1. Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance
ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D
Writer, educator…Father of the Harlem Renaissance

2. AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG
Congressman, activist….First African American ambassador to UN

3. Congresswoman…First African American woman State Senator
BARBARA JORDAN
Congresswoman…First African American woman State Senator

4. AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
Lawyer, professor, politician…First African American woman Ambassador

5. Politician…First African American to be elected governor of U.S. state
DOUGLAS WILDER
Politician…First African American to be elected governor of U.S. state

6. HARRY BELAFONTE
Musician, actor, social activist…First African American to win Emmy Award

7. Historian…Helped develop Brown vs. Board of Education case
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, PH.D
Historian…Helped develop Brown vs. Board of Education case

8. GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN
THOMAS JENNINGS Inventor…First African American to hold a U.S. patent- invented the dry cleaning process **********************
GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN
Inventor….invented gas mask used in World War I and traffic signal

9. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND JAMES NABRIT
Civil rights leaders

10. MORDECAI WYATT JOHNSON
Educator…First black president of Howard University

11. AMBASSADOR RALPH J. BUNCHE, PH.D
Educator, diplomat…Mediator of Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement

12. RUBY DEE
Poet, activist, actress… is known for paving the way for African American actors and filmmakers

13. THURGOOD MARSHALL, J.D.
American jurist…First African American to sit on U.S. Supreme Court and known for victory of Brown vs. Board of Education