Black History Leaders

MARY CHURCH TERRELL, (1863 -1954) Civil rights leader, co-founder of the NAACP, and first president of the National Association of […]

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, (1864 -1943) was an American scientist, botanist, inventor, and agricultural researcher who developed hundreds of products from […]

LANGSTON HUGHES, (1902 -1967) Poet, playwright, and author who was called the “Poet Laureate of Black America.” Yale University holds […]

ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. (1908 -1972) Politician, minister, and the first elected African American Congressman of New York. As pastor […]