Black History ~~ Did You Know?
Every one of these famous civil rights figures was a Republican?
Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883) Born a slave and after gaining her freedom, she walked for miles, achieving national fame speaking out for slaves and women |
Frederick Douglass (1817 – 1895) One of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement and powerful civil rights advocate after the Civil War |
Harriet Tubman (1821 - 1913) The “Moses” of black people, she led hundreds of slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad |
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) Author of the classic, Up From Slavery, and founder of both the Tuskegee Institute and the National Negro Business League |
George Washington Carver (1860 - 1943) Born a slave, he earned a Master of Science degree and became one of the best known agricultural scientists of his generation |
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 – 1955) Educator, presidential advisor, civil rights leader, and founder of the National Council of Negro Women |
A. Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) One of America’s foremost labor leaders and civil rights pioneers, he organized the famous 1963 march on Washington headed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) Baseball Hall of Famer, who in 1947 broke baseball’s “color barrier,” when he became a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers . |
Ida B. Wells (1862 - 1931) Civil rights advocate who co-founded the NAACP with white Republicans on February 12, 1909 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968) Hero and civil rights leader during the 1950s and 1960s, famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech |
