Lewis Howard Latimer Made Electric Lighting Practical
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Poet
Black Renaissance Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY, 1922 [How the hell did they figure this out?]
Larry Doby First black player in the AL
Rosa Parks December 1, 1955
Samuel Ringgold Ward Runaway slave and editor
Caterina Jarboro First Black prima donna of an United States opera company
Geroge H. White Last former slave to sit in the House of Representative
Nannie Helen Burroughs African-American educators
Ambrose Caliver Senior Specialist in the Education of Negroes
Arna Wendell Bontemps Writer
Elmer Simms Campbell Cartoonist
James Amos Porter Artist and author
Henry Blair Inventor
Shirley Graham Writer
