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Part Six
Andre Cailloux (1825 – 1863) Civil War hero. Mary Elizabeth Bowser (1822? –?) Confederate White House Spy. Cathay Williams (1842 – 1924) Female Buffalo Soldier. Benjamin Montgomery (1819 –?) Early inventor. Early Black Women Inventors (Late 1800’s) Patterson-Greenfield Motorcar (1860’s – 1939) First African American built automobile. Dr. Patricia Bath (1949 –) Contemporary inventor. Edward M. Bannister (1828 – 1901) Landscape painter. Minnie Evans (1892 – 1987) Folk artist. James VanDerZee (1886 – 1983) Harlem photographer. The California Eagle (1879 – 1964) California’s first African American newspaper. Edwin C. Berry (1854 – 1931) Hotel owner. John H. Johnson (1918 –) Publisher. Jubilee Singers (1871 – present) Fisk University choir. Cheney State University (1837 – present) First African American university. George Washington Williams (1849 – 1891) Wrote first African American history book. James Weldon Johnson (1871 – 1938) Composed the African American national anthem. Carter G. Woodson and Black History Month (1926 – present) Why we celebrate. Schomburg Center (1926 – present) Largest collection of African American memorabilia. Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905 – 1995) Bibliophile and librarian. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) Civil rights activist. Harry “Bucky” Lew (1884 – 1963) First to play basketball in a white league. Alice Coachman (1923) First African American woman Olympic gold medal winner. Hattie McDaniel (1895 – 1952) First African American Oscar winner. Black Female Oscar Winners (1939 – 2001) Bessie Smith (1894 – 1937) “Queen of the Blues”. Arthur Mitchell (1934 –) First male principal dancer. Ntozake Shange (1948 –) Poet and author. Quincy Jones (1933 –) Musician, producer, arranger.
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