Heroes
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Giants and Champions of African American history and culture — living or deceased — are listed on a date significant to their contribution or on their birthday.
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July 2 Thurgood Marshall, born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, MD, was a pioneering legal mind whose contributions fundamentally…
July 10 … Mary McLeod Bethune was a visionary educator, civil rights advocate, and government advisor whose legacy is deeply…
August 4 … Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is a pivotal figure in American law, politics,…
November 30 … Shirley Chisholm was a trailblazing figure in American history and politics whose legacy continues to inspire movements…
December 19 … Carter G. Woodson emerged as one of the most influential historians and educators in American history. “…it…
January 15 … Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a transformative figure in American history whose leadership during the…
February 14 … Minister, educator, writer, and one of most active and influential Black leaders in U.S. history, Richard Allen…
February 14 … Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, on February 14, 1818 was an American social reformer, abolitionist,…
March 1 … Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history, celebrated for her courageous actions…
May 29 … Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist, women’s suffrage advocate, and civil rights activist who famously “walked away” from slavery…
July 2 Thurgood Marshall, born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, MD, was a pioneering legal mind whose contributions fundamentally…
July 10 … Mary McLeod Bethune was a visionary educator, civil rights advocate, and government advisor whose legacy is deeply…