Started a school for the children of former slaves beside an oak tree on the site of present-day Hampton University.
NAACP is the foremost Civil Rights organization in the United States.
Co-founded (w/ Bobby Seale) the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
Journalist. Activist. She led the first anti-lynching campaign.
Business mogul who founded the Johnson Publishing company (Ebony/Jet Magazine).
First African-American female pilot.
Dr. Gates is the walking embodiment of academic excellence
Motorcycle Queen of Miami, inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Physician, War Hero, and Black National who fought for the liberation of his people.
First African-American to serve as Deputy Solicitor General.
Dr. Bunche became the first person of color in the world, to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The phrase, "the real Mccoy" derives from his axel self-lubricating invention.
First African-American playwright to have a play open on Broadway
First African-American inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle, which ruled segregation on public buses unconstitutional.
First African-American woman in space
Their sacrifice contributed to equal access to education across the country.
Father of Negro Baseball Rube Foster, established the first professional baseball league for African-Americans.
In 1909 Henson and Peary along with four Eskimos became the first people to reach the North Pole.
Rustin was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
