Aviation
After receiving her flight training in France, she became the first African-American female pilot.
Bessie Coleman
Dubbed the Queen of All Media, she is named the first black female billionaire with interest in philanthropy, tv producing, and acting.
Oprah Winfrey
Princeton & Harvard Law Grad, this African-American attorney and author went on to work at non-profits and serve as the Associate Dean of the University of Chicago.
Michelle Obama
Cheyney University, founded in 1837 became the first HBCU in this U.S state.
Pennsylvania
Recognized as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records, this female entrepreneur manufactured beauty products for other African-American women using formulas she developed after working for a pharmacist who taught her chemistry.
Madame C.J. Walker
Penn State grad who became the first African American to go to space.
Guy Bluford
First African American-owned record label helped break the careers of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, and Jackson 5.
Motown Records
This African American lawyer not only argued several cases including the Brown v. Board of Education but also served as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Alumni Kamala Harris, Chadwick Boseman, Phylicia Rashad.
Howard University
Situated in Nashville, Tennessee, this college is known to be the oldest surviving black medical school in the south.
Meharry Medical College
Referenced in the movie, Hidden Figures, this woman was nicknamed "The Human Computer", and became the first Black female engineer at NASA.
Mary Jackson
Which African American actress was the oldest person to win a Tony award, inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and received multiple honorary degrees from 4 universities.
Cicely Tyson
Harvard grad, socialist, and civil rights activist, he went on to be one of the founders of an organization focusing on advancing equality in multiple areas for African Americans.
W.E.B Du Bois
The AUC is the oldest and largest contiguous consortium of African American higher education institutions comprising of Spelman, MoreHouse, and this university.
Clark Atlanta University
Harvard Grad, this African American was the first black to be hired as a director of research by a major chemical manufacturing company and is known to be a pioneer in the synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants such as cortisone (used in treating arthritis) and physostigmine (used in treating glaucoma).
Percy Julian
Known for his contributions in aerospace medicine, he also served as a flight doctor during WW2 for the Tuskegee Airmen.
Dr. Vance Marchbanks
Often compared to Maya Angelou, this Harvard grad was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate who also delivered a poem at the inaugeration of the 46th U.S President.
Amanda Gorman
Historical figure in education reform, she led the desegregation of an elementary school in New Orleans.
Ruby Bridges
The first colleges for African American were established largely through the efforts of churches with the support of the American Missionary Association and this U.S government agency that ran from 1865 to 1867.
Freedmen's Bureau
Recognized as the first and only black physician to serve a president of the United States (James A. Garfield), this African American physican, medical educator, and hospital administrator was the first black surgeon-in chief to head a hospital under civilan auspices.
Charles Burleigh Purvis
Formed in 1976, acronym for OBAP
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals
Record-breaking MLB Hall of Famer, this African American went on to be a mogul owning a number of dealerships and over 30 restaurants in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Hank Aaron
Which amendment granted African Americans the right to vote.
15th
The first intercollegiate football game in 1892 occurred between two black colleges, Livingstone University and Biddle University, today known as this Charlotte, NC HBCU.
Johnson C. Smith University
Founder and President of the Legal Rights Association, this African American was a tailor and dry cleaner, and is believed to be the first black patent recipient.
Thomas L. Jennings