Prominent Women
She was not only a civil rights activist but also worked as a nurse during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
The first African American child to desegregate an all-white school in Louisiana in 1960.
Ruby Bridges
He served as president of the USA from the years 2009 to 2017.
Barack Obama
Inventor of the product "Wonderful Hair Grower".
Madam C.J. Walker
Born in 1913 in Alabama, this well-known civil rights activist also worked as a seamstress.
Rosa Parks
The first black teenagers to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
Born a free man, he was the first African American to receive a presidential appointment to design the nation's capital.
Benjamin Banneker
Inventor of over 400 plant products, mostly from sweet potatoes and peanuts.
George Washington Carver
She was the first African American woman to travel into space in 1992.
Mae C. Jemison
"The Train to Lulu's" is a kids book written by this children's author.
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
He is the father of Black History Month, and there is a PK-8 school named after him in Hillsborough County.
Carter G. Woodson
Inventor of Famous Amos Cookies.
Wally Amos
In 1851, she delivered her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”, one of the most famous speeches on African American and women’s rights in American history.
Sojourner Truth
This school in Tampa is named after the founder of Tuskegee Institute, who was an educator and civil rights leader.
B.T. Washington Elementary
Believed to be the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, he was of African and Native American descent.
Crispus Attucks
Inventor of the gas mask.
Garrett Morgan
At the 1960 Rome Olympics she became the "fastest woman in the world".
Wilma Rudolph
The only one of 17 siblings to go to school, she later returned to the south and became a teacher.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Known for his great bravery, he was a soldier who fought during the Revolutionary War.
Peter Salem
Inventor of a steam engine lubricant.
Elijah McCoy