Top Food Chemist of 20th Century
Tuskegee Airman
Civil Rights Activist
Black cowboy, Singer, Actor
Jazz music composer
Civil Rights Activist
Educator
Poet, Diplomat, Black culture anthologist
Head of the NAACP
First Black woman judge in the U.S.
First Black golfer on the PGA Tour
First Black golfer inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
Civil Rights activist who nearly died on Bloody Sunday marching for voting rights
Author, Director
Most prolific independent filmmaker in American cinema
First Black licensed nurse in the United States
Revolutionary political party that established several community programs
Inventor
Genius behind electrical light bulb
Mother of modern medicine
Inventor, Engineer
Improved use and installation of pacemakers
First Black person to serve in the U.S. Congress
Pastor, Activist
Harlem U.S. House Rep
First Black candidate elected to New York City Council
Writer, Civil Rights Activist
First Black student to earn a JSD from Yale
Chemist, Professor
First Black student to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States
Chemist, Professor
Pioneer in leprosy treatment
Self-identified drag queen, activist, and hero of the Stonewall uprising
