All language subtitles for 7th Heaven s10e12 Got MLK

What are you doing?

Are you coloring?

No, I'm not coloring.

I'm working on a report for school
today.

About what?

Eleanor Roosevelt.

Who's she?

She was the first lady.

She was the first lady to what?

The first lady is the woman who's
married to the president.

Eleanor Roosevelt married to Franklin
Roosevelt.

He was the president a long time ago.

They were both great Americans.

Is Roscoe Riverton a great American?

Roscoe Riverton's a rat, but he's a
great cartoon character.

Oh, there you guys are.

Is that a great American?

Ruthie's working on a report about a
great American.

Oh. We should all strive to be great
Americans, and you guys can start by

upstairs and cleaning up your room, just
like your mom told you before you leave

for school.

Maybe it's too much work to be a great
American.

How about we just try to feel good
Americans?

Go clean your room and we'll talk about
it.

I noticed you were up pretty late last
night on the phone. When did you have

time to work on your report?

Oh, I finished my report before I got on
the phone.

What's it about?

Eleanor Roosevelt.

Didn't you do a report on Eleanor
Roosevelt a couple of years ago?

Yeah, but you've got to admit, she was
great.

She's worth another report.

Wouldn't you say?

I'd say you're asking the wrong
question.

Yeah, well, I better get to school. I'll
think about it on the bus.

Okay. I hope you will.

Bye.

They say behind every great man stands a
great woman.

But Eleanor Roosevelt did that on her
own.

She was a great American.

Interesting report, Rosie.

Why don't you come by after school? I'd
like to discuss it some more with you.

Okay, who's next? Let's see.

Alice.

My report.

is on the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.

He was a great American because...
Excuse me, Alex.

Martin Luther King Day was last Monday.
We covered Martin Luther King the Friday

before the holiday.

This week, we're doing reports on great
Americans.

But Martin Luther King is a great
American. That's true, of course. But

going to let you use last week's work
for this week's assignment.

It's just that I don't think we can
cover Martin Luther King's whole life in

day. I understand.

But that wasn't the assignment. You'll
have to find someone else.

But this is the report I want to give.

Why don't you sit down?

And we'll discuss this after school.

Nice try, Alex.

Someone have a problem?

Seven heavens, when I see their happy
faces, smiling back at

me.

Seven heavens, I know there's no greater
feeling than the love of

family.

Where can you go, when the world don't
treat

you right? The answer is home.

one place that you'll find seven seven

seven seven seven

seven

Hey, Ruthie.

Oh, hey, Martin.

What's up?

Just had a depractive. What's going on
with you?

Nothing. I'm just waiting to talk to my
teacher, Mrs. Porter.

She's been in there talking to this Alex
guy for like 20 minutes.

Alex? The new guy?

From the baseball team?

Yeah, that's the one.

Well, he's not in any trouble, is he?

Kind of.

I feel like we pull Martin Luther King
out once a year like he's Santa Claus or

something. We only talk about
Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day.

I don't get your point. My point is
there is a day set aside to recognize

King. There's a day we recognize
groundhogs, too.

But I don't think Dr. King just popped
out of the ground, gave his I have a

dream speech, and sank back into the
Washington Mall.

Look, there's a curriculum I have to
follow.

If you have a problem with the
curriculum, you can take it up with the

principal. Thank you.

I think I will.

That's up to you.

In the meantime, I would like to suggest
some other people that you can do your

report on.

There's Harriet Tubman.

There is?

You could do Frederick Douglass.

I could.

How about Thurgood Marshall?

Look, Mrs. Porter, I'm sorry, but...
These are all great African Americans. I

don't understand why you're being so
stubborn about this. You're right.

They are all great Americans, but they
don't get their own day.

They all get lumped together in what's
supposed to be Black History Month.

I bet none of the other kids in the
class even know or care who these people

are. All the more reason for you to
introduce them to the other students.

all the more reason to talk about Dr.
King's message.

Alex, you're a good student, and I
appreciate your passion, but I'm not

make an exception.

We covered Martin Luther King Jr., so
move on.

What's the big deal?

I don't know. I asked him.

He should just do another report.

Seems like he's going to have to.

So it's my only option to talk to the
principal?

No, you can take a failing grade if you
want.

Think about it overnight and let me know
what you decide.

Ruthie.

Dude, what are you doing?

What do you mean?

If your grades drop, you won't be able
to play ball.

We'll see.

Look, you really need to think about
this. I mean, what's more important?

Martin Luther King or baseball?

What did you just say, Martin? I said,
it's just that, I mean, he can save his

report on Martin Luther King for the
next Martin Luther King Day, right?

I mean, it can be done any year.

Everybody knows who Martin Luther King
is, right? I mean, I know I do.

So you think Alex should not risk having
us learn any more about Martin Luther

King if it means jeopardizing his
position on the baseball team?

Right. I mean, no offense to Dr. King.

No, of course not.

I mean, Alex is a heck of a shortstop,
and he's only a sophomore.

Okay.

When you're right, you're right.

You can do your report.

And I'm going to have everybody else
redo their reports to cover some of

people you and I talked about, or any
other great African Americans.

Does that include me?

I already did my report on Eleanor
Roosevelt.

I'm sure you have a few times.

You can't learn by recycling old work,
Ruthie.

It would be great if you could do a
presentation on somebody new, like

Truth. Who's Sojourner Truth?

You tell me.

Thanks, Mrs. Porter.

You're welcome, Alex.

Hey, thanks to you too, man.

What'd I do?

Other than get me extra work. Hey, it's
not my fault you couldn't get by on

recycled work.

I've got to catch the bus.

You know, we got to get dressed for
practice. Let's go.

Hey, Ruthie, what happened?

I have to give a new report because I
kind of recycled my old one.

There is no rule against that.

Is there?

I was going to do mine on Betsy Ross.

I always do my reports on Betsy Ross.

Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to
choose someone else, someone who's

African American.

Why?

Does this have something to do with that
new kid, Alex?

Kind of.

Not really. It was Martin.

Hey, new kid.

I heard you were trying to give some MLK
report and it's not even Martin Luther

King Day.

Did they let you do that at your last
school? Because here and everywhere else

in the rest of the country, it's the
Friday before the Monday holiday only.

Sorry, man.

That's just how it is.

Yeah, well, Martin here just changed all
that.

I'm going to get to do my report and...

Everyone else in the class is going to
have to do a report on a great African

-American, too.

I already wrote my report on George
Washington.

I always do my reports on George
Washington.

Looks like now you'll be doing a report
on George Washington Carver.

I don't think so.

You know, Brewer, everybody stays out of
your business out of respect for you.

Maybe you should stay out of everybody
else's.

Look, all I said was baseball is
important.

That's all I meant, anyway.

Baseball is important.

Sometimes, my coach doesn't even know
I'm alive.

Yeah? Well, the only reason he ever pays
any attention to me is because I'm a

good pinch runner.

That's not a bad thing. He's the best
guy on the team.

Dude. What, he is?

No. What's that on your car?

Somebody must be really mad at you.

Yeah, but for what?

Who would write something like this?

My guess would be a racist.

Mean, ugly, hateful racist.

I talked to Kevin. He'll be right over.
Did you call your dad?

I left him a message. I'm going to show
it to him when he gets home. So you

drove over here without on your car?

What was I supposed to do?

Did you show anyone at school?

No. I drove over here to show you.

I imagine you turned a few heads on your
way over here.

It's not like I wrote it.

No, I know. I'm not saying you have
anything to be ashamed of. It's just

language like that. It's hateful. Yeah,
but...

I don't understand why anybody would
write that on my car. I mean, it's not

I hang out with a lot of black people.

I mean, not that I wouldn't.

I mean, they're black.

I mean, African -American.

I mean, there are guys on the team, and
I get along with them just fine.

But it's not like we hang out all the
time or anything.

That's the phone thing.

It shouldn't matter if you have one
African -American friend or ten African

-American friends or no African
-American friends. It's wrong.

What if it was a mistake? What if this
wasn't even meant for me?

Doesn't matter if they meant to write
that on your car or somebody else's car.

It's still wrong.

I just want to know who did it.

Hey Lou, it's Lucy.

We've got to come up with something
creative for the church fundraiser. I

want to do the same old bake sale again.

Let's try to do something we haven't
done in a while.

Better yet, let's do something new.

Call me.

That was quick.

Hope you got something good.

Oh, yeah, you bet I do, honey.

Mrs. Bink?

Yeah? I need to talk to your father.

I'm sorry he's not here. Is there
something I can help you with?

Well, you know, it's funny.

I always thought that it would be one of
the boys who would follow your father

into the ministry.

And you're not just doing this to make
up for Mary, are you?

No. I'm just wondering.

Anything I can help you with, Mrs. Bank?

Yeah, you can tell me what that Martin's
problem is.

Excuse me?

Martin, you know, Martin, that kid who
used to live with your family.

What about Martin?

Well, I was driving home from the
market. I saw a car with these

remarks, and he was driving it. What
kind of remarks?

Disturbing remarks.

Like? Racial remarks.

And they were written all over the back
of the car.

Are you sure it was Martin?

Yeah, the pretty boy. It was him. I know
it was him.

That doesn't sound like Martin.

Are you calling me a liar, honey?

Hello? Hey, Ruthie.

What's up?

I have a little bit of a weird question
for you.

Okay. Have you seen Martin today?

Yeah, I saw him at school earlier.

Why? What's going on?

I just got a crazy call from Mrs. Bink
about Martin and his car.

Was he in an accident?

No, not exactly.

Where's Savannah?

The dogs are watching her.

She's with Annie.

What's going on?

Oh.

You've been driving your car around like
that?

Yeah, I had no choice.

This is pretty ugly. Where'd this
happen?

In the parking lot at school.

Is there anybody at school you've been
having problems with?

No, not at all. Do you think it could be
somebody from a rival school?

That wouldn't make sense.

Could just be a case of mistaken
identity.

That's what I'm hoping.

If you and your dad want me to, I can
talk to the principal about this, but no

matter who it is, it's just very
troubling that anyone in our community

even think to write something like this
on anybody's car. I can't believe we

could have an incident like this in Glen
Oak. This is more than just an

incident. This is a crime, a hate crime,
and someone should be locked up for it.

Lucy just called. She said that Mrs.
Banks saw this.

What happened?

I don't know.

I was coming out of baseball practice,
and there it was.

This happened at school?

Yeah, we were just asking Martin if
there's anybody he's been having

with. Do you really think a student
could have done this?

That's scary.

Maybe Mrs. Porter was right. I guess we
do need this new assignment.

What assignment?

Mrs. Porter heard Martin say that
baseball is more important than Martin

King. So she decided that the entire
class has to do a new report on Great

African American.

That's not exactly what I said.

That's what you said.

But it's not what I meant.

Anyway, after he said that, Mrs. Porter
decided that everyone in class has to do

a new report on a great African
American.

I'm not even in that class.

I had nothing to do with it. Alex was
the one that made a big deal about it.

But now everybody keeps acting like it's
my fault.

Even the guys in the locker room.

How did the guys in the locker room find
out?

Mrs. Porter hasn't even had a chance to
tell the class.

Alex thanked me for helping him out when
we were in the locker room.

Some of the guys weren't too happy about
it.

But I don't think they'd do this.
They're all good guys.

We're all on the team together.

Alex is African American?

Yeah. He's black and he's a new student.

He transferred last semester.

We should report this. I'm going to call
the station.

Reverend Martin, this is Detective O
'Brien.

He heads up the Hate Crime Division.

It's good to meet you.

Sorry it's under these circumstances.

Kevin. Leif.

So you've been driving around with this
on your car?

Uh, yeah.

I wanted to show Reverend Camden. I see.

Well, no one said anything to you while
you were driving?

I don't think so.

I don't know. I was really too angry to
pay attention to anyone else.

Okay, well, it's a good thing you called
it. We definitely have a hate crime on

our hands.

And in this case, it's vandalism and
racism.

Never thought I'd be the victim of a
hate crime.

I'm white.

Anybody can be the victim of a hate
crime.

It's just what it sounds like.

It's a crime motivated by hate.

Half the hate crimes in this country are
racially motivated.

But it could be any kind of bias.
Anything from gender to religion to

orientation. It could even be a
disability. Take your pick.

Sad. This is really sad.

It is.

And that's why we take these things very
seriously. If this happens again, call

us immediately.

In the meantime, Martin, go ahead and
wash your car.

What about fingerprints?

From what I saw, they won't be able to
pull any usual prints.

It doesn't matter. I'm not washing my
car.

The guy who did this is going to wash
it. Go ahead and wash it, son.

Because most of the time with cases like
this, you never find out who the perp

is. So if you wait, you may be waiting a
long time.

You may be waiting forever.

Then I'll wait, because I didn't deserve
this.

Nobody deserves this.

They both stood there in the old town
square, the blue -haired bear and the

-haired bear.

And it was clear as their trickling
tears that there was no good reason for

their hate and fears.

Mom, what happened to Martin's car?

Well, someone, a very mean person, wrote
something terrible on Martin's car.

What did they write?

They wrote something very, very hateful.

Why? Some people use bad words to
describe other people.

What was written on Martin's car were
horrible words that

mean people use to describe black
people.

Is Martin black?

No, Martin's not black. Martin's white.

You two, it's time for bed.

What color do you think I am?

I don't know. It's dark.

I can't see you. All right.

We'll figure it out tomorrow.

They filed a police report.

So Martin's all right?

Yeah, he's fine.

I mean, he's upset over what happened,
but he's fine.

Well, he should be upset. I know I'd be
upset.

Me too.

Can you believe that someone would write
that? No.

That's terrible.

And it's scary to think that he might
know the person and just have no idea

they're a... I think there Dumas was
saying that sometimes we find ourselves

a prison and we think we can't escape.

And it's up to us to find a way out?

Simon?

Uh, yeah?

You were saying that Martin might not
know that someone he thinks he knows is

racist? Right.

Maybe we should talk about this later.

Why?

You're right.

I wonder how many people we all know who
are secretly racist.

That's interesting, but I have to go
study. I've been on the phone way too

tonight. Well, I called you for a
reason.

I need help with my sojourner truth
report, remember?

Could you ask Rose or Sandy if maybe
they've ever done any research on her or

paper on her?

Maybe I could get a bibliography from
them.

Okay, sure.

I'll talk to them, and I'll call you
back, okay? Bye.

Talk to us?

About what?

About Martin?

Ruthie just needed help with the paper.

Aw, and she called her big brother.

That's so cute.

Unless you're just passing it off on us.

What's it about?

It's what about?

The paper.

Oh, uh, Sojourner Truth?

Who?

Uh, she's a black woman.

And a great American.

African American.

You have no idea either, do you?

What? You think because I'm black, I
know who she is?

No, no, Maya, I wasn't saying that. It
was just... Because you looked at me

you said it, so... I assumed that you
assumed... I wasn't assuming anything.

I don't even know who Sojourner Truth
is, even though I guess I should. I know

who she is.

I always wrote my papers on her.

But what does any of this have to do
with Martin?

Martin? Nothing.

Nothing? I heard you ask if he was all
right.

Oh, um, Ruthie had said that, um,
someone had written something on his

Something about me?

No, nothing like that.

What? I'm supposed to know what they
wrote?

Great, now I'm black and a psychic.

No, it's just that... It was something
of a racist nature.

Oh, Mr. Porter, hi.

Are you here to see me?

I'm here to see the principal.

Not about the assignment, I hope.

As a matter of fact, yes, I am.

You too.

I'm shocked you would have a problem
with it.

About the assignment? Oh, no, I'm here
to talk to the principal about what

happened to Martin's car because of the
assignment, I'm guessing.

Oh. Well, she's at a conference all
week, and the vice principal, Mr.

is in charge. You'll have to deal with
him.

Fine. I don't know if you're aware, but
Martin's car was vandalized yesterday.

Oh, I heard.

Everybody heard. It's the talk at the
school.

I just came from Mr. Medlock's office.
He's asking me to back off the

assignment. Because?

Parents are calling to complain. The
police have even gotten involved.

Mr. Medlock is afraid that maybe the
assignment has become more trouble than

it's worth.

So, are you backing off?

To tell you the truth, I don't really
want to.

It's terrible what happened to Martin,
but if this assignment led to this kind

of response, maybe it's even more
important than I thought.

And then maybe it's important for Mr.
Medlock to hear from a parent who

what you're doing.

Let's talk.

Hey, man.

Sorry I got you into all this.

Why should you be sorry you didn't write
it?

I still feel bad.

But I'm glad you're on my side.

I'm not on the side.

Look at your back window.

I hate to break it to you, but whoever
wrote that put you on the side.

I didn't ask for this.

No, you didn't, and it never should have
happened, but... No, it shouldn't have

happened. It definitely shouldn't have
happened to me.

Oh, so you think it should have happened
to me?

No.

I didn't say that. Why does everybody
keep putting words in my mouth?

Nice car.

Hey, Brad, you know anything about this?

Well, my dad told me a story about this
guy who wrote a bunch of stuff on his

own car just to get some attention.

Is that what you're doing, Martin?

You looking for some attention?

No, I'm not.

But I am going to catch whoever did
this.

That sounds like a threat.

Are you saying that I did it?

Look, I'm just saying that whoever did
it is a coward. I'm going to catch him,

and I'm going to make him clean it up.

How are you going to do that, Martin
Loser King?

Just curious.

Did you do this?

Do you think I did this? Are you
accusing me of doing this? Because that

like reverse racism to me. What's going
on here?

Nothing.

Martin, I know that you're upset.

And I know that you want to find out who
did this. So do we.

But we can't allow you to keep your car
on school property in this condition.

I didn't put it in this condition. I'm
going to find out who did it. You really

shouldn't accuse people of things when
you have no proof. This car has become a

disruption for the students.

I need you to remove it immediately.

But, Mr. Medlock... And don't bring it
back here until you've cleaned it up.

But I'm not moving my car until whoever
did this washes off what they wrote. If

you do not remove your car from this
parking lot, I'm going to have no choice

but to have it towed away.

Back! Move back!

Everybody, everybody move back!

Get out of the way, out of the way!

Everybody move back!

Keep out of the way.

What?

You're really going to tow my car?

I warned you, Martin. You've left me no
choice.

This is the car.

This one right here.

Sir, I haven't done anything wrong.
Please don't do this.

Sorry, son, I'm just doing my job.

Call me to a car, to a car.

Nothing personal.

But, sir, please, why should I be
punished because somebody did this to

Look, look.

Now that, that there is personal.

What are you doing?

I'm not moving it. The boy's got a
point. Look, I'm not interested in

That's not politics.

That's good old -fashioned racism. Oh,
believe me, it offends me, too. But my

job is to keep order at this school
while our principal is away, and I need

to tow that car.

I'm sorry. I just can't.

We'll have to call somebody else.

You don't know how much I appreciate
your support.

We'll just make it clear to Mr.

Medlock that there are some parents who
see this issue differently.

But what if something else happens?

I can't say for sure that something else
isn't going to happen, but we do know

for sure that if you don't go through
with this assignment, something has

already happened, and whoever wrote that
awful thing on Martin's car has won.

Dad, I'm glad you're still here. There's
a problem with Martin in the parking

lot. Hurry.

Well, the kids have just been able to
give us reports.

Why should he get special treatment?

Marm Brewer should have minded his own
business. No matter what, it wasn't

for some racist to write that on his
car. That's enough.

Stop this.

Okay, Luce, I'm turning it on right now.

Simon, what are you doing? We're
studying.

Is that Martin?

You took a stand so that your classmate
could give a speech on Martin Luther

King. Was it worth it?

Um, I really didn't do anything.

Good old Martin.

Always doing things that no one would
take credit for.

Well, some are saying that you're a hero
and humble to boot.

Uh, for the last time, I'm not a hero.
I'm not being modest. I didn't do

anything. That?

The baby's father?

That's the one.

Sounds like a pretty good guy to me,
standing up for the brother man like

Simon, maybe you should get Martin to
help Ruthie with her report on Sojourner

Truth. I know who Sojourner Truth is.

Unbelievable.

Why? Because I'm white?

What are we going to do about this mess
down at the high school?

Mrs. Vink, could you turn down your TV?

Sorry, I was just watching the news, and
we have to do something about it.

Yes, I completely agree with... What are
the police doing about it?

Isn't that husband of yours a cop?

Let me speak to him. Kevin isn't a
police officer anymore.

He stays home with Savannah.

Oh, that's right.

You're a reverend, and he...

Stays home and takes care of the kid,
huh?

Yes, that works for us.

Yeah, well, you know, it's funny how
things change and others don't.

Like this thing at the school.

See, I'm old enough to see how these
things can go, honey.

You can't sit by and do nothing.

So what are you going to do?

What are we going to do?

What are we going to do?

What about pink?

No.

Peach? No, not really.

What color is this?

Banana mania.

What about banana mania?

I don't think so.

What are you guys doing? We want to know
what color we are. Do you know?

Well, when people say color, they don't
really mean...

What they mean, not that it should
matter, because what matters is what's

inside, who you are.

But to answer your question, you're,
we're white. I don't think so. We

checked that one.

Well, guys, it's a little more
complicated than that.

Alex, this is my dad and my little
brothers, Sam and David.

Eric Camden, nice to meet you. Nice to
meet you too, sir.

Thanks for coming over. Please have a
seat.

Guys, could you take your crayons
upstairs because I need to talk to Alex.

It looks like things have spun a little
out of control.

Yes, sir, they have.

That's why I asked Ruthie if maybe you
could help.

Oh, sure. I'm more than happy to do
whatever I can.

I'm just curious about this report.

Have a feeling I don't know all your
reasons for wanting to speak about Dr.

King.

Hi, Reverend Cannon. Hey.

Thanks for coming, Martin.

I'm so glad you could make it.

Thank you. My wife thought we should
accept your invitation.

Good morning, Reverend.

Mrs. Bink, it's so good to see you. I'm
glad I'm here.

What color are you?

Oh, boys, leave Mrs. Bean. It's okay.
What color? You want to know what color

am?

Well, that's a tough one.

Let me see. I guess when I'm sad, I'm
blue. And when I'm mad, I'm red. And

when I'm jealous, I'm green with envy.
And now that I'm at

my age, see, all anybody notices is that
I'm turning gray.

Good morning.

Well, this week our community has been
tested.

I know that many of you saw what
happened at Kennedy High School on the

news, and you heard the echoes of hatred
that we thought were long past.

I think part of what led to that event
is that...

We haven't been listening to what's
going on around us. So this morning, no

matter how you may feel, I'm asking that
everyone listen.

Alex, would you come up here, please?

This is Alex. He goes to school with my
daughter, Ruthie.

Alex was...

assigned a report on a great American,
and he chose the Reverend Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. And it seems that his
choice may be at the center of

all this controversy.

I think it's very important that he get
a chance to explain why

he made his decision.

Please listen.

Thank you, Reverend Camden.

I know a lot of you may be thinking,
didn't Martin Luther King Day already

And who hasn't already heard clips from
the I Have a Dream speech this year?

But I know there's more to the dream
than black and white.

I know that the dream still lives every
day.

I know that because that's what my
grandfather, Henry Bullock, taught me.

My grandfather was a sanitation worker
in Memphis.

In 1968, he went on strike with over a
thousand of his co -workers.

It was hard for them.

On April 3rd, 1968, my grandfather sat
in a crowded Mason Temple and listened

Dr. King, who had come to support the
sanitation workers.

Dr. King did his, I've been to the
mountaintop speech.

My grandfather said that they were all
inspired, not only by the words of Dr.

King, but by the fact that a man like
Dr. King would come and take the time to

care about the suffering of a bunch of
garbage men.

The next day, a sniper's bullet took Dr.
King from us.

I lived with my grandfather in New
Orleans.

This summer, Hurricane Katrina took my
grandfather from me.

The victims of Hurricane Katrina may
have fallen from the headlines, but I

never forget their suffering.

It is my job now to keep the dream
alive.

That's all I was trying to do.

Alex, I'm really sorry about your
grandfather.

I lost my grandfather, too.

I'm sorry.

You must miss him.

Yeah.

I miss my grandfather, too.

Your grandfather sounds like quite a
man.

I'm sure he would be very proud of you.
I don't think he'd be so proud of the

way I behaved in the parking lot.

Fighting's no way to make a point about
a man who stood for nonviolence.

I... I never had anything against Martin
Luther King.

It's just that I had already done my
report.

On George Washington.

George Washington?

Again?

Okay, Alex?

Yeah.

Martin, I want you to know, I didn't do
it.

I didn't do that to your car.

Good. But somebody did.

That means we all have a lot of work to
do every day.

Where do we start?

I'm going to start by washing my car.

Good idea.

Yeah, but I have an even better idea.

I told you this would be a great
fundraiser.

My report is not a sojourner truth.

Who was born a slave and became an
American abolitionist and a prominent

in the women's rights movement.

Benjamin Banneker.

In 1791, Benjamin Banneker was hired to
survey the District of Columbia.

A year later, he published his first
almanac for Maryland, Delaware,

Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Louis Latimer had the bright idea to
improve the production of lightbulb

It's creating longer -lasting lightbulbs
than Thomas Edison.

Before Rosa Parks, there was Ida B.
Wells, a journalist and pioneer in the

-segregationist movement.

Thurgood Marshall. Before becoming the
first African -American Supreme Court

Justice,

argued the landmark Brown v. Board of
Education case in 1954.

Frederick Douglass, an American
abolitionist, was one of the most

lecturers and authors in all of American
history.

Captured and sold in her native Senegal,
Phyllis Wheatley would become the first

prominent African American author.

My report is on George Washington
Carver.

He was a great American.