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Part Four
- Photographs
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Eugene Jacques Bullard
(1894-1961)
First African American fighter pilot in World War
I
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Guy Bluford
(1942 - )
First African American astronaut in space
Photo Courtesy of NASA |
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Shirley Chisholm
(1924 - )
First African American woman elected to congress
Photo Courtesy of Washington D.C. Public Library |
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Henry Flipper
(1856-1940)
First African American graduate of West Point
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Jesse Owens
(1913-1980)
African American sprinter won four gold medals in
the 1936 Olympic Games
Photo Courtesy of Washington D.C. Public Library |
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Marion Anderson
(1900?-1993)
First African American to perform at the Metropolitan
Opera
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Mary McLeod Bethune
(1875-1955)
Educator, first African American woman to serve as
head of a Federal Agency
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Part Six -
Photographs |
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Bessie Smith
(1894-1937)
“Empress of the Blues”
Photo Credits: Courtesy IOKTS Archives |
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George Washington Williams
(1849-1891)
Author, first Black History Book
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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John H. Johnson
(1918 - )
Founder of Johnson Publishing Company
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Dr. Patrcia Bath
(1949 - )
Inventor of a medical device to remove cataracts
from the eye faster and more accurate.
Photo Courtesy of IOKTS Productions, Photographer G. Theodore Catherine |
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Part Seven
- Photographs |
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
(1877-1970)
First African American General in U.S. Army
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Andrew “Rube” Foster (1879-1930)
Founder of the Negro National League
Photo Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame |
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W. C. Handy
(1873-1953)
First musician to publish a blues song
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Patrick Healy
(1830-1910)
First African American president of a university,
Georgetown University
Photo Courtesy of Georgetown University |
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Hazel Scott
(1920-1981)
First African American to host a television show
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Jackie Robinson
(1919-1972)
First African American major league baseball player
Photo Courtesy of National Baseball League Hall of Fame |
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Mary Eliza Mahoney
(1845-1926)
First African American registered nurse
Photo Courtesy of IOKTS Archives |
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Sadie Alexander
(1898-1989)
First African American woman to earn PhD
Photo Courtesy of National Archives |
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Toni Stone
(1921-1996)
First African American woman to play professional
baseball
Photo Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame |
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