Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century African Americans
|
Aldridge, Ira |
Actor |
1807 - 1867 |
Banneker, Benjamin |
Inventor, Mathematician |
1731 - 1806 |
Blair, Henry |
Inventor |
1804 - 1860 |
Coker, Daniel |
Activist, Colonizationist, Educator, Minister |
1780 - 1846 |
Dorsey, Decatur |
Army Officer, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient |
1840 - 1914 |
Douglass, Frederick |
Abolitionist, Educator |
1817 - 1895 |
Fleetwood, Christian |
Army Officer, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Editor |
1840 - 1914 |
Garnet, Henry Highland |
Minister |
1815 - 1882 |
Harper, Francis Ellen Watkins |
Novelist, Poet, Abolitionist |
1825 - 1911 |
Henson, Josiah |
Minister |
1789 - 1883 |
Johns(t)on, Joshua |
Portrait Painter |
c.1765 - 1830 |
Lange, Mary Elizabeth |
Founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence |
c.1784 - 1882 |
Myers, Isaac |
Businessman, Pioneer labor Leader |
1835 - 1891 |
Payne, Daniel A. |
Clergyman, Church Historian, Educator |
1811 - 1893 |
Pennington, James W.C. |
Abolitionist, Clergyman, Teacher |
1807 - 1870 |
Smith, Amanda Berry |
Educator, Evangelist |
1837 - 1915 |
Still, William Grant |
Composer |
1895 - 1978 |
Tubman, Harriet |
Abolitionist, Nurse, Social Reformer, Spy |
c.1821 - 1913 |
Ward, Samuel Ringgold |
Abolitionist, Journalist |
c.1817 ‑ 1864 |
Watkins, William Sr. |
Abolitionist, Educator |
1801 - 1858 |
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Twentieth Century African Americans
|
Baines, Harold |
Athlete/Baseball |
1959 - |
Blake, Eubie |
Musician |
1883 - 1983 |
Brown, Anne Wiggins |
Singer |
1915 - 2009 |
Calloway, Cab |
Band Leader, Entertainer |
1908 - 1994 |
Carson, Benjamin |
Surgeon |
1951 - |
Chapman, Nathan A. Jr, |
Investor |
1958 - |
Clifton, Lucille |
Author/Poet |
1936 - 2010 |
Cummings, Elijah |
Politician |
1951- |
Curbeam, Robert |
Astronaut |
1962 - |
Dawes, Dominique |
Athlete/Gymnastics |
1976 - |
Day, Leon |
Athlete/Baseball |
1916 - 1995 |
Du Bois, W.E.B. |
Educator |
1868 - 1963 |
Dutton, Charles |
Actor |
1951 - |
Elder, Clarence L. |
Researcher, inventor |
1935 - |
Ennis, Ethel |
Musician |
1932 - |
Evans, Damon |
Actor |
1950 - |
Fax, Elton C. |
Artist, Author, Lecturer |
1909 - 1993 |
Gans, Joe |
Athlete/Boxing |
1874 - 1910 |
Henson, Matthew |
Explorer |
1866 - 1955 |
Holiday, Billie |
Musician |
1915 - 1959 |
Hrabowski, Freeman A. III |
Educator |
1950 - |
Jackson, Lillie M. Carroll |
Civil Rights Activist |
1889 - 1975 |
Jackson, Reggie |
Athlete/Baseball |
1946 - |
Lacy, Sam |
Journalist |
1903 - 2003 |
Larkins, Ellis |
Musician, Piano |
1923 - 2002 |
Leonard, Sugar Ray |
Athlete/Boxing |
1956 - |
Lewis, James E. |
Artist |
1923 - 1997 |
Lewis, Reginald F. |
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist |
1942 - 1993 |
Long, Avon |
Actor, Dancer, Singer |
1910 - 1984 |
Marshall, Thurgood |
Attorney, Jurist |
1908 - 1993 |
McKenzie, Vashti |
AME Bishop, Minister |
1947 - |
McMillan, Enolia P. |
Activist, Educator |
1904 - 2006 |
McNeil, Claudia |
Actress, Singer |
1917 - 1993 |
Mfume, Kweisi |
Civil Rights Activist, Politician |
1948 - |
Mitchell, Parren |
Politician |
1922 - 2007 |
Mitchell, Clarence M. Jr. |
Politician |
1911 - 1984 |
Mitchell, Juanita Jackson |
Attorney, Civil Rights Activist |
1913 - 1992 |
Moore, Lenny |
Athlete/Football |
1933 - |
Murphy, Carl |
Journalist |
1889 - 1967 |
Murray, Pauli |
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Priest |
1910 - 1985 |
Muse, Clarence |
Actor, Director, Singer |
1889 - 1979 |
Peters, Cortez W. Sr. |
Typist, Founder of Business School |
1906 - 1964 |
Porter, James Amos |
Artist, Author |
1905 - 1970 |
Quarles, Benjamin A. |
Historian |
1904 - 1996 |
Rollins, Howard |
Actor |
1950 - 1996 |
Schmoke, Kurt L. |
Attorney, Politician |
1949 - |
Scott, Joyce |
Artist |
1948 - |
Smith, Mary Carter |
Griot |
1919 - 2007 |
Smith, Jada Pinkett |
Actress |
1971 - |
Unseld, Westley |
Athlete/Basketball |
1946 - |
Watkins, Levi, Jr. |
Physician, Surgeon |
1944 - 2015 |
Webb, Chick |
Musician |
1909 - 1939 |
Welcome, Verda |
Politician |
1907 - 1991 |
Williams, Montel |
Television Personality |
1956 - |
Winfrey, Oprah |
Television Personality |
1954 - |