Many remember Rosa Parks simply as a woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus but her…
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Oprah Winfrey has lived the American Dream, overcoming hardship and diversity to become one of the largest media figures in…
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Satchel Paige is remembered with fondness as one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. His life was…
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Marian Anderson was one of the greatest singers of the 20th Century, but it was her dignity in the face…
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Bessie Coleman was a pioneer and innovator in the field of aviation, both as an African-American and as a woman….
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Bass Reeves is a legend of the west, one of the first Black lawmen in the region and one of…
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Josephine Baker is a name that is synonymous with the 1920s cultural high life. She lived in a time of…
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The story of
Doris Miller has been glamorized in motion pictures, but few know the
real story of the Black cook who became a hero during the attack on
Pearl Harbor.
Benjamin O.
Davis, Jr. is remembered for many things: Being the first Black Air
Force General, leading the Tuskegee Airmen flight squadron and standing
up to the military establishment in advancing the cause of Black
soldiers. More than that, he is a symbol of the ability of a Black man
to preserver through obstacles on the path towards excellence.
Joe Louis, as much as anyone from his era, carried the hopes and dreams of the Black race on his…
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Larry Doby is
forever viewed as number two, the second Black player and the second
Black manager in modern Major League Baseball but this should not
obscure his Hall of Fame career nor the struggles he endured.
Langston
Hughes was one of the most celebrated and respected writers/poets of the
Harlem Renaissance and was a fore bearer of great authors of the Black
Experience.
Thurgood
Marshall is known as the first Black Justice of the United States
Supreme Court but he is really defined by his work as a civil rights
lawyer which redefined life in the United States.
William
Hastie had one of the most distinguished careers as an earlier Black
political pioneer but today remains unknown to most Americans. As a
politician, an educator and a jurist, Hastie made inroads and left a
legacy that is hard to match in history.
Wilt
Chamberlain is universally recognized as one of the greatest basketball
players in history, but he may well be the most under-rated players in
history.
Perhaps one of the most amazing and inspirational figures to spring up not only in African American culture but in…
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Jackie Robinson is known as the man who broke the color line in baseball but his accomplishment on and off…
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Although the
name Elijah McCoy may be a mystery to most people, the scale of his
ingenuity and the quality of his creations have created a level of
distinction which bears his name.
Often the greatest inventions are those which simplify necessary tasks. Such is the case with Jan Matzeliger – the man…
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Lewis Latimer is considered one of the ten most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer…
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Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most significant Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions…
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Lloyd Hall was born on June 20, 1894 in Elgin, Illinois. He was an honor student while going to West…
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Charles Drew was one of those exceptional individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and would go on…
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George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond Grove, Missouri and in spite of earlier issues would advance to…
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