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Notable African-American Scholars and Educators

 

  • Benjamin Banneker, American intellectual and scientist
  • Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator
  • Kenneth B. Clark, American educator and psychologist
  • W. E. B. Du Bois, American author and teacher
  • John Hope Franklin, American historian
  • Marcus Garvey, American proponent of Black nationalism
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr., scholar
  • Archibald H. Grimke, African American author and crusader for Black advancement
  • Richard Gordon Hatcher, law professor, politician
  • A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., prominent Black federal judge and historian
  • Anita Hill, lawyer, educator, author, activist
  • Zora Neale Hurston, American writer
  • John Johnson, publisher
  • Barbara Jordan, lawyer, public official, and educator
  • Ernest Everest Just, biologist, educator
  • Maulana Karenga, scholar
  • John Mercer Langston, educator, public official, diplomat
  • Alain Locke, philosopher
  • Robert Russa Moton, educator
  • A. Philip Randolph, U.S. labor leader
  • Virginia Randolph, educator
  • Hiram R. Revels, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician
  • Joel Elias Spingarn, educator and literary critic
  • Booker T. Washington, American educator
  • Robert C. Weaver, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, activist
  • Cornel West, scholar
  • Walter White, American leader
  • Carter G. Woodson, U.S. historian and publisher

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
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