Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Robert Tanner Freeman
Robert Tanner Freeman First African American to receive a dental degree in the United States
Janet Collins
Janet Collins Janet Collins, ballerina, frist black dancer to appear with the Metropolian opera
JH Hunter
JH Hunter JH Hunter patented the portable weighing scales
School desegregation ends
School desegregation ends Supreme Court ordered end to all school desegregation
U.S. Navy opened to Black Women
US Navy opened to black women US Navy opened to black women
Guion Bluford, Jr.
Guion Bluford, Jr. First African-American astronaut in space
Fed troops & integration – Ole Miss riot 1962
Use of federal troops in integration Persident J.F.Kennedy
Clarence A. “Skip” Ellis
Clarence A. "Skip" Ellis First African American to receive a Ph.D. in Computer Science
David Walker
David Walker Abolotionist
Earl Lloyd
Earl Lloyd First Black NBA Player
Robert H. Sengstacke
Robert H. Sengstacke Newspaper publisher
Thelma ‘Butterfly’ McQueen
Thelma 'Butterfly' McQueen Actress
Richard Wright
Richard Wright Writer
Morgan State University
Morgan State College Morgan State College founded