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...
Nat Turner Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831) was a United States slave whose 1831 slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia was .. 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...
Martin Luther King, Jr The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Ph.D., born Michael King, was a Nobel Laureate, Baptist minister, and African American civil rights activist http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883) was the self-given name, from 1843, of an American abolitionist born into slavery.. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. Louis, MO) is considered one of the most eminent authors and poets http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Thurgood Marshall Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
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...
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