Brought attention to the horrors of lynching and inequality in the south through her writing.

First African American President of the United States

First African American female principal dancer with the American Ballet

The passage from West Africa to the Americas

The case that desegregated the school system

The first self-made female millionaire and inventor of many African-American hair products in the 1920s and 1930s

First Black man to earn a PHD from Harvard

She was the first woman to run for President.

Nine students were selected to integrate Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas and were faced with severe opposition. They received death threats daily, and were mistreated by other students.

De Jure (by law) segregation that made segregation legal as long as both facilities were equal.

First African American to receive three Oscar nominations for their first film

Slave who sued the United States for his freedom

African American sprinter who graduated from Ohio State University . He also went to Germany and beat out Hitler’s “master race” to win four gold medals.

Famous inventor who discovered several ways to use a peanut.