BOOKER T.

WASHINGTON
Educator Booker T.
Washington was one of the
foremost African-American
leaders of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries, founding
the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute, now

Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C.J. Walker was born

Sarah Breedlove on
December 23, 1867, near
Delta, Louisiana. After
suffering from a scalp
ailment that resulted in her
own hair loss, she invented a
line of African-American hair

Annie Malone

Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone

was an American
businesswoman, inventor and
philanthropist. In the first three
decades of the 20th century,
she founded and developed a
large and prominent
commercial

Clara Brown

Clara Brown was a former

slave from Virginia who
became a community
leader, philanthropist and
aided settlement of
former slaves during the
time of Colorado's Gold

William Alexander Leidesdorff,

Jr.

Free Frank (Frank McWorter)

James Forten

James Fortune is a twotime Grammy Awardnominated gospel music

recording artist, songwriter
and producer. He is also a
radio personality on 1190
AM WLIB

Samuel T. Wilcox

Stephen Smith

Stephen Anthony Smith, more

commonly known as Stephen A.,
is an American sports television
personality, sports radio host,
and sports journalist. Smith is a
commentator on ESPN First
Take, where he appears with
Skip Bayless and Molly Qerim.

Robert Gordon

Gordon

is an American
economist. He is the Stanley G.
Harris Professor of the Social
Sciences at Northwestern
University. He is known for his
work on productivity, growth,
the causes of unemployment,
and airline economics.