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Provident Hospital and Training School
The first black owned and operated hospital in the United States -
Ida B. Wells
She was one of the founders of the NAACP ( the national association for the advancement of colored people) -
¨Charles Clinton Spaulding , Aaron Mcduffie Moore, John Merrick¨
The three cofounded the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1898 – the now-oldest and largest African-American life insurance company in the United States. -
¨Employment Segregaton in the south¨
The average annual earnings of black men were about 48% of the average annual earnings of white men . -
Matilda Evans
Founder of Taylor Lane Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. It was the first black hospital in Columbia. -
¨Maggie Lena Walker¨
Maggie Lena Walker was an African-American teacher and businesswoman. Walker was the first female bank president of any race to charter a bank in the United States. -
¨Web Dubois and the talented tenth¨
Dubois speaks to white leaders to make his case for the talented tenth, and for the need of educating them. -
¨Alonzo Herndon¨
Alonzo Herndon was an African American entrepreneur and businessman. He was one of the first African American millionaires, and the founder and president of one of the United States' most prominent African-American businesses, the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company (Atlanta Life). -
¨Fraternities and sororities¨
In 1906 , 7 students at Cornell University formed Alpha Phi Alpha , the first college fraternity for black men & in 1908 the first black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded at Howard University. -
¨Madam C.j Walker¨
Madam C.J Walker created her line of hair products in 1906, when there Was no hair industry. -
¨NAACP¨
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 . -
¨Urban league¨
In 1910 the national league on urban conditions among negros was was founded in New York city.
