Famous Black Scientists A to Z

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• benjamin banneker1731-1806
  astronomer

   

• guion s. bluford1942-
  astronaut, pilot, scientist

   

• otis boykin1920-1982
  inventor

   

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• george carruthers1939-
  physicist

   

• ben carson1951-
  surgeon, philanthropist, journalist

   

• george washington carver1864-1943
  inventor, botanist, chemist

   

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• neil degrasse tyson1958-
  scientist, television personality, writer

   

• charles drew1904-1950
  doctor, surgeon

   

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• ernest everett just1883-1941
  educator, biologist

   

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• mae c. jemison1956-
  astronaut, doctor, scientist

   

• lonnie g. johnson1949-
  engineer, inventor

   

• percy julian1899-1975
  academic, civil rights activist, medical professional, chemist

   

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• kelly miller1863-1939
  mathematician, scientist

   

• garrett morgan1877-1963
  entrepreneur, inventor, publisher

   

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• james west1931-
  inventor, scientist

   

• daniel hale williams1856-1931
  surgeon

   

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• patricia bath1942-
  educator, inventor, doctor

   

• otis boykin1920-1982
  inventor

   

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• george carruthers1939-
  physicist

   

• george washington carver1864-1943
  inventor, botanist, chemist

   

• david nelson crosthwait, jr.1898-1976
  engineer, inventor, journalist

   

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• mark dean1957-
  computer programmer, inventor

   

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• sarah e. goode1850-1905
  inventor

   

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• lonnie g. johnson1949-
  engineer, inventor

   

• percy julian1899-1975
  academic, civil rights activist, medical professional, chemist

   

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• lewis howard latimer1848-1928
  engineer, inventor

   

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• elijah mccoy1844-1929
  entrepreneur, engineer, inventor

   

• garrett morgan1877-1963
  entrepreneur, inventor, publisher

   

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• lyda newman1885-
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, inventor

   

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• madam c.j. walker1867-1919
  civil rights activist, entrepreneur

   

• james west1931-
  inventor, scientist

   

• granville t. woods1856-1910
  inventor

   

Famous Black Writers A to Z

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• maya angelou1928-
  author, poet

   

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• james baldwin1924-1987
  writer

   

• imamu amiri baraka1934-
  scholar, critic, academic author, author, playwright, poet

   

• gwendolyn bennett1902-1981
  artist, editor, author, poet

   

• ed bradley1941-2006
  news anchor

   

• gwendolyn brooks1917-2000
  poet

   

• william wells brown1814-1884
  journalist, author, playwright

   

• octavia e. butler1947-2006
  author

   

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• charles chesnutt1858-1932
  educator, author

   

• countee cullen1903-1946

   

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• rita dove1952-
  musician, poet

   

• w.e.b. du bois1868-1963
  educator, civil rights activist, journalist

   

• paul laurence dunbar1872-1906
  author, poet

   

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• ralph ellison1914-1994
  educator, literary critic, academic author, author

   

• olaudah equiano1745-1797
  activist, journalist

   

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• jessie fauset1882-1961
  editor, journalist, author, poet

   

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• ernest j. gaines1933-
  educator, author

   

• nikki giovanni1943-
  civil rights activist, television personality, poet

   

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• alex haley1921-1992
  journalist, author

   

• lorraine hansberry1930-1965
  playwright

   

• robert hayden1913-1980
  poet

   

• bell hooks1952-
  scholar, academic author, journalist

   

• langston hughes1902-1967
  playwright, poet

   

• zora neale hurston1891-1960
  civil rights activist, author

   

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• james weldon johnson1871-1938
  scholar, civil rights activist, songwriter, diplomat, journalist

   

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• robert c. maynard1937-1993
  educator, journalist

   

• claude mckay1890-1948
  children’s activist, civil rights activist, author, poet

   

• terry mcmillan1951-
  author

   

• toni morrison1931-
  writer

   

• walter mosley1952-
  author

   

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• wallace henry thurman1902-1934
  literary critic, editor, author, playwright

   

• jean toomer1894-1967
  author, playwright

   

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• alice walker1944-
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, author

   

• dorothy west1907-1998
  editor, author

   

• phillis wheatley1753-1784
  poet

   

• august wilson1945-2005
  playwright

   

• harriet e. wilson1825-1900
  author

   

• richard wright1908-1960
  journalist, author, poet

   

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• hank aaron1934-
  civil rights activist, baseball player

   

• ralph d. abernathy1926-1990
  civil rights activist, pastor

   

• richard allen1760-1831
  civil rights activist, minister, journalist

   

• arthur ashe1943-1993
  activist, tennis player

   

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• ella baker1903-1986
  civil rights activist

   

• josephine baker1906-1975
  civil rights activist, dancer, singer

   

• marion s. barry jr.1936-
  civil rights activist, mayor

   

• daisy bates1914-1999
  civil rights activist, publisher, journalist

   

• mary mcleod bethune1875-1955
  educator, civil rights activist

   

• mum bett1742-1829
  civil rights activist

   

• steve biko1946-1977
  activist

   

• julian bond1940-
  civil rights activist, u.s. governor

   

• carol moseley braun1947-
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, u.s. representative

   

• ruby bridges1954-
  civil rights activist

   

• james brown1933-2006
  activist, dancer, songwriter, singer

   

• jim brown1936-
  activist, film actor, football player

   

• linda brown1942-
  civil rights activist

   

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• geoffrey canada1952-
  educator, children’s activist

   

• stokely carmichael1941-1998
  civil rights activist

   

• kenneth bancroft clark1914-2005
  educator, civil rights activist, psychologist

   

• septima poinsette clark1898-1987
  educator, civil rights activist

   

• eldridge cleaver1935-1998
  civil rights activist, writer

   

• marva collins1936-
  educator, civil rights activist

   

• claudette colvin1939-
  civil rights activist, medical professional

   

• alexander crummell1819-1898
  educator, scholar, civil rights activist

   

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• angela davis1944-
  scholar, civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, academic author

   

• ossie davis1917-2005
  civil rights activist, actor, director, writer

   

• ruby dee1924-
  civil rights activist, actress, playwright, poet, screenwriter

   

• martin robison delany1812-1885
  civil rights activist, doctor, surgeon, editor

   

• frederick douglass1818-1895
  civil rights activist

   

• donald driver1975-
  children’s activist, football player

   

• w.e.b. du bois1868-1963
  educator, civil rights activist, journalist

   

• katherine dunham1909-2006
  anthropologist, activist, choreographer, journalist

   

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• marian wright edelman1939-
  civil rights activist, lawyer, writer

   

• olaudah equiano1745-1797
  activist, journalist

   

• medgar evers1925-1963
  civil rights activist

   

• myrlie evers-williams1933-
  civil rights activist, journalist

   

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• louis farrakhan1933-
  civil rights activist, religious leader

   

• father divine1880-1965
  civil rights activist, entrepreneur, religious leader

   

• charlotte forten1837-1914
  educator, civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, journalist

   

• james forten1766-1842
  activist, business leader

   

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• henry highland garnet1815-1882
  activist, political leader, minister

   

• nikki giovanni1943-
  civil rights activist, television personality, poet

   

• dick gregory1932-
  civil rights activist, comedian

   

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• fannie lou hamer1917-1977
  civil rights activist, philanthropist

   

• frances e.w. harper1825-1911
  activist, poet

   

• dorothy height1912-2010
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist

   

• josiah henson1789-1883
  activist, minister

   

• m. carl holman1919-1988
  civil rights activist

   

• benjamin hooks1925-2010
  civil rights activist, lawyer

   

• john hope1868-1936
  educator, civil rights activist

   

• lena horne1917-2010
  civil rights activist, actress, dancer, pin-up, singer

   

• charles h. houston1895-1950
  academic, civil rights activist, lawyer

   

• dwight howard1985-
  children’s activist, basketball player

   

• zora neale hurston1891-1960
  civil rights activist, author

   

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• roy innis1934-
  civil rights activist, political leader

   

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• jesse jackson1941-
  civil rights activist, minister, journalist

   

• mahalia jackson1911-1972
  civil rights activist, singer, television personality

   

• harriet ann jacobs1813-1897
  activist, journalist

   

• barbara johns1935-1991
  civil rights activist

   

• james weldon johnson1871-1938
  scholar, civil rights activist, songwriter, diplomat, journalist

   

• quincy jones1933-
  children’s activist, songwriter, music producer, trumpet player, television producer

   

• barbara jordan1936-1996
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative

   

• june jordan1936-2002
  educator, civil rights activist, journalist, playwright, poet

   

• vernon jordan jr.1935-
  civil rights activist, business leader, lawyer

   

• percy julian1899-1975
  academic, civil rights activist, medical professional, chemist

   

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• coretta scott king1927-2006
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, anti-war activist, writer

   

• martin luther king jr.1929-1968
  civil rights activist, minister

   

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• mildred loving1939-2008
  civil rights activist

   

• joseph lowery1921-
  civil rights activist, minister

   

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• mary mahoney1845-1926
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, nurse

   

• thurgood marshall1908-1993
  civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, supreme court justice

   

• lesra martin1963-
  activist, lawyer

   

• claude mckay1890-1948
  children’s activist, civil rights activist, author, poet

   

• cynthia mckinney1955-
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative

   

• floyd b. mckissick1922-1991
  civil rights activist, legal professional

   

• james meredith1933-
  civil rights activist

   

• kweisi mfume1948-
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative

   

• charles mingus1922-1979
  civil rights activist, songwriter, guitarist, pianist

   

• anne moody1940-
  civil rights activist, journalist, author

   

• constance baker motley1921-2005
  civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, government official

   

• pauli murray1910-1985
  educator, civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, legal professional, priest

   

• mutulu shakur
  activist, criminal

   

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• huey p. newton1942-1989
  civil rights activist

   

• eleanor holmes norton1937-
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative

   

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• odetta1930-2008
  civil rights activist, songwriter, singer

   

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• pinckney pinchback1837-1921
  civil rights activist, governor, u.s. representative, u.s. governor

   

• homer plessy1862-1925
  civil rights activist

   

• janie porter barrett1865-1948
  academic, children’s activist

   

• adam clayton powell jr.1908-1972
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative, pastor

   

• rain pryor1969-
  activist, actress, comedian, singer

   

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• a. philip randolph1889-1979
  civil rights activist

   

• charles rangel1930-
  activist, u.s. representative

   

• alonzo j. ransier1834-1882
  civil rights activist, governor, u.s. representative

   

• james t. rapier1837-1883
  civil rights activist, u.s. representative, editor

   

• charlotte e. ray1850-1911
  civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, lawyer

   

• bernice johnson reagon1942-
  civil rights activist, songwriter, singer

   

• faith ringgold1930-
  educator, civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, painter, author

   

• paul robeson1898-1976
  civil rights activist, actor, football player, lawyer, singer

   

• dennis rodman1961-
  animal rights activist, basketball player

   

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