Atlanta University Atlanta University
Wilcie Elfe The earliest known black pharmacist
Sojourner Truth Abolitionist, women's rights activist and preacher
Negro History Week Negro History Week initiated by Carter G Woodson
Zora Neale Hurston Anthropoligist, Writer
Legal Defense and Education Fund NAACP
Elijah McCoy Inventor holding over 57 patents
Wilberforce University Wilberforce University
Mississippi Valley State University
Evelyn Boyd Granville First black woman to receive an honorary doctorate
John Coltrane Jazz Music Innovator
Irwin C. Mollison Appointed Jjudge
Matthew Ricketts First black man elected to Nebraska State Legislature
Milton L. Olive III Vietnam War Hero
Fair Employment Practices Fair Employment Practices Commission
