African American History

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Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, clockmaker, and abolitionist whose work shaped early U.S. science and governance. This prof...

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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was an educator, civil rights leader, and government advisor whose work centered Black women’s advancement through education, organization, a...

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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was an educator, civil rights leader, and government advisor whose work centered on expanding opportunity for Black Americans through education...

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Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) was an American educator, author, and leader who emerged from enslavement to shape Black education and advocacy in the post–Civil War United...

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Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator, civil rights leader, and government advisor born into enslavement in 1875 near Mayesville, South Carolina, who founded the Daytona...

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Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and women’s rights activist who used her lived experience to challenge slavery, racism, and sexism. Born into bondage in New York around 17...

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Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, and mathematician who lived in Maryland near what became Washington, D.C. Self-taught in as...

Inventors & Patents

Thomas L. Jennings, a free Black tailor and dry cleaner in New York City, became the first African American to receive a U.S. patent when he was granted Patent No. 3,309 on Marc...

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Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist born into slavery around 1797 in Ulster County, New York. Known for her powerful oratory and d...

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Two documented cases of Black men lynched in Oklahoma are west-most and the mid-state locations in early 20th-century racial terror killings. These killings—Allen Brooks in 19...