Defining Justice
This Reconstruction-era politician became the first Black U.S. Senator in 1870.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This anthropologist challenged racist scientific theories in the early 1900s and studied African American folklore in the South.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This engineer developed technology that led to caller ID and call waiting.
Who is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson?
This Tanzanian leader developed the political philosophy of Ujamaa, promoting African socialism and collective development after independence.
Who is Julius Nyerere?
This woman co-founded the NAACP in 1909 alongside W.E.B. Du Bois and others.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This Cold War mathematician and political activist was removed from the U.S. Communist Party after criticizing its treatment of Black Americans.
Who is Claudia Jones?
This electrical engineer helped develop the IBM PC and holds over 40 patents.
Who is Mark Dean?
This Senegalese historian and physicist argued for the African origins of ancient Egyptian civilization and founded a carbon-14 laboratory in Dakar.
Who is Cheikh Anta Diop?
He argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court before later becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This sociologist wrote The Souls of Black Folk and helped found the Niagara Movement.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This engineer created the first portable fax machine and held more than 160 patents.
Who is Henry T. Sampson?
This Ghanaian economist and former UN Secretary-General won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for his work on development and global diplomacy.
Who is Kofi Annan?
This activist and scholar coined the term “intersectionality.”
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
This historian created Black History Week in 1926, which later became Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This NASA aerospace engineer became the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This Nigerian economist became the first woman to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organization in 2021.
Who is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala?