Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J....
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Edward Alexander Bouchet
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Edward Alexander Bouchet was born on September 15, 1852, in New Haven, Connecticut to William Francis and Susan Cooley Bouchet. Edward attended the segregated primary...
Alain Leroy Locke
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Alain Leroy Locke (1885–1954) was a transformative African American philosopher, educator, writer, and cultural critic, widely recognized as the intellectual architect and “Father of the...
Rudolph Fisher
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Rudolph Fisher was a physician, orator, music arranger, and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. While published in many medical journals, his literary work graced the...
Georgiana R. Simpson
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Georgiana R. Simpson holds a significant place in the history of education and academia in the United States. Born in 1866 in Washington, D.C., Simpson...
John Chavis
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John Chavis, an early 19th Century minister, and teacher was the first African American to graduate from a college or university in the United States....
Theodore Sedgwick Wright
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Theodore Sedgwick Wright (1797–1847) was a trailblazing African-American abolitionist, Presbyterian minister, educator, and advocate for racial equality whose life’s work profoundly shaped the fight against...
Lucy Stanton Day Sessions
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Lucy Stanton Day Sessions was born on October 16, 1831, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Samuel and Margaret Stanton, free African Americans. Her father, a barber,...
David Harold Blackwell
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A Pioneer in Mathematics and Statistics David Harold Blackwell, a prominent mathematician and statistician, made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics and statistics. Born...
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr
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Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., was the first African American selected to be an astronaut. He was also a test pilot and senior the United States...