Poet, activist, playwright and educator whose poetry and writings gained him fame and criticism.

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• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/10/08/little-known-black-history-fact-amiri-baraka/

• BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amiri-Baraka

• BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/baraka-amiri-1934/

• BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/writer/amiri-baraka

Inventor of the Cardiopad

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2016/09/01/little-known-black-history-fact-arthur-zang/

She was forced to decide if she wanted to remain Miss Albany State or fight for civil rights

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2013/01/27/little-known-black-history-fact-annette-jones-white/

Pioneer of micro-lending

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/04/19/little-known-black-history-fact-auntie-ocloo/

Named the true first millionaire after inventing a hair care product company.

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/12/little-known-black-history-fact-annie-malone/

• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/annie-malone-and-madam-cj-walker-pioneers-african-american-beauty-industry

• HISTORY'S WOMEN: https://historyswomen.com/social-reformers/annie-turnbo-malone/

Thought to be the first black degreed veterinarian

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2012/06/07/little-known-black-history-fact-augustus-lushington-2/

• ENCYCLOPEDIA: https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/lushington-augustus-nathaniel#:~:text=Augustus%20Nathaniel%20Lushington,-1869%E2%80%931939&text=Trinidadian%2Dborn%20Augustus%20Nathaniel%20Lushington,University%20of%20Pennsylvania%20in%201897.

First black vocalist admitted to Julliard.

*SOURCES*

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/08/09/little-known-black-history-fact-anne-wiggins-brown-3/

• BLACKPAST: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brown-anne-wiggins-1912-2009/

The most severe of approximately 25 race riots throughout the U.S. in the "Red Summer" following World War I (TRIGGER WARNING INCLUDED).

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• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/07/26/little-known-black-history-fact-1919-chicago-race-riots/

• BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-Race-Riot-of-1919

• CHICAGO HISTORY: https://www.chicagohistory.org/chi1919/

• HISTORY: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/chicago-race-riot-of-1919