SDA Black History
This judge and TV personality, who donates to Peterson-Warren Academy, was baptized at City-Temple SDA Church, and credits adventism with making him who he is today.
Judge Greg Mathis
Peanut Products (518)
George Washington Carver
August 28, 1963
ended with a famous speech
March on Washington
He was known as the "Brown Bomber"
Joe Louis
This gold medal olympic sprinter was raised in a Seventh-Day Adventist home as a youth attending the Sherwood SDA Church in Trelawny Jamaica
Usain Bolt
"Wonderful Hair Grower"
Hint: "Self Made" coming to Netflix in March
Madam CJ Walker
June 19, 1865
This day has recently gained recognition as a national holiday.
Juneteenth ( official end of slavery)
This track and field star was the first athlete to win four gold medals in a single olympic games.
Jesse Owens
This life-long Seventh-Day adventist and ordained minister is known for observing the Seventh-Day Sabbath and other Adventist principles despite the demand of Hollywood. (He is married to successful actress Meagan Good)
Devon Franklin
Carbon Light Bulb Filament
Lewis Latimer
Dec 5, 1955 – Dec 20, 1956
considered the spark of the civil rights movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The name of the fight in which Muhammad Ali reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title by knocking out heavyweight champion George Foreman in 1974
" The Rumble in the Jungle"
This pediatric neurosurgeon and politician with "gifted hands" is a lifelong Seventh-Day adventist and also a Detroit native.
Dr. Benjamin Carson
Preservation of Blood Plasma
"Father of the Blood Bank
Charles Richard Drew
July 2, 1964
prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal.
Signing civil rights act
She was the first African-American woman to compete in the US national tennis competition in 1950
Althea Gibson
The Mother of this Civil Rights Activist and African American muslim leader converted to Adventism in 1934.
Malcom X
Stoplight
Garrett Morgan
This court case forever changed the face of the American education system.
Brown V. Board of Education
In 1974 he surpassed "Babe" Ruth as the home run king of major league baseball.
Henry "Hank" Aaron