Black History Month

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

The first black congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South

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

Sang in church choirs before becoming a world renowned opera singer

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

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

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

Started the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama

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

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

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

started what is called today "Black History Month

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

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

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

Then became the first African American woman astronaut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

first black player in all white major league baseball

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

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

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

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

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

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

led the first anti-lynching campaigning in America