Black History Month Figures
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The first Black president in the United States.
Barack Obama
An agricultural scientist and developer of more that 300 different uses of peanuts
George Washington Carver
This is the month of Black History Month
February
She is well known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, though 9 months earlier than Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
Martin Luther King Jr. recited his famous "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of this memorial dedicated to a U.S president
Lincoln Memorial
Worked as an aerospace engineer and mathematician for NASA.
Mary Johnson
Other than Black History Month, African American also celebrate their freedom during this Holiday.
Juneteenth
This man was a classical musician and military officer. He was such an amazing composer, that he earned the name, "Black Mozart".
Joseph de Saint-Georges
President Lincoln's executive order declaring that all Southern slaves were free.
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Former NASA scientist who invented the Super Soaker
Lonnie Johnson
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
Red, green, black and yellow.
This American science fiction novel writer and born in Pasadena, California, this woman was the first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur award.
Octavia Butler
This man was the first African-American to attend Harvard.
W.E.B. Dubois
This man improved the lightbulb, invented a predecessor to the modern air conditioner, and developed and improved toilet system for railroad cars.
Lewis Latimer
This person was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
This woman traveled internationally, shedding light on lynchings in America. She wrote under the name Iola.
Ida. B. Wells
600 demonstrators crossed this bridge to Selma, led by Civil Rights leader John Lewis in 1965
the Edmund Pettus Bridge
She made and sold these wellness products, making her the first Black woman millionaire.
Madam CJ Walker
She's famous for being the first black student to attend an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges