Black History Month Women
First black child to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana at age 6
Ruby Bridges
He was one of the most prominent leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. He gave his I Have a Dream speech in 1963 at the March on Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
First African American to play Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
This Event was held by GBC at Multiple sites, packed over 60,000 meals in January to honor MLK
Rise Against Hunger
They were one of the NAACP Founders
W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz
First black woman in space, medical doctor with degrees in Chem Engineering, African & African American Studies
Dr. Mae Jemison
He is regarded as the King of Pop with several song hits including Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
First African American to win 4 medals at the Berlin Olympics
Jesse Owens
This Pfizer Organization focusses programs on Black Colleagues early in career
BET (Black Emerging Talent)
State and Local Laws that enforced racial segregation after slavery (late 1800s) until 1960s in the US South
She led 300 slaves to freedom
Harriet Tubman
The actor & director that New York Times called the greatest actor of the 20th century known for roles in Training Day, Equalizer, Fences, and MacBeth
Denzel Washington
The 2024 Paris Olympics Bronze Medalist whose mother is a Pfizer colleague
Frederick "Flips" Richard
This Presenter on The Power of Resilience is Pfizer VP of Sterile Injectables & Biotech Operations (SBO)
Kenya Edmondson
Poet Laureate for Inauguration of President Joe Biden
Amanda Gorman
First Female African American Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
The first male African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Regarded as the greatest womens tennis player of all time
Serena Williams
This Keynote Speaker for GBC Enterprise 2025 Fireside Chat is an Actor, Author, and Philanthropist
Hill Harper
Known for her song R-E-S-P-E-C-T & Widely Recognized as the Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
First Black U.S. First Lady and Former lawyer who wrote Becoming
Michelle Obama
First Black U.S. President and known for achievements in health care reform as well as international diplomacy
Barack Obama
Regarded as the greatest womens gymnast of all time
Simone Biles
Held annually in March, this event is the largesst undergraduate-run National Conference for Black Engineers. Multiple GBC Sites send colleagues for professional development and recruiting
NSBE National Conference
Network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to Freedom until the end of the Civil War
Underground Railroad