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| The civil rights organization, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 |
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In 1981, Dr. Alexa Canady because the first female African-American neurosurgeon in the U.S. |
| John Mercer Langston was the first African-American man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854; also the great uncle of Langston Hughes (famed poet of the Harlem Renaissance) |
| African-American Matthew Henson accompanied Robert Edwin Peary on the first successful U.S. expedition to the North Pole; they arrived on April 6, 1909. In 2000, Henson was posthumously awarded the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal |
| African American inventor, Garrett Morgan, created the three-way traffic signal in 1923, he was also the first black man in Cleveland to own a car |
| Willie M. "Bill" Pickett was a cowboy, rodeo, Wild West show performer and actor. He was the first African-American inducted into the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame (1971), and in 1989, Pickett was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. He was selected to be featured on a 1994 U.S. postage stamp |
| Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 book titled Annie Allen |
| Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama on February 24, 2016, and her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 13 |
| The month of February was chosen to celebrate Black History to honor both Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays |
| In 1739, the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina became the largest slave revolt in colonial America |
| Canada celebrates Black History Month in February |
| Jack Johnson was the first African-American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held onto the belt until 1915 |
| February was chosen for Black History Month to coincide with Frederick Douglass's and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays |
| Quincy Jones is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards |
| Satchel Paige was the first African-American pitcher to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 |
| In 2009, Barack Obama became the first African-American president in U.S history. He occupied the White House for two consecutive terms, service from 2009 to 2017 |
| Allensworth is the first all-black California township, founded and financed by African-Americans. It was created by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth in 1908 so African-Americans could live their lives free of racial prejudice |
| In 1881 Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles founded the first college for Black women in the U.S. Spelman College |
| African-American fashion designer Ann Lowe designed the wedding dress for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the bride of future President John F. Kennedy |
| After retiring from baseball, Hall-of-Famer, Jackie Robinson helped establish the African-American owned and controlled Freedom National Bank. It was founded in 1964 and shut down in 1990 |
| Otis Boykin graduated from Fisk College in 1941 When he died in 1982, he had 26 patents in his name |
| Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. The patent for the invention was filed in 1966 and is still used today |
| In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American to earn election to Congress. In 1972, she became the first black woman of a major party to run for a presidential nomination. She served 7 terms in office |
| In February 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week which became Black History Month in 1976 |
| Shirley Ann Jackson, born in 1946. She was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. from (M.I.T.) and to receive a Ph.D. in theoretical solid state physics |
| The UK celebrates Black History Month in October |
| Lonnie Johnson, an Aerospace Engineer for NASA, created the Super Soaker in addition to work on the Mars Observer Project and more than 40 patents |
| In 2016 Simone Biles became the first African-American woman to bring home 4 Olympic GOLD medals in women's gymnastics in a single game |
| Thurgood Marshall (July 1908-Jan 1993) was the first African American appointed to the United Sates Supreme Court in 1967 |
| Hiram Rhodes Revels (Sept 1827- Jan 1901) because the first African American senator in 1870 | |
