ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance.
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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
process**********************
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