Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

male, deceased (1915)
from Alabama, West Virginia writer, Alabama writer, Virginia writer, African American, author…African-American history, American
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community....
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman

female, deceased (1913) (Dorchester)
freedom fighter, stood up for what she believed in, inspiration to women everywhere, African-American, African-American history, wartime spy…American, African American in the Civil War, American Civil War spy, american civil war, African American
Harriet Tubman (1820 - 1913) escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849 and traveled north. She then helped hundreds of other slaves flee to the north to...
Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

male, deceased (1940)
wikt redeem, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr, black separatist, Masonry, orator, farmer…African-American history, african, Recipient of American presidential pardons, African American
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., National Hero of Jamaica (August 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940), was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black...
Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee Airmen

United States Army officer, From Tuskegee, Alabama, 332nd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, US Army Air Corps, Black history in the United States military…African-American history, African American
The Tuskegee Airmen was the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter...
W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, separatism, writer, historian, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…African-American history, American, African-American studies scholar, African American
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
Dred Scott

Dred Scott

male, deceased (1858)
From st. louis, missouri, freedom, Republican, Wisconsin Territory, death by tuberculosis, louisiana purchase…American, African-American history, american civil war, African American
Dred Scott was a slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in the famous "Dred Scott v. Sandford" case of 1856. His case was based on the fact...
Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

female, deceased (1784)
Congregationalist, Gambian women writer, Senegalese women writer, Boston cultural history, American women writer, Massachusetts colonial…Senegalese American, African American, African American literature, American Revolutionary War, African-American history
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American female writer to be published in the United States. Her book "Poems on Various Subjects" was...
Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks

male, deceased (1770)
death by firearm in the United States, Massachusetts colonial, white, african american history, Abolitionism, American Revolutionary War…American Independence, African American in the American Revolution, Native American, African-American history, african
Crispus Attucks ("circa" 1723 - March 5, 1770), was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre. He has been frequently named as the...
Black Muslims

Black Muslims

male
Muslim, Nation of Islam, African-American history, Islam in the United States
Black Muslims may refer to a number of different religious and ethnic groups.
Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet

male, deceased (1882)
African American, slave, African-American history, slavery, abolitionist, Segregationist…American, African Free School
Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 - February 13, 1882) was an African American abolitionist and orator. He was the first black minister to...