Roger Arliner Young
Roger Arliner Young, born in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania in 1889, was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology and to conduct research at...
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Robert Russa Moton
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Robert Russa Moton was born on the William Vaughan Plantation in 1867 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Moton attended the local freedman’s school and eventually...
Maulana Karenga
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Maulana Karenga was born in Parsonsburg, Maryland, and moved to California in 1958 where he studied at Los Angeles City College (LACC) and UCLA. At...
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., who eventually served on the United States Court of Appeals, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1928. His mother, Emma...
Dr. Ernest Just
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Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist. Born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina, Just overcame significant racial...
William Monroe Trotter
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William Monroe Trotter was a major early twentieth-century civil rights activist known primarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance of Tuskegee...
William Pickens
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William Pickens was born January 15, 1881, in Anderson County, South Carolina. His parents were liberated slaves who migrated to Arkansas when he was a...
American Negro Academy
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The American Negro Academy (ANA) was founded in 1897 in Washington, DC by Reverend Alexander Crummell, an Episcopal priest, scholar, and activist who had spent...
Archibald Grimke
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A Champion for Racial Equality Archibald Grimke was a prominent figure in the fight for racial equality in early 20th-century America. Born into slavery as...
Dr. Kenneth Clark
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Dr. Kenneth Clark is a renowned figure in the field of psychology, known for his groundbreaking work on racial identity and the effects of segregation...