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Throughout our history, many African-Americans have done things so courageous and innovative...
And this is only 74 of them.
With that in mind, we ask that you sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
Some of them were women...
Phyllis Wheatley
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Ida Wells Barnett
Madame CJ Walker
Mary McLeod Bethune
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Jordan
Mae Jemison
Some were colonial pioneers
Crispus Attuks
Fredrick Douglass
Dred Scott
Henry Bibb
Toussaint L'Overture
For some, the Civil Rights Movement was their grand
stage
The Little Rock Nine
Elijah Muhammad
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
Malcolm X
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roy Wilkins
Many had the power to write powerfully
Maya Angelou
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Alex Haley
Langston Hughes
Nikki Giovanni
Dick Gregory
They were Innovators
Benjamin Banneker
George Washington Carver
David Hale
Garrett Morgan
They were leaders of the Motherland, and made
historical firsts
Kwame Nkrumah
Nnamdi Azikwe
Jesse Jackson
Nelson Mandela
President Barack H. Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Benjamin Davis, Sr.
Matthew Henson
Guion Bluford
They Changed the Face of Entertainment
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Vanessa Williams
Oprah Winfrey
Nat King Cole
Berry Gordy
Spike Lee
Redd Foxx
Whitney Houston
Muddy Waters
Michael Jackson
Ray Charles
Lavar Burton
Whoopi Goldberg
Some took their talents to the courts and fields
Muhammad Ali
Leroy Satchel Page
Jim Brown
Wilma Rudolph
Michael Jordan
Arthur Ashe
There you have it, a SAMPLING of just a few of the people that have made an impact on not only black societies, but all
societies today. Thank you so much for viewing this piece, and please enjoy the other
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