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Part One - Photographs
Benjamin Banneker
(1731-1806)
Astronomer & Mathematician
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915)
Founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Photo Courtesy of National Archives
Carver G. Woodson
(1864-1943)
Scientist, botanist, and educator Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
George Washington Carver
with Henry Ford
Photo Courtesy of National Archives
George W. Carver
(1864-1943)
Scientist, botanist, created 300 products from the peanut
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Matthew Henson
(1866-1955)
First person to reach the North Pole Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Part Two - Photographs
Elizabeth Keckley
(1818-1907)
Seamstress, wrote a book about life in the White House Photo Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
Isaac Murphy
(1861?-1896)
First jockey to win three Kentucky Derby races
Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Lillian Evanti
(1891-1967)
Founder of the National Negro Opera Company Photo Courtesy of Thurlow Tibbs, Evans Tibbs Collection
Part Three - Photographs
Frederick Douglass
(1818?-1895)
Abolitionist, escaped slavery disguised as a sailor Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967)
Poet, Laureate of Harlem Photo Courtesy of National Archives
Thurgood Marshall
(1908-1993)
First African American Supreme Court Justice Photo Courtesy of National Geographic
Willa Brown-Chappell
(1906-1992)
First African American female commercial pilot Photo Courtesy of National Archives Collection
Lorraine Hansberry
(1930-1965)
First African American woman to write a Broadway play Photo Courtesy of National Archives
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