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Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was a free African-American almanac author, ...

Sojourner Truth (1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights a...

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1817 – February 20, 1895)...

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, ...

Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Associat...

H.E. The Right Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican po...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and ph...

Red Summer is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremacis...

Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular fi...

Was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in...

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the fi...

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American attorney and politician who served as t...

Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known...