First African American man to reach the Pacific coast as part of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Vaudeville performer, actress, singer, dancer, choreographer
African-American Almanac Author, Surveyor, Landowner, Farmer and Mathematician
Author, Educator, Sociologist, Speaker, Black Liberation Activist
Abolitionist, Union Spy, Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Musical prodigy, pianist and composer, former slave
American Track and Field Athlete, Four Time Olympic Gold Medalist
The First African-American
Woman Newspaper Cartoonist
Cabaret Singer, Dancer, Comedian
Arrested and convicted of killing a white man who abused her
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who made history. History remembers.