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List Of Famous African Americans

Black Americans have served with distinction in all three branches of government in the military and in legal practice.

List of notable african americans. List of Famous African Americans. Notable Black Inventors A-Z Learn about the contributions of African Americans inventors to American society. 103 rows First African American elected to the US.

Colin Powell are notable political and military leaders. Alexander Lucius Twilight 1823 Middlebury College. Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.

Visual. Famous Africans A list of famous Africans. Gregory 1998 was the first African-American shuttle commander.

First black woman to receive a BA. Thurgood Marshall a leading civil rights lawyer ended up on the US. De Klerk Haile Selassie Archbishop Desmond Tutu Anwar Sadat Kofi Annan and Wangari Maathai.

Mary Jane Patterson 1862 Oberlin College. Includes Nelson Mandela FW. Notable African Americans.

Men and women who made a positive contribution to the world in the fields of politics literature music activism and spirituality. 326 rows African-American slave. Hank Aaron Baseball Player 1934-Charles Barkley Basketball Player 1963-Nat King Cole Musician 1919 - 1965.

She was also the first black woman to become national security adviser holding this post under President George W. Track. April 29 1899 - May 24 1974.

This list of African American men include names like Barack Obama Martin Luther King Jr Will Smith and Eddie Murphy Famous African American Men Who Created History Thousands of men of African American descent have made the United States proud with their incredible accomplishments. The Top Ten African American Inventors. The Martin Luther King Jr.

Handy Musician 1873 -. Was the first black child to attend an all white school in the South. Condoleezza Rice was the first woman and African-American to become provost at Stanford University.

Bouchet 1876 received a PhD.