Black History Month

Jackie Robinson

• The first African American to play major league baseball.

• A foremost pediatric neurosurgeon and commonly called the "Man with gifted hands.

• A scholar and activist who became the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, wrote extensively, and co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

• African American civil rights activist and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam.

Mae Jemison

• A dressmaker from AL who was arrested when she refused to give up her bus seat to a White male and later became known as the "Mother of Civil Rights."

• She was an African American inventor who received a patent for what is now our modern day ironing board.

• The first African American woman in space.

• An acclaimed playwright, poet, novelist, and a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

Dr. Benjamin Carson

• A brilliant surgeon who pioneered research with plasma and created the first blood bank.

• An escaped slave from the New England area who was killed during the Boston Massacre.

• A scholar and activist who became the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, wrote extensively, and co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

• A foremost pediatric neurosurgeon and commonly called the "Man with gifted hands."

George Washington Carver

• u. He invented the traffic light, gas mask, and many other inventions.

• A former slave who went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time well known for developing products with the peanut and sweet potato crops.

• The first African-American to play major league baseball.

• An African-American organization formed in the US to promote civil rights.

Booker T. Washington

• He was born to a slave mother but became an educator and founder of Tuskegee University.

• An escaped slave from the New England area who was killed during the Boston Massacre.

• An acclaimed playwright, poet, novelist, and a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

• Author and historian commonly referred to as "the Father of Black History Month."

Dr. Carter G. Woodson

• The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his non-violent work with the Civil Rights Movement.

• Author and historian commonly referred to as "the Father of Black History Month."

• A sailor in the United States Navy who became the first African American to set foot on the continent of Antarctica.

• African prince who became a Christian missionary.

Sojourner Truth

• She was an African American inventor who received a patent for what is now our modern day ironing board.

• Self-taught, free, Black mathematician, writer, surveyor, and inventor instrumental in the design of the nation's capital.

• A dressmaker from AL who was arrested when she refused to give up her bus seat to a White male and later became known as the "Mother of Civil Rights."

• An escaped slave who fought for civil and women's rights even challenging a White male in the courts and winning the return of her son.

Sarah Boone

• Was issued over fifty patents for his inventions most notably in the railroad industry.

• Activist and entrepreneur who developed beauty products and was the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire.

• She was an African American inventor who received a patent for what is now our modern day ironing board.

• A dressmaker from AL who was arrested when she refused to give up her bus seat to a White male and later became known as the "Mother of Civil Rights."

Harriet Tubman

• Activist and entrepreneur who developed beauty products and was the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire.

• She was an African American inventor who received a patent for what is now our modern day ironing board

• A former slave who went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time well known for developing products with the peanut and sweet potato crops.

• A courageous woman who led enslaved people to freedom along the "Underground Railroad."

Garret Morgan

• He invented the traffic light, gas mask, and many other inventions.

• An African-American organization formed in the US to promote civil rights.

• The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his non-violent work with the Civil Rights Movement.

• Former soldier and retired four-star General who eventually became first Black Secretary of State in 2001.