Pullman Porters
First Black Labor Union
Patricia Bath
Notable Ophthalmologist & Inventor
Katherine Johnson
Mathematician & One of the First African-American Women to Work as a NASA Scientist
Bessie Coleman
First African-American woman to hold a pilot license
Charles Drew
Surgeon who revolutionized the field of blood transfusions.
Mary J. Wilson
Zoologist & First Black Senior Zookeeper
George Washington Carver
Agricultural Scientist & Inventor
Reginald Lewis
The First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
Alexa Canady
First Black Female Neurosurgeon
Nelson Mandela
Apartheid Activist & First Black President of South Africa