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