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Students at Lincoln Elementary practiced for six weeks for the presentation to a packed house.
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Donning costumes, the students portrayed influential African Americans and gave a brief summary of their accomplishments.
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Serena and Venus Williams hit the stage and talked about how they reshaped the tennis industry.
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The young students sang songs in between the speeches.
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Influential leaders from baseball players to astronauts were all represented at the event.
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At the end of each speech, the students pointed at themselves and declared "I am somebody."
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The students dressed up in astronaut suits, doctors uniforms and pilot costumes for the show.
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The multi-purpose room at Lincoln Elementary Magnet School was packed with parents and friends for the performance.
Early Tuesday morning, dozens of students at Lincoln Elementary Magnet School lined the stage and gave performances of of influential African Americans during their annual Black History Month performance.
Everyone from Sidney Poitier to Oprah Winfrey made an appearance as the young actors shared brief summaries of their accomplishments while adorned in costumes. In between speeches the group of students would sing and dance before the next group of leaders went to the front of the stage. As each speech was finished the young actor would point toward themselves and say "I am somebody." Each time they finished they were met with thunderous applause.
