moon and back.

Courtesy of www.nasa.org

Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress. She became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women.

Her career spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre. Tyson received various awards including three Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Tony Award, an Honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award.

Tyson rose to stardom after her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972); she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her work in the film.

In addition to her screen career, Tyson appeared in various theater productions. Tyson was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2015. In November 2016, Tyson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian honor in the United States. In 2020, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

Source: https://kids.kiddle.co/Cicely_Tyson

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Antonio “Tony” Shelley, who was approved by the Board of Education as the new Director of Maintenance and Facilities during the January 26, 2024, Called Board Meeting. He replaces Bruce Knighton who retired in June.

Basketball legend Tasha Butts added to Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in posthumous honor She passed away after a long coaching and WNBA career.

A special shoutout to middle school counselor, Bermisha Smith, for working with our middle school students. She completes interactive and group activities with our students.