History
was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by these two college friends- Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
Black Panther Party
She helped calculate critical flight paths for Apollo 13. "Like what you do & then you will do your best!" 1918-2020 Mathematician & worked for NASAShe helped calculate critical flight paths for Apollo 13. "Like what you do & then you will do your best!" 1918-2020 Mathematician & worked for NASA
Katherine Johnson
was known for his poetry, especially his jazz poetry. Jazz poetry mimics jazz music's flow and rhythm.
Langston Hughes
was the first black hockey player in the NHL in 1958. He will recieve a Congressional Gold Medal by President Biden this year.
Willie O'Ree
Was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus.
Claudette Colvin
She was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire after creating a line of hair products geared toward Black hair in 1905.
Madame CJ Walker
Improved elevators by making it safer. He invented automatic opening/closing doors, which still exist on all elevators today.
Alexander Miles
poet, essayist, novelist, Feminist, human rights advocate - Wrote The Color Purple , later brought to film by Steven Spielberg
Alice Walker
First African American to break baseball's color barrier
Jackie Robinson
a New Jersey Native, was the first African American to ever cast a vote in the U.S on 3/31, 1870
Thomas Mundy Peterson
On his trip to mecca gave out so much gold that he was able to worldwide decrease the value of gold internationally, so much gold was given out that price of bread went up significantly
Mansa Musa
"NEVER BE LIMITED BY OTHER PEOPLES LIMITED IMAGINATION"- ( FIRST BLACK WOMEN TO GO TO SPACE-2015
DR.MAE JAMISON
was a famous poet, memorist, and civil rights activist. She also wrote and directed several different movies..Wrote I know the Caged Bird sings.
Maya Angelou
Famous author, wrote If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Tell it on the Mountain. Also Mr. Liquori loves this author.
James Baldwin.
This man has fought for rights and equality by any means necessary
Malcolm X
First African American Female nominee to Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson
was classified, and paid, as a janitor, despite the fact that by the mid-1930s he was doing the work of a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Alfred Blalock's lab.
Viveon Thomas
was born in Sunny Ville, Jamaica in 1889 and was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a prominent literary movement of the 1920s. His work ranged from vernacular verse celebrating peasant life in Jamaica to poems that protested racial and economic inequities
Claude McKay
Most famous boxer of the 20th century, won Supreme court case and said "Fight like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Muhammad Ali
Led the struggle against apartheid(segregation) in South Africa. Became first black South African President.
Nelson Mandela
Conductor of the Undeground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Invented Blood transfusions and saved millions of lives.
Charles Drew
Physician, sociologist and politician was one of the first Puerto Ricans and persons of African descent to receive a medical degree in the US.also established El Tiempo, the island’s first bilingual newspaper.
José Celso Barbosa
Who changed the NBA by bringing the hip-hop culture to the NBA. Iverson was the first star player that had cornrows, tattoos, and wore hip-hop clothing such as du-rags, baggy jeans, and throwback jerseys to games -
Allen Iverson
first African American women to sit in congress
Shirley Chisholm