Charlotte Ray First black woman lawyer
Lift Every Voice and Sing National Negro Anthem
Doris 'Dorie' Miller Naval Hero
Geraldine McCullough Wins gold for Sculpture
Marguerite Johnson Poet
Rebecca Lee Crumpler First African American women to earn a medical degree.
Willie Dixon Boxer, Blues Musician
Lucius D. Amerson First black sheriff
George Washingtion Murray George Washingtion Murray
Henry A Rucker Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of internal Revenue
Patience Singleton friend of compiler
Otis Boykin An electronic scientist and inventor
Michael Croslin Holder of more than 40 patents for medical inventions
Thomas J. Martin awarded for the fire extinguisher
Thomas Andrew Dorsey Father of the gospel song
