Hidden Figures: MDs
Hook em' Horns - This Austin based MD is the National AAERG Group Lead
Carron Gibbs
The Bluest Eye, Beloved
Toni Morrison
Major League Baseball Player
Got Camo? These 3 women weren't looking for a marine or a naval captain when they sang this song, but instead this figure found in khaki green.
Soldier by Destiny's Child
This restaurant, owned by Ethiopian-Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson, is a favorite of President Barack Obama
Red Rooster
This MD has represented Accenture on some of the world's largest stages, including Harlem's Apollo Theater
Rah Thomas
The Color Purple, Everyday Use
Alice Walker
Academy Award Winner
Sidney Poitier
This Brooklyn rapper might have you seeing spirals in a therapist's office
Hypnotize by The Notorious B.I.G.
This Harlem musical hotspot was opened by the first the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson in 1920
Cotton Club
This Austin MD is the co-lead for Accenture’s women’s employee resource group working to achieve the a 50/50 gender balance by 2025 at the company
Tamara Fields
Bloodchild, Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler
Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Who will never have that recipe again because someone left the cake out in the rain?
McArthur Park by Donna Summer
Founded in response to MLK's assassination, this NY based dance company has made waves in the industry with pioneering moves like flesh colored ballet tights and shoes for black dancers
Dance Theater of Harlem
This MD once worked on Capitol Hill helping write legislation, including creating Americorps and turning Martin Luther King day into a national day of service.
Marty Rodgers
Things Fall Apart, An Image of Africa
Chinua Achebe
Track & Field 4x Gold Medalist
Jesse Owens
Ordinary People by John Legend
African American community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that was seized through eminent domain and destroyed in1857 for the creation of what is now Central Park
Seneca Village
*TRIPPLE PLAY* How many Black NY MDs can you name?
Inez Johnson, Latrise Brissett, Rah Thomas, Danielle Purfey Wright, Michael Rogombe-Williams Keri Smith, Alexandra Destin, Nahomie Lewis, Eddie Gonzales, Rajai Gooden, and Thierry Noufele
Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Black female artist with a number one country song
Beyonce, "Texas Hold 'Em"
You might sing this 2000s hit song when you're feeling under the weather…from heartbreak that is.
So Sick by Mario
The oldest and largest known excavated burial ground in North America for both free and enslaved Africans is located in which NYC neighborhood?
Financial District