Frank E. Petersen

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

Carol Moseley Braun

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.

Tamika Mallory co-President of 2019 Women’s March and an activist and co-founder of the 2017 Women’s March.

Bayard Rustin was an openly gay civil rights activist who helped organize the March on Washington In 1963.

Eddie Bernice Johnson is the first registered nurse to be elected to Congress, (Texas), 1993.

Gregory Hines receives USPS Black Heritage Series stamp January 28, 2019.

Patricia Roberts Harris was the 1st black woman to hold a Cabinet position (1977), serve as U.S. ambassador (1965), and head a law school (1969).

Patrisse Cullors is a black queer activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, 2013.