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Nickelodeon Celebrates Black History Month 2010

Black History Month 2010

Black History Month 2010

In honor of Black History Month, Nickelodeon is celebrating prominent African Americans throughout February 2010, on Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nick at Nite, TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick.com and NickJr.com. Watch teens perform their own poetry about inspirational African Americans!

Inspiring African Americans

The teens recite poems about the following inspirational African Americans:

Michael Jackson: King of Pop

Barack Obama: America’s first African American president

Oprah Winfrey: TV host

Bessie Coleman: First African American to earn an international pilot’s license

Toni Morrison: First African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature

Granville T. Woods: Inventor

Ruby Bridges: First African American child to attend an all-white school in the South

CJ Walker: Businesswoman

Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz vocalist

Jack Johnson: Heavyweight boxer

Josephine Baker: Performer

Joseph Lee: Inventor of the kneading machine

Langston Hughes: Poet

Sidney Poitier: Oscar-winning actor

Thurgood Marshall: First African American to serve on the US Supreme Court

Video: A Poem For Oprah Winfrey

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