Black History

Black Public Figures

300

I gave the speech I had a dream

Martin Luther King, Jr.

600

I made the underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

900

I was the first african-american to play in major baseball 

Jackie Robinson

1200

I rose to fame with the 1845 publication of my first book

Frederick Douglass

1500

I am providing significant assistance to schools (Morehouse College, Tennessee State University, Chicago Academy of Arts) as well as to the Chicago Public Schools

Oprah Winfrey.

civil rights movement

300

Despite my youth, I became a recognized leader in the Civil Rights Movement. By 1963, I was recognized as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.

John Lewis

600

I occupied an iconic status in the civil rights movement after I refused to vacate a seat on a bus in favor of a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.

Rosa Parks

900

I was a minister, a leader in the civil rights movement and a supporter of Black nationalism. I urged his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary,” a stance that often put him at odds with the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X

1200

I Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements and a leader in the efforts for greater economic opportunities for African Americans.

Fannie Lou Hamer

1500

l, was a Vietnam veteran, Baptist deacon, activist and martyr of the Civil Rights Movement. I, active in the fight for equal rights,had tried multiple times to register to vote in Alabama and was denied each time.

Jimmie Lee Jackson