Famous Historical Black Americans List

Get the information about famous Historical Americansdevised many products from cotton waste and
who are got the prestige by their working. The list ofextracted blue, purple, and red pigments from local
famous African Americans is presented randomlyclay.
without any particular order of field and without anyW.E.B. DuBois: An African American educator, author,
regard to living and non-living legends. Every yearhistorian, sociologist, philosopher, poet, and leader.
America celebrated black history day on FebruaryBesides being one of the founders of the NAACP, he
month, which was established since 1926. Benjaminwas the very first African American to receive a
Banneker, Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Georgedoctoral degree from Harvard University.
Washington Carver, Abraham Lincoln, Jesse Owens,Marian Anderson: First African American Opera singer
President Barack Obama, Michael Joseph Jackson arewas well known for her extraordinary contralto voice. .
one of them.She was the first African American to be named a
permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera
Follow the list for detailed about famous black AfricanCompany, as well as the first to perform at the White
Americans:House
Benjamin Banneker: Benjamin Banneker is an AfricanMaya Angelou: A world famous poet, author, historian
American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor,singer and civil rights activist. This Grammy and Horatio
almanac author and farmer. Banneker's life isAlger award winner was raised in segregated rural
inspirational. Despite the popular prejudices of his times,Arkansas.
the man was quite unwilling to let his race or his ageJesse Owens: He was a track and field athlete who
hinder in any way his thirst for intellectual development.won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Dr. George Washington Carver: one of the greatInfluenced by principles and practices of Dr. Martin
scientist, botanist, educator and inventor transformingLuther King Jr. he took the role of Defense.
southern agriculture. He discovered hundreds of usesB.B King: The guitarist B.B. King has been called the
for the peanut, the sweet potato, and the soybeanundisputed King of the Blues.
and thus stimulated the culture of these crops. He