John James Neimore Publisher
Annie Onieta Plummer The Dictionary Lady
Jonh Brown Abolitionist
Liberia Established Freed American slaves established country of Liberia
Briton Hammon First African American prose writer of note
Matthias de Sousa Adventurer
Andrew Young Named Ambassadoe and Chief US Delegate
Milla Granson Helped make it possible for slaves to teach other slaves.
Roland Burris, a longtime Illinois state official, was named to succeed former Senator and
Gus Savage ascended to Congress as an outsider to elective politics. A veteran civil right
The first African-American woman Senator, Carol Moseley-Braun was also only the second bla
Ralph Metcalfe achieved worldwide fame as an Olympic athlete years before he became involv
Harold Washington First African-American mayor of Chicago
Representative, 1973-1997, Democrat from Illinois. Elected to 12 consecutive terms in the
John R Lynch Congressman John R Lynch presided over the Republican
