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A Resource for Black History & Excellence!
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Civil Rights Leaders

Carter G. Woodson

The Father of Black History

Martin Luther King, Jr

One of the most prominent leaders in the Civil Rights movement

Coretta Scott King

Civil Rights Leader & Activist

Michelle Obama

American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States

Thurgood Marshall

First African American Supreme Court Justice

Ida B Wells

Pioneering Journalist

Charlotte E. Ray

First U.S. African American Lawyer

John Lewis

“Good Trouble” Activist & State Representative

Ruby Bridges

Icon for School Integration

Fannie Lou Hamer

Voting Rights Activist

Shirley Chisholm

The first African American woman in Congress

Malcolm X

Civil Rights Activist & Revolutionary

Nelson Mandela

Apartheid Activist & First Black President of South Africa

Innovators in STEM

Mae Jemison

First African-American woman to Travel into Space.

Alexa Canady

First Black Female Neurosurgeon

Reginald Lewis

The First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

George Washington Carver

Agricultural Scientist & Inventor

Mary J. Wilson

Zoologist & First Black Senior Zookeeper

Charles Drew

Surgeon who revolutionized the field of blood transfusions.

Bessie Coleman

First African-American woman to hold a pilot license

Katherine Johnson

Mathematician & One of the First African-American Women to Work as a NASA Scientist

Patricia Bath

Notable Ophthalmologist & Inventor

Madam C.J. Walker

Haircare Mogul & the first African American Self-Made Female Millionaire

Movements

Pullman Porters

First Black Labor Union

HBCUs

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Elaine Brown & The Black Panthers

Black Liberation & Free Breakfast

Tuskegee Airmen

First Black Pilots in the US Army Air Force

Black Wall Street

Affluent Black Neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Memphis Sanitation Workers

Historic Strike & Pivotal Moment in the Civil Rights Movement

Freedom Riders

Civil Rights Activists who Challenged Segregation

Greensboro Four

Four Black college students who staged sit-ins, challenging segregation.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A boycott inspired by Claudette Colvin

March on Washington

Pivotal March in the Civil Rights Movement

Artists & Musicians

Stevie Wonder

An American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

Alvin Ailey & Judith Jameson

Groundbreaking African Americans in Dance

Maya Angelou

Award-winning American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist

Wally “Famous” Amos

Cookie Entrepreneur

Augusta Savage

Sculptor & Harlem Renaissance Figure

Harlem Renaissance

Major Cultural Era for Black Art & Thought

Spike Lee

Black Filmmaker & Oscar Winner

Sidney Poitier & Cicely Tyson

Groundbreaking Actors in Hollywood

Dwayne McDuffie

Writer & Comic Book Artist

Run DMC

Foundational Hip Hip Group

Ruth Carter

Oscar-Winning Costume Designer

Debbie Allen & A Different World

Powerhouses in Entertainment

Athletes & Sports Stars

Muhammad Ali

American champion boxer, philanthropist, and activist

John Carlos & Tommie Smith

Olympic Medalists & Athlete Activists

Lisa Leslie

Former WNBA Player & Olympic Gold Medalist

Jackie Robinson

First African American to Play in the Modern Major Baseball League

Althea Gibson

First Black American to play at Wimbledon

Florence Griffith Joyner

Olympic Gold Medalist & Style Icon

Wendell Scott

First Black NASCAR Driver

The Negro Baseball League

Historic Baseball League