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100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.
e. This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans (for the outdated and unscientific racial term) or Afro-Americans. African Americans are an ethnic group consisting of citizens of the United States mainly descended from various West African and Central African peoples with possible minor additional ancestry from Europe or ...
(Top) History. List. See also. References. External links. List of African-American inventors and scientists. This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives.
NameYearsOccupation (s)Inventions / Accomplishments1958–Electrical engineerFirst African American to serve as a ...1940–Physicist, inventorInvented a method of fabricating an ...1888–1958Civil engineerResponsible for the construction of many ...Ammons, VirgieDecember 29, 1908 – July 12, 2000InventorFiled the fireplace throat damper patent ...Jan 30, 2024 · However, the plan had positive results -- within a year of implementation, the number of Black people employed as skilled workers jumped from 2% to 22.7%, according to historical records.
- 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.
Feb 1, 2024 · Kris Connor/Getty Images. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month and Beyond. Incredible, influential pioneers in African American history. Shameika Rhymes. Feb 1, 2024.
Feb 8, 2022 · Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about. February 8, 20224:12 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Elizabeth Blair. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Engraved...
