Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker was an African-American astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher, and was instrumental in surveying the District of Columbia http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Booker T. Washington Booker Talifero Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915) was an African American educator and author. He was born into slavery.. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Elijah McCoy Elijah J. McCoy (2 May, 1844 – 10 October, 1929) was an inventor. Elijah J. McCoyElijah McCoy was born in Ontario, Canada.. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Emancipation and the Freedmen's Bureau Freedom had many meanings in the context of the American Civil War.. http: //jefferson.village.virginia.edu/seminar/unit...
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
George Washington Carver George Washington Carver was an African-American botanist who worked in agricultural extension in the southern U.S http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Harriet Tubman - African American Historical Figures Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and Sojurner Truth are popular African American figures. The Bright Moments web site tells you about thesewell known figures as well as lesser known.. http: //brightmoments.com/blackhistory/nhtubman...