Launched All Star Code in an effort to prepare talented minority boys for careers in science and technology
Who is Christina Lewis Halpern?
Actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
Founder of SheGeeks.net, where the 20-something writes about the newest gadgets, social media trends and all things related to technology. She is also co-founder of Everything Twitter
Who is Corvida Raven?
First American woman to become a self-made millionaire. Most known for her hair products.
Emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960's as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights
American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist and is known for her generosity
First African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close friend of Martin Luther King. He collaborated with King to create the Montgomery Improvement Association, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Bacteriologist, who in 1933 became the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in a natural science
First black man to receive a patent (awarded on March 3, 1821) for his discovery of a process called dry-scouring which was the forerunner of today's modern dry-cleaning.
Civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. He served in the Navy but was discharged 2 years later.
Sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His murder is still a mystery to this day.
Chemist who developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy
Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio for his work on railroad coupler design
National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality since his election to the position in 1968
Wrote the novel The Color Purple for which she won the National Book Award for hardcover fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.