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Romare Bearden was a talented baseball player recruited by the Philadelphia Athletics on the pretext that he would agree to pass as white.

After a long career as an actress and singer, Pearl Bailey earned a bachelor's degree in theology from Georgetown University in 1985.

Lucien Alexis a student at Harvard University, Despite facing obstacles, he managed not only to graduate but became a famed educator himself

MLK Jr. was assassinated on friend Maya Angelou's birthday, on April 4, 1968. Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for years afterward.

1930s, painter Charles Alston founded the 306 group, which provided support and apprenticeship for African American artists.

Robert Smalls made history by escaping slavery by pretending to be a white ship’s captain, and sailing to freedom during the Civil War.

Thomas Wiggins was a blind piano prodigy so popular that it has been alleged that he was the highest-paid pianist of the 19th Century.

Allensworth is the only California community to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Created by Allen Allensworth in 1908

Quincy Jones is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards show with 79 nominations and 27 wins.

In 1921, an entire city in Oklahoma was burned to the ground due to a racial disturbance and retaliation. This was the Tulsa Race Riot.

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Nat Cole was the first African American to reach #1 on the Billboard charts and the first African American to host his own television show.

Aretha Franklin was not only the first African American woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the first woman, period.

2018, Kobe Bryant became the first athlete and the first black person to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short for his film, Dear Basketball.

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Thomas L. Jennings (1791-1859) was the first African American person to receive a patent in the U.S.

Xavier University, a historically black college in Louisiana, has one of the highest success rates in the country...

Politician and educator Shirley Chisholm survived three assassination attempts during her campaign for presidency in 1972.

Elijah McCoy is regarded as one of the most prominent black inventors ever. He’s credited for inventing over 50 devices in his career.

One of the most prominent doctors of his time, Dr. Charles Drew created the first major blood banks, blood plasma programs and bloodmobiles.