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SIT BACK, RELAX & ENJOY THE SIMPLE, YET REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE PIONEERS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

FEBRUARY 2009 ,[object Object],BLACK HISTORY MONTH

IN 1926 CARTER G. WOODSON ORIGINATED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK THESE ARE SOME OF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED US ALL

BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN ,[object Object]

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM ,[object Object]

GENS. BENJAMAN O. DAVIS ,[object Object],[object Object]

CARL BRASHEAR ,[object Object]

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ALL GAVE SOME…SOME GAVE ALL

BESSIE “QUEEN BESS” COLEMAN ,[object Object]

HIRAM R. REVELS ,[object Object]

MAJ. ROBERT LAWRENCE JR. ,[object Object]

GUION S.BLUFORD ,[object Object]

DR. MAE CAROL JEMISON ,[object Object]

DR. CHARLES DREW DISCOVERED BLOOD PLASMA

DR. BEN CARSON FIRST TO SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATE TWINS JOINED AT THE HEAD

EDWARD A. BOUCHET ,[object Object],[object Object]

GEORGIANA SIMPSON / SADIE T. ALEXANDER / EVA B. DYKES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

FREDERICK DOUGLASS “FRITZ” POLLARD ,[object Object]

IDA B. WELLS BARNETT ,[object Object]

FREDA JOESEPHINE McDONALD BAKER 1906-1975 I did take the blows of life, in dignity

ROBERT WILLIAMS CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER IN MONROE, NC ,[object Object]

FOUR NC A&T FRESHMEN: SAT-IN AT WOOLWORTH’S IN GREENSBORO, NC 1960 AND LAUNCHED A MOVEMENT ,[object Object],[object Object]

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ,[object Object]

MALCOLM X (LITTLE) ,[object Object]

MARIAN ANDERSON ,[object Object]

MELVIN & MARIO VAN PEEBLES ,[object Object]

SHELTON “SPIKE” LEE ,[object Object]

RICHARD PRYOR ,[object Object]

MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER ,[object Object],[object Object]

JOSH GIBSON NEGRO LEAGUE STAR HIT 75 HRS IN 1931 972 CAREER HRS

JACKIE ROBINSON ,[object Object],[object Object]

CANNON ST. YMCA LITTLE LEAGUE ALLSTARS CHARLESTON SC 1955 ,[object Object]

NATHANEIL ADAMS COLES “KING” ,[object Object]

HENRY O. FLIPPER ,[object Object]

JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE THE FATHER OF CHICAGO ,[object Object]

ALTHEA GIBSON ,[object Object]

MADAME C. J. WALKER ,[object Object]

THURGOOD MARSHALL ,[object Object]

CARL B. STOKES ,[object Object]

LAWRENCE DOUGLAS WILDER ,[object Object]

THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY: ,[object Object],[object Object]

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