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

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

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

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

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

8. 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