List of famous African Americans:

Carter Woodson: Father of Black History Week

Oprah Winfrey: 1st African American woman to host nationally syndicated talk show.

Thomas Jennings: Granted patent for dry cleaning process

C. B. Scott: Patented street sweepter in 1896

Thomas J. Martin: Patented the fire extinguisher 1872.

Maya Angelou: Poet

James Augustine Healy: 1st African American Catholic Bishop in America

Samuel Gravely: 1st African American admiral 1971

Max Robinson: 1st African Amer. to anchor network news 1978

Angela Davis: Political activist

R. B. Spikes: Invented automatic gear shift

Garret A. Morgan: Invented traffic light

Carol Mosley Braun: 1st african american woman elected in U.S. Senate 1992.

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Vanessa Williams: 1st african american Miss America

Daniel Hale Williams: Performed first open heart surgery

G.T. Sampson: Patented clothes dryer 1892

Doris Davis: 1st african american female elected mayor of a metropolitan city (Compton, CA)

J.R. Winter: Designed fire escape ladder

Thurgood Marshall

Harry Belafonte: 1st african american to win an Emmy