FebruaryBlack History Month

IRC Media Correlated With Famous Black Americans

ABOLITIONIST/CIVIL RIGHTSBlack PanthersStokely CarmichaelShirley ChisholmFrederick Douglass (A)W. E. B. DuBois (A)Medgar EversJames FarmerMarcus Garvey Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Jesse Jackson Coretta Scott KingMartin Luther King Jr. Little Rock NineMalcolm X Thurgood MarshallJames MeredithElijah MuhammadRosa ParksA. Philip RandolphDred Scott (A)Harriet Tubman (A)Sojourner Truth (A)Nat Turner (A)Andrew Young

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTAlvin Ailey Romare Bearden (Painter)Ruby Dee Whoopi Goldberg Jacob Lawrence (Painter) Horace Pippin (Painter) Sidney PoitierPaul Robeson Cicely TysonPaul WinfieldOprah WinfreyAlfre Woodard

AUTHOR/PLAYWRIGHTMaya AngelouJames BaldwinW. E. B. DuBoisRalph EllisonLorraine HansberryLangston HughesJames Weldon JohnsonNtozake ShangeAlice WalkerAugust Wilson

BUSINESSWally AmosMaggie Lena (Mitchell) Walker Sarah "Madame C J Walker"

EXPLORERMatthew Henson

GOVERNMENTJesse JacksonMaynard JacksonBarbara JordanThurgood MarshallColin PowellA. Philip RandolphRobert SmallsCarl B. StokesAndrew Young

INVENTORS/SCIENTISTBenjamin BannekerGeorge Washington CarverCharles R. DrewLewis Howard LatimerElijah J. McCoyGarrett Augustus MorganGranville T. Woods

MUSICMarian AndersonLouis ArmstrongCount BasieDuke EllingtonElla FitzgeraldDizzy Gillespie Billie HolidayQueen LatifahCharlie "Bird" ParkerDiana RossTina Turner Sarah VaughanStevie Wonder

RELIGIOUS LEADERSFather DivineElijah Muhammad

SCHOLAR/EDUCATORBenjamin BannekerMary Mcleod BethuneJohn Hope FranklinMarcus Garvey Zora Neale HurstonBarbara JordanA. Philip RandolphBooker T. WashingtonIda B. Wells-Barnett

SPORTSKareem Abdul-JabbarMuhammad Ali Arthur AsheMichael JohnsonMichael JordanJackie Joyner-KerseeCarl LewisSonny ListonJoe LouisJesse OwensJackie Robinson Wilma Rudolph

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