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
Louis (or Lucas) Santomee First university-trained black physician
Carter G. Woodson Founder of Black History Month
William Wells Brown First African-American to publish a novel
James Augustine Healey First black Catholic bishop
Slavery abolished in all French territories Slavery abolished in all French territories
