Cathy Hughes
Cathy Hughes, whose full name is Catherine L. Hughes, is a prominent media executive and entrepreneur. She is best known as the founder and chairperson...
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Wendell Oliver Pruitt
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Wendell Oliver Pruitt was an African American pilot and Tuskegee Airman during World War II. He was born on May 14, 1921, in St. Louis,...
Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes
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Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes was a Haitian-American writer, historian, and civil rights advocate. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and promote the history...
Archer Alexander
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Archer Alexander was an enslaved African American man who played a significant role in the abolitionist movement in the United States. He is best known...
Howard P Drew
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Howard P. Drew, schoolboy Olympian, original “World’s Fastest Human,” scholar, soldier, lawyer, and first African American judge in Connecticut, was born to David and May...
John Adam “Sleepy” Estes,
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John Adam “Sleepy” Estes, often known as Sleepy John Estes, was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was born on January 25, 1899,...
Henry Davis Green
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Henry Davis Green (1814-1891) was an African American inventor and abolitionist. He is best known for his invention of a machine for sewing shoes. Green...
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
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Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) was an African American seamstress, dressmaker, and activist who is best known for her association with Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife...
William Chester Ruth
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William Chester Ruth was an African American inventor, business owner, and community leader in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Ruth was the son of Samuel and Maria...
The Talented Tenth
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The term “The Talented Tenth” refers to a concept developed by African American intellectual and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois. He popularized the term...