People Aas

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Nathan Hare

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First person to coordinate a black studies program.

1968

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John Henrik Clark

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Found the AHSA (African Heritage Studies Association)

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Jacob Carruthers

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Father of kemetic institute. Dedicated to the recovery of the legacy of Ancient Egypt

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Haille Selassie

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First emperor of Ethiopia. Worshipped by Rastafarians.

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Mansa Musa

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Emperor of the kindom of Mali ( In Africa) . known for the pilgrimage to mecca.

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Lucy Terry Prince

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wrote the oldest surviving work of literature - a poem.

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Crispus Attucks

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The first of five people to be killed in the Boston Massacre. "First Martyr".

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Oliver Cromwell

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Cromwell got an award from the military. Rewarded.

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Jean Baptist du Sable

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The father of Chicago. He was the first settler to have settled in Chicago.

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Fredrick Douglass

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escaped from slavery and became influential writer and gave speeches.

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Paul Cuffee

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Black Quaker. Helped black people emigrate to Sierra Leone. Used his own money.

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Martin Delaney

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AFrican American abolitionist. The first member of American Black Nationalism. and first African American Field officer in army.

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Joseph Cinque

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First African man of the mende tribe.Defendant in the Amistad Case.

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A. Philip Randolph

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Founder of the first black labor union. Brotherhood of sleepin car porters.

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George Washington Bush

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First African American settler to settle anywhere. He settled in Washington.

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Mary Church Terrell

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First president of National Association of Colored Women (NACW)

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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President of Bethune-Cookman college. One of the few women in the world that was president of college.

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Daniel Hale Williams

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First person to successfully perform open-heart surgery

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George Washington Carver

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Tuskegee Scientist. Used southern grown products - Peanuts.

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Garret Morgan

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Invented automatic Traffic light 1923

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Madame C.J. Walker

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First black woman millionare. Hair care empire 1910

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Thurgood Marshall

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1st Black Supreme Court Justice

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Angela Davis

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Militant activist, ran for Vice President of the Communist Party