ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D

Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance

AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG

Congressman, activist….First African American ambassador to

UN

BARBARA JORDAN

Congresswoman…First African American woman State Senator

AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS

Lawyer, professor, politician…First African American woman

Ambassador

DOUGLAS WILDER

Politician…First African American to be elected governor of U.S.

state

HARRY BELAFONTE

Musician, actor, social activist…First African American to win

Emmy Award

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, PH.D

Historian…Helped develop Brown vs. Board of Education case

THOMAS JENNINGS

Inventor…First African American to hold a U.S. patent- invented the dry cleaning

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GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN

Inventor….invented gas mask used in World War I and traffic

signal

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND JAMES NABRIT

Civil rights leaders

MORDECAI WYATT JOHNSON

Educator…First black president of Howard University

AMBASSADOR RALPH J. BUNCHE, PH.D

Educator, diplomat…Mediator of Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel-

Egypt Armistice Agreement

RUBY DEE

Poet, activist, actress… is known for paving the way for African

American actors and filmmakers

THURGOOD MARSHALL, J.D.

American jurist…First African American to sit on U.S. Supreme Court and

known for victory of Brown vs. Board of Education