History
This man established Black History Week
Carter Woodson
This musician and Civil Rights activist devised the idea for the hit single "We Are the World"
Harry Belafonte
He was the first African American to win an Olympic Medal
John Baxter Taylor
This African American musical form was born out of Blues, Ragtime and Marching Bands
Jazz
This African American singer famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies in WWII
Josephine Baker
This man was the inspiration of the term "underground railroad"
Tice Davis
In her early life she was as well known as a singer as she was a Civil Rights activist
Coretta Scott King
He was the first African American heavyweight champion
Jack Johnson
This famous African American singer had an impressive three octave range
Ella Fitzgerald
Josiah Henson fled slavery and founded a settlement for fugitive slaves in what year
1830
The U.S. Supreme Court declared all U.S. territories open to slavery in this year.
1857
Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife visited India to study this man's philosophy of non violence
Mahatma Ghandi
He was the first African American astronaut trained in the U.S.
Robert H. Lawrence
He founded the magazine Ebony
John Johnson
According to this survey, in 2005 there were 25 million African American military veterans, the highest of any minority
American Community Survey
The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered in what year.
1863
This Civil Rights pioneer and member of the Little Rock 9 was recently a guest on our campus
Ernest Green
Wilt Chamberlin was the first basketball player to do this in one game
Score 100 points
This actor and comedian is also an accomplished Jazz drummer
Bill Cosby
To celebrate Black History Month this library displayed facts of prominent African Americans
SCC's Boyd Library
Nat Turners Rebellion was in this year
1831
This woman sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 by refusing to yield her seat
Rosa Parks
These men were the first African American pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces and fought in WWII
The Tuskegee Airmen
He broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974
Hank Aaron
As a punishment in school, future Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall was forced to write copies of what U.S. document
The U.S. Constitution