| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard Allen |
Religion |
14-Feb-1760 |
26-Mar-1831 |
Founder, African Episcopal Methodist Church |
| Alexander T. Augusta |
Doctor |
8-Mar-1825 |
21-Dec-1890 |
First black battlefield surgeon |
| Benjamin Banneker |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1731 |
25-Oct-1806 |
First African-American astronomer |
| Kathleen Battle |
Singer |
13-Aug-1948 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| Yvette Clarke |
Politician |
21-Nov-1964 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 11th |
| Jim Clyburn |
Politician |
21-Jul-1940 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 6th |
| Sheila Dixon |
Politician |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Baltimore Mayor, resigned in disgrace |
| Floyd H. Flake |
Politician |
30-Jan-1945 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1987-97 |
| Gwen Ifill |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1955 |
|
Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick |
Politician |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
Congresswoman from Michigan, 1997-2011 |
| Denise Majette |
Politician |
18-May-1955 |
|
Congresswoman from Georgia, 2003-05 |
| Dorothy Maynor |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts |
| Oscar Micheaux |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jan-1884 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Within Our Gates |
| Hiram Rhodes Revels |
Politician |
27-Sep-1822 |
16-Jan-1901 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71 |
| Merl Saunders |
Pianist |
14-Feb-1934 |
24-Oct-2008 |
Jazz & New Age keyboardist |
| Terri Sewell |
Politician |
1-Jan-1965 |
|
Congresswoman, Alabama 7th |
| Rev. Cecil Williams |
Religion |
22-Sep-1929 |
|
Glide Memorial Church |
