The Man That Killed Jim Crow: 9 Charles Hamilton Houston Facts For You!
“This fight for equality of educational opportunity (was) not an isolated struggle. All our struggles must tie in together and support one another. . .We must remain on the alert and push the struggle farther with all our might.”
7 Facts About Brigadier General Hazel W. Johnson-Brown
The First African American female General and the First Black Chief of the United States Army Nursing Corps
8 Facts About Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper
The First African American to Graduate from
the United States Military Academy at West Point
8 Facts About Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
“The most courageous Civil Rights fighter in the South.”
9 Facts About Eugene Jacques Bullard
7 Facts About Dr. Maulana Karenga, Founder of Kwanzaa
“The Nguzo Saba are the moral minimum value system Black people need in order to rescue and reconstruct their history and humanity, indeed their daily lives, in their own image and interests.”
9 Facts About Macon Bolling Allen
“The First African American licensed to practice law in the United States and the First African American American Justice of the Peace”
10 Facts About Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.”
