ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D

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ALAIN LOCKE, PH.D

• Writer, educatorFather of the Harlem Renaissance

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AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG

• Congressman, activist.First African American
  ambassador to UN

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BARBARA JORDAN

• CongresswomanFirst African American woman State
  Senator

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AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS

• Lawyer, professor, politicianFirst African
  American woman Ambassador

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DOUGLAS WILDER

• PoliticianFirst African American to be elected
  governor of U.S. state

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HARRY BELAFONTE

• Musician, actor, social activistFirst African
  American to win Emmy Award

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JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, PH.D

• HistorianHelped develop Brown vs. Board of
  Education case

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THOMAS JENNINGSInventorFirst 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

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND JAMES NABRIT

• Civil rights leaders

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MORDECAI WYATT JOHNSON

• EducatorFirst black president of Howard
  University

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AMBASSADOR RALPH J. BUNCHE, PH.D

• Educator, diplomatMediator of Arab-Israeli
  conflict and Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement

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RUBY DEE

• Poet, activist, actress is known for paving the
  way for African American actors and filmmakers

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THURGOOD MARSHALL, J.D.

• American juristFirst African American to sit on
  U.S. Supreme Court and known for victory of Brown
  vs. Board of Education