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Part One - Photographs
![Benjamin Banneker](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_a813d0691db946dbbd8877caf0518b18~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/Benjamin_Banneker_gif.jpeg)
Benjamin Banneker
(1731-1806)
Astronomer & Mathematician
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
![Booker T. Washington](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_e7fb45406405408fb8b3115e2886c214~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/Booker_T_Washington_gif.jpeg)
Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915)
Founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Photo Courtesy of National Archives
![Carver G. Woodson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_064fa65f8a3e47d3ae0292d5501d418a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/Carver_G_Woodson_gif.jpeg)
Carver G. Woodson
(1864-1943)
Scientist, botanist, and educator Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
![George Washington Carver with Henry Ford](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_24b6e130637d446bb87311740f9b7b6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/GCarver-with-Henry-Ford_gif.jpeg)
George Washington Carver
with Henry Ford
Photo Courtesy of National Archives
![George W. Carver](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_eb0bd6f06b2149a9971c7dc6310e0361~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/George_Washington_Carver_gi.jpeg)
George W. Carver
(1864-1943)
Scientist, botanist, created 300 products from the peanut
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
![Matthew Henson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_cc42f7c053554b39b91f894a22607a33~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/Matthew_Henson_gif.jpeg)
Matthew Henson
(1866-1955)
First person to reach the North Pole Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Part Two - Photographs
![Elizabeth Keckley](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_d22d913c35514e1abf9ae3498ceba594~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/ELIZABETHKECKLEY_gif.jpeg)
Elizabeth Keckley
(1818-1907)
Seamstress, wrote a book about life in the White House Photo Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
![Isaac Murphy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_19d6324b1a034bee964dc8797a5117fd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/ISAACMURPHY_gif.jpeg)
Isaac Murphy
(1861?-1896)
First jockey to win three Kentucky Derby races
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
![Lillian Evanti](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_de156fe5296f41e6a7a1912b8b1739d3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/LILLIANEVANTI_gif.jpeg)
Lillian Evanti
(1891-1967)
Founder of the National Negro Opera Company Photo Courtesy of Thurlow Tibbs, Evans Tibbs Collection
Part Three - Photographs
![Frederick Douglass](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_ee28ccaddc1b4fe4b6fbb18c0c490981~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/Frederick-Douglass_gif.jpeg)
Frederick Douglass
(1818?-1895)
Abolitionist, escaped slavery disguised as a sailor Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
![Langston Hughes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_4885669b802b4ddeb11b796e209b5a65~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/langstonhughes_gif.jpeg)
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967)
Poet, Laureate of Harlem Photo Courtesy of National Archives
![Thurgood Marshall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_518447e89dee4a48b0c2c12bd3208c61~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/thurgoodmarshall_gif.jpeg)
Thurgood Marshall
(1908-1993)
First African American Supreme Court Justice Photo Courtesy of National Geographic
![Willa Brown-Chappell](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_1e290e1f4de34992977af581ecf71fff~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/willabrown_gif.jpeg)
Willa Brown-Chappell
(1906-1992)
First African American female commercial pilot Photo Courtesy of National Archives Collection
![Lorraine Hansberry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ab3ee1_9e7be5b7345c47058976e44b65b268b7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_120,h_120,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/lorrainehansberry_gif.jpeg)
Lorraine Hansberry
(1930-1965)
First African American woman to write a Broadway play Photo Courtesy of National Archives
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