WHO'S WHO?

 

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR	COMPOSER	QUEEN CHARLOTTE	ROYALTY
ARTHUR WHARTON	FOOTBALLER	IGNATIUS SANCHO	ABOLITIONIST
OLAUDAH EQUIANO	ABOLITIONIST	WILLIAM DAVIDSON	RADICALIST
JOHN BLANKE	TRUMPETER	PHYLLIS WHEATLEY	POET
MARY SEACOLE	NURSE	BRITTON HAMMON	SEAMAN
FRANCES BARBER	SCHOOL MASTER	BILL RICHMOND	BOXER
IRA ALDRIDGE	ACTOR	OTTOBAH CYGOANO	ABOLITIONIST
RANDOLPH TURPIN	BOXER	CLAUDIA JONES	ACTIVIST

HALL OF FAME

BENJAMIN BANNEKER	MATHEMATICIAN, INVENTOR, SURVEYER, PHILOSOPHER, AND ABOLITIONIST
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE	EDUCATOR AND FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN
FREDERICK DOUGLASS	FOUNDER OF THE NORTH STAR NEWSPAPER AND AMERICA'S MINISTER TO HAITI
GARRETT A. MORGAN	INVENTOR OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND GAS MASK
JEAN BAPTISTE DUSABLE	FOUNDER OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS USA
MARCUS GARVEY	PUBLISHER AND OWNER OF THE BLACK STAR SHIPPING LINE. AMBASSADOR FOR JAMAICA
MATHEW HENSON	GREAT EXPLORER OF THE NORTH POLE. PLACING AMERICAN FLAG ON ITS PEAK
HANSBERRY LORRAINE	ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST PLAYWRIGHTS. PRODUCER OF RAISIN IN THE SUN STAGE PLAY
BOOKER T WASHINGTON	EXTRORDINARY LEADER AND HEAD OF A BLACK SCHOOL
JESSE OWENS	THE GREAT ATHLETE WHO EMBARRESSED ADOLPH HITLER IN THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES
BOB MARLEY	KNOWN TO MANY AS THE KING OF REGGAE AND A MESSENGER OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE
SOJOURNER TRUTH	SOJOURNER WAS BORN A SLAVE BUT LATER GREW TO BE A FIGHTER FOR BLACK EQUALITY
SCOTT JOPLIN	FAMOUS PIANIST OF RAGTIME MUSIC