Claude McKay Novelist and Poet
First Pan-African Congress Paris, France
Charles Edward Anderson First known African American Ph.D. in Meteorology
William Alexander Scott II Publisher of the first sucessful black daily newspaper.
Lena Horne Singer, Actor
William Tucker 1st Black child born in U.S.
National Council of Negro women National Council of Negro women
Bethune-Cookman College Bethune-Cookman College opened in Daytona Beach FL.
Segregation in buses and terminals banned by Interstate Commerce Commission
Percy Lavon Julian, Doctor Scientist, Medical Researcher
Martin R. Delany U.S. Black Abolitionist, Physician, and Editor
Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Robert Tanner Freeman First African American to receive a dental degree in the United Stat
Janet Collins Janet Collins, ballerina, frist black dancer to appear with the Metropolian
JH Hunter JH Hunter patented the portable weighing scales
