RALPH J. BUNCHE
RALPH J. BUNCHE (1904 -1971) was a political scientist and the first African American to win a Nobel Prize in […]
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR.
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. (1908 -1972) Politician, minister, and the first elected African American Congressman of New York. As pastor […]
THURGOOD MARSHALL
THURGOOD MARSHALL, (1908 -1993) Judge, jurist, and first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Thurgood Marshall […]
JESSE OWENS
JESSE OWENS, (1913 -1980) was a track star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics and became an […]
ROSA PARKS
ROSA PARKS, (1913 -2005) was arrested on December 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat on a […]
FANNIE LOU HAMER
FANNIE LOU HAMER, (1917 -1977) From the life of a sharecropper to a civil rights leader and voting rights activist […]