Out of the Blue: 2018-2019 February Issue | Page 9

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) when she was arrested for civil disobedience and violated Alabama’s law of segregation.

2. Barack Obama

Care Act (PPACA) and is nicknamed “Obamacare”. The PPACA was made to give the citizens of America easier access to affordable healthcare. Obama had helped America become a more accepting country by legalising same-sex marriage on the 26th of June in 2015. He also signed a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Act which let gay and lesbian people serve openly in the army.

3. Jessie Owens

Jessie Owens was a track and field star who earned four gold medals in the 1963 Olympics. When he was in high school, his track and field coach helped him to do evening training sessions which helped him a lot with his sprinting. While Jesse

Obama was the first African-American president of America and served from 2009-2017. One of the most important things he did was make a health care reform which was called Patient Protection and Affordable