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Born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio to parents George and Ella Ramah Wofford, novelist Toni Morrison grew up in a working class family.  She received a B.A. degree from Howard University after majoring in English and minoring in the classics.  Wofford earned an
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18
1931
Virginia Union University (1865- )
Virginia Union University, a historically black university located in Richmond, Virginia, traces its roots back to the Wayland Seminary, founded in 1865 by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society (ABHMS).  The institution, however, is the result of the merger of four institutions: Wayland
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(1976) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good?”
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George Alcorn
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Blackwell, David Harold (1919-2010)
David Harold Blackwell, mathematician and statistician, was the first African American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1965) and is especially known for his contributions to the theory of duels. Blackwell was born on April 24, 1919, to a working-class family in
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Delaware State University [Dover] (1891-- )
Delaware State University is a public historically black university with its main campus in Dover and two other campuses in Wilmington and Georgetown.  The school was established in 1891 as State College for Colored Students after passage of the Morrill Act of 1890 which gave land-grants to
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Brooke, Edward, III (1919-2015)
Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate.  Brooke, an African American, Protestant Republican, won elective office in the overwhelmingly white, Catholic, Democratic state of Massachusetts and emerged as a leader in the US
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Robert Pelham
Robert Pelham was born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia. His parents, Robert and Frances Pelham, moved the family to Detroit, Michigan in hopes of finding a more favorable atmosphere for their children to receive an education and opportunities for decent employment. While enrolled in
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26
2012
Campbell, Bertha Pitts (1889-1990)
Bertha Pitts Campbell was an early Seattle civil rights worker, a founder of the Christian Friends for Racial Equality, and an early board member of the Seattle Urban League.  She was also one of 22 young women at Howard University in 1913, who founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, one of the
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Dinkins, David N. (1927- )
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Charlotte Ray (First African American Woman Lawyer)
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Whitfield, Lynn (1953– )
Lynn Whitfield is an American actress and producer. Whitfield is best known for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film, The Josephine Baker Story (1991), where she won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries and a movie along with a Golden
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6
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Ralph J. Bunche
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27
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Ray, Charlotte E. (1850-1911)
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Winters, Lawrence (1915–1965)
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Bunche, Ralph J. (ca. 1903-1971)
RalphJohnson Bunche, American political scientist, renowned scholar, award winner,and diplomat, was one of the most prominent African Americans of his era.  Bunche was born on August 7, 1903 or 1904(there is some disagreement about the year of his birth) in Detroit, Michigan. His father Fred was
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Slater, Rodney (1955- )
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Dykes, Eva Beatrice (1893-1986)
In 1921 Eva Beatrice Dykes became the first black woman in the United States to complete the required coursework for a Ph.D. and the third African American woman to receive a doctoral degree. Two other black women, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander and Georgiana Simpson, receive their Ph.D.s, in the
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29
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(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights"
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1965
Charles Drew
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Mary Frances Berry
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Hemphill, Essex (1957-1995)
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