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Feb 1, 2024 · Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali and Harriet Tubman. They are...
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- Alain Leroy Locke. First Black Rhodes Scholar. Alain LeRoy Locke was an American philosopher, educator and writer. After obtaining an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, Locke became the first Black Rhodes Scholar.
- Alexander L. Twilight. First Black person to graduate from a U.S. college. Alexander Twilight grew up in Corinth, Vermont during the turn of the 18th century where he worked on a neighbor's farm while learning to read and write.
- Bessie Coleman. First Black civilian to become a licensed pilot. Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas, in 1892 and grew up in a family of 13 children.
- Dr. Charles Hamilton Houston. First Black editor of Harvard Law Review. Charles Hamilton Houston went to Amherst and taught English at Howard University before attending Harvard Law School, where he would make history.
Feb 1, 2023 · When you see posters and graphics related to Black History Month, chances are you'll see them designed with the same four colors: red, black, green, and gold.
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Mar 1, 2015 · Plantation records list mostly diminutive first names (e.g. Tom, Dolly) and more rarely biblical (e.g., Abraham, Israel), well-known historical (e.g. Matilda, Pompey), classical (e.g. Scipio,...
- Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) Congress is more diverse now than it's ever been. However, when Chisholm was attempting to shatter the glass ceiling, the same couldn't be said.
- Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) Dr. King is usually credited for the March on Washington in August 1963. But it was Rustin who organized and strategized in the shadows.
- Claudette Colvin (1939- ) Before Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, there was a brave 15-year-old who chose not to sit at the back of the bus.
- Annie Lee Cooper (1910-2010) The Selma, Alabama, native played a crucial part in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement. But it wasn't until Oprah played her in the 2014 Oscar-nominated film Selma that people really took notice of Cooper's activism.
Jan 29, 2023 · The official colors of Black History Month are black, red, yellow, and green, which symbolize unity and pride. The colors are derived from the Ethiopian flag and the Pan-African flag, which was...
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This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans (for the outdated and unscientific racial term) or Afro-Americans.
