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This inventor and businessman started the Cleveland Call, which became one of the most important Black Newspapers in the nation

• Garrett Morgan

• Booker T. Washington

• Carter G. Woodson

• Fredrick Douglas

Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

Performed at the Lincoln Memorial

• Mae C. Jemison

• Marion Anderson

• Oprah

• Rosa Parks

First African American in Space

Mathematician, Astronomer, Surveyor, and Almanac Author

• John Horse

• Thurgood Marshall

• Benjamin Banneker

• Nat Love

Leader of the Black Seminoles

Inventor of the Super Soaker

He agreed with a group of citizens who wanted to challenge unjust laws. As a test, _________ violated the 1890 Louisiana Separate Car Law. That means he agreed to break the law on purpose.

First black MLB player

First Legally Sanctioned African American Community in the US