Category: Blacks In History

A free Black man who owned a farm near Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was largely self-educated

Inventor Frederick McKinley Jones pioneered portable refrigeration, which earned him the nickname “King of Cool.”

Nat Turner was an enslaved person who became a preacher and made history as the

Granville T. Woods, born to free African Americans, held various engineering and industrial jobs before

Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus

Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Her parents, Owen and

Malcolm X was a minister, civil rights activist, and prominent Black nationalist leader who served as

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact

Baseball player Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier as its first Black athlete. The