Black History Month

Child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and other things

Many consider this doctor to be the originator of the Blood Bank concept

This person, who was a famous writer of piano music, was known as the "king of ragtime."

This person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court

This person, a well-known trumpet player, was known by the nickname "Satchmo."

In 1870, this person was the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives

This person, the child of ex-slaves, developed a hair product and died a millionaire

an American composer, pianist, and bandleader pivotal figure in the history of jazz

started what is called today "Black History Month

heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949 against the Nazi boxer Max Schleming.

Helped start the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

The first black woman to earn a pilot's license she was a leader in the field of aviation.

leading abolitionist and women's rights activist. Her best-known speech is Ain't I a Woman?.

He later became a leading botanist and developed hundreds of uses for peanuts.

Invented a machine, called "lasting machine," that stitched the leather of a shoe to its sole

performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games famous in defying the Nazi’s Aryan superiority

The first black congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South

Then became the first African American woman astronaut.

This person wrote proudly of black people in books, poems, and plays

Sang in church choirs before becoming a world renowned opera singer

Started the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama

first black player in all white major league baseball

This person started a newspaper called "The North Star" and spoke with president Lincoln

Many consider this fur and grain trader to be the founder of the city of Chicago

organized voter-registration efforts, worked to fight discrimination and was assassinated

civil rights activist best known for starting a private school for African-American students

This civil rights advocate told her life story in the book A Colored Woman in a White World

social activist and the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress

led the first anti-lynching campaigning in America

appointed by President George Washington to survey the land that would become Washington, D.C.

child of a runaway slave, was a football All American and a well-known actor and singer

Led so many slaves to freedom, she was sometimes called by the nickname Moses.