Black History Month | Inspirational Colouring Pages/Posters

Wise words from:

• SHIRLEY CHISHOLM: Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983.

• Martin Luther King JR: Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955.

• MICHELLE OBAMA: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson #Obama is an American attorney and author who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady

• ROSA PARKS: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of #civilrights” and “the mother of the #freedommovement”.

• LANGSTON HUGHES: James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

• DR MAE JEMISON: Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

• ANGIE THOMAS: Angie Thomas is an American young adult author, best known for writing #TheHateUGive.