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ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D. Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance. AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG. Congressman, activist….First African American ambassador to UN. BARBARA JORDAN. Congresswoman…First African American woman State Senator. AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS.
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ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance
AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG Congressman, activist….First African American ambassador to UN
BARBARA JORDAN Congresswoman…First African American woman State Senator
AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS Lawyer, professor, politician…First African American woman Ambassador
DOUGLAS WILDER Politician…First African American to be elected governor of U.S. state
HARRY BELAFONTE Musician, actor, social activist…First African American to win Emmy Award
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, PH.D Historian…Helped develop Brown vs. Board of Education case
THOMAS JENNINGSInventor…First African American to hold a U.S. patent- invented the dry cleaning process********************** GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN Inventor….invented gas mask used in World War I and traffic signal
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND JAMES NABRIT Civil rights leaders
MORDECAI WYATT JOHNSON Educator…First black president of Howard University
AMBASSADOR RALPH J. BUNCHE, PH.D Educator, diplomat…Mediator of Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement
RUBY DEE Poet, activist, actress… is known for paving the way for African American actors and filmmakers
THURGOOD MARSHALL, J.D. American jurist…First African American to sit on U.S. Supreme Court and known for victory of Brown vs. Board of Education