Source: Six African-American generations, 1890s. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/132_1351484/1/132_1351484/cite. Accessed 30 Sep 2021.
The signature of Benjamin Banneker, a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer, The signature of a letter to Thomas Jefferson. Author Martha E. Tyson.
Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. In February 1926 he launched the celebration of 'Negro History Week', the precursor to Black History Month. Portrait taken circa 1895. This image has been colorized.
Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 - February 13, 1882) was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and orator. Having escaped with his family as a child from slavery in Maryland, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School and other institutions, and became an advocate of militant abolitionism.
Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) was an African-American abolitionist, physician, soldier, and one of the first proponents of black nationalism. Delany was one of the first three black men admitted to Harvard Medical School, but all were dismissed after a few weeks because of protests by white students.
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919), US businesswoman, driving a car. Walker was one of the first African-American millionairesses. Born Sarah Breedlove, she rose from cotton-picking to working in a laundrette, to founding a hair and cosmetics company.
African-American abolitionist and Union spy during the American Civil War. She also campaigned for women's suffrage, Author Sarah H. Bradford.
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"Black Lives Matter Rally in Sacramento Protests March 2018 Shooting Death by Police." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2018. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/YMABCG208935307/OVIC?u=hawaii_honolulu&sid=OVIC&xid=ef91625a. Accessed 17 June 2020.
