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SIT BACK, RELAX & ENJOY

SIT BACK, RELAX & ENJOY. THE SIMPLE, YET REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS. OF THESE PIONEERS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. FEBRUARY 2011. BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. IN 1926 CARTER G. WOODSON ORIGINATED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK.

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SIT BACK, RELAX & ENJOY

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  1. SIT BACK, RELAX & ENJOY THE SIMPLE, YET REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE PIONEERS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

  2. FEBRUARY 2011 BLACK HISTORY MONTH BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY

  3. IN 1926 CARTER G. WOODSONORIGINATED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK THESE ARE SOME OF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED US ALL

  4. BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE (D-TEX)

  5. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM HOUSE OF REP. (D-NY) /FIRST FEMALE PRESEDENTIAL CANDIDATE

  6. GENS. BENJAMAN O. DAVIS THE FATHER: 1ST BLACK ARMY GENERAL THE SON: 1ST BLACK AIR FORCE GENERAL

  7. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE // CHAIRMAN JOINT CHEIFS

  8. CARL BRASHEAR FIRST BLACK AMPUTEE TO SERVE IN THE U.S.NAVY/ FIRST BLACK MASTER DIVER IN THE U. S. NAVY

  9. DORIE MILLER AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HEROISM AT PEARL HABOR

  10. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ALL GAVE SOME…SOME GAVE ALL

  11. BESSIE “QUEEN BESS” COLEMAN FIRST BLACK PILOT

  12. HIRAM R. REVELS FIRST BLACK SENATOR 1870-1871

  13. MAJ. ROBERT LAWRENCE JR. FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT

  14. GUION S.BLUFORD FIRST BLACK MAN IN SPACE

  15. DR. MAE CAROL JEMISON FIRST BLACK WOMAN IN SPACE

  16. DR. CHARLES DREW DISCOVERED BLOOD PLASMA

  17. DR. BEN CARSON FIRST TO SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATE TWINS JOINED AT THE HEAD

  18. EDWARD A. BOUCHET FIRST BLACK MAN TO EARN A PH.D (YALE UNIVERSITY-1876)

  19. GEORGIANA SIMPSON / SADIE T. ALEXANDER / EVA B. DYKES FIRST BLACK WOMEN TO EARN PH.D U OF CHICAGO/ U OF PENN/ RADCLIFFE COLLEGE (1921)

  20. FREDERICK DOUGLASS “FRITZ” POLLARD FIRST BLACK HEAD COACH IN THE NFL

  21. ART SHELL FIRST BLACK HEAD COACH IN MODERN NFL

  22. ERNIE DAVIS FIRST BLACK HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER

  23. ROSA PARKS MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

  24. IDA B. WELLS BARNETT FIRST WRITER TO DOCUMENT THE LYNCHING OF BLACKS

  25. FREDA JOESEPHINE McDONALD BAKER1906-1975 I did take the blows of life, in dignity

  26. ROBERT WILLIAMSCIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER IN MONROE, NC INTRUMENTAL IN THE KISSING CASE OF 1958

  27. FOUR NC A&T FRESHMEN: SAT-IN AT WOOLWORTH’S IN GREENSBORO, NC 1960 AND LAUNCHED A MOVEMENT DAVID RICHMOND,FRANKLIN McCAIN, EZELL BLAIR,JOE McNEIL

  28. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR “INJUSTICE ANYWHERE, IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE”

  29. MALCOLM X (LITTLE) “BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY”

  30. MARIAN ANDERSON FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO PERFORM AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

  31. MELVIN & MARIO VAN PEEBLES FILM-MAKERS

  32. SHELTON “SPIKE” LEE FILM-MAKER

  33. RICHARD PRYOR GROUND BREAKING COMIC

  34. MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER FIRST BLACK PLAYER IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL 1884

  35. JOSH GIBSON NEGRO LEAGUE STAR HIT 75 HRS IN 1931 972 CAREER HRS

  36. JACKIE ROBINSON FIRST BLACK PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1947

  37. CANNON ST. YMCA LITTLE LEAGUE ALLSTARSCHARLESTON SC 1955 WHITE TEAMS REFUSED TO PLAY THEM

  38. MAX ROBINSON FIRST BLACK NETWORK NEWS ANCHOR (ABC)

  39. HAZEL SCOTT FIRST BLACK PERSON WITH A NETWORK TV SHOW (DUMONT NETWORK-1950)

  40. NATHANEIL ADAMS COLES“KING” FIRST BLACK MAN WITH NETWORK TV SHOW (NBC-1956)

  41. HENRY O. FLIPPER FIRST BLACK CADET AT WEST POINT

  42. JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLETHE FATHER OF CHICAGO FOUNDED THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS OF CHICAGO, ILL

  43. JACK JOHNSON FIRST BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION

  44. ALTHEA GIBSON FIRST BLACK WIMBLEDON CHAMPION

  45. MADAME C. J. WALKER FIRST BLACK FEMALE MILLIONAIRE

  46. THURGOOD MARSHALL FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

  47. CARL B. STOKES FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF A MAJOR CITY (CLEVELAND,OHIO)

  48. LAWRENCE DOUGLAS WILDER FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR (VIRGINIA)

  49. BARACK OBAMA FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  50. THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY: DUTCH DILLIGARD GOLDSBORO, NC

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