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Henry O. Flipper
On June 15, Henry O. Flipper became the first African American to graduate from West Point. -
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George Washington Williams
He published History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. It was one of the fist publication about Black culture and history. -
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W.E. Du Bois
He became the first African American to get a philosophic doctorat in the University of Harvard. -
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Lugenia Burns Hope
American activist engaged in anti-racial reforms and known for the foundation of The Atlanta Neighborhood Unions in 1908. -
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Harlem Renaissance
This intellectual and cultural revival of African American arts was encouraged by Alain Locke, W.E.B. Du Bois and Jessie Redmon Fauset. -
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Langston Hughes
He was an African American activist for the Civil Rights after being a poet who involved in the Harlem Renaissance, moment of revolution ideas and jazz song. -
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Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was considered to be the first Black mondial athlete. At the Berlin 1936 Olympics, he won four gold medals and he standed for the figure of African Americans. -
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The men of the 320th BBB
William Dabney and the men of the 320th barrage balloon battalion, all African American soldiers, took part of the D-Day invasion on 6 June of 1944. This battalion was recently honored as the only Afro-American unit involved in this invasion. -
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin is an African American writer that revealed his homosexuality in one of his books. He went to the US in 1954 to defend the rights of AfricanAmerican. -
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Martin Luther King
Activist for equality between Black and White people, he pronounced the famous speech : "I have a dream". -
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Arthur Ashes
As a tennisman, Arthur Ashes was the first African American to play the Davis-Cup and to win a Grand Chelem tournament. He was also involved both in health and civil rights especially against the South African apartheid. -
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John Harold Johnson
Foundator of the first African American newspaper and the first African American to be ranked in the 400 richest Americans. -
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Nelson Mandela
This South African pacifist activist was opposed to racial segregation ; for his acts, he got the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Although he was South African, his action impacted the whole world and not only his country. -
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the first African American elected as President of the United States of America. During his term, he acted a lot for African American civil rights and tried to make them evolve positively. -
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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris is the first woman and African American to be elected as Vice-president. In being elected as Vice-President, she makes the image of African Americans and women evolve positively.