Anna Arnold Hedgeman

Anna Arnold Hedgeman was the only woman on the organizing committee for the 1963 March on Washington and was another “hidden figure”.

Ludmya Bordeau “Mia” Love

Ludmya Bordeau “Mia” Love is the 1st black republican woman to serve in the House of Representatives, Utah; 2014.

Ashmun Institute was the 1st school of higher learning for young black men, Pennsylvania; 1854.

Claudette Colvin in 1955 at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks.

Jonathan Jasper Wright was the 1st black State Supreme Court Justice, South Carolina; 1870.

Aaliyah first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on airplay in 2000. She died in 2001.

Frank E. Petersen was the 1st black U.S. Marine Corps aviator, 1952.

Carol Moseley Braun became the 1st black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992.

Matt Baker was the 1st known black comic book artist; Jumbo Comics #69 for Fiction House, 1944.

Tracy K. Smith 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States, 2017-2019.