101 Black People Everyone Should Know About[/caption] There is no particular (order of) importance of the names on this list, except that learning about their lives and work will help in that understanding. They come from different generations, few are alive today. They may have other things in common besides a darker complexion. Many of them may have known, or been influenced by the work of, some of the others. Some were related or worked together. Some were touched by scandal, others represent the standard of piety. Some will lead you to other names that may or may not be on this list. You will know this list just scratches the surface. These are our inventors, our trailblazers. These are some of the world's most brilliant minds and skillful tacticians. These men and women are our academics and advocates, our researchers and religious leaders. They were kings and queens, our poets and scholars, educators and athletes, our activists and entertainers. Some went from slavery to freedom, achieving the highest spiritual, financial, and socio-political successes. They changed what we see of ourselves and how we see the world. In their achievements,sacrifices, successes, and failures, they continue to impact all of our lives. When we study their stories past what is (or isn't) in high school history books, we can understand the context of the times (or era) in which we live today. Here are 101 black people everyone should know about: [Tweet "101 Black People You Should Know About #BlackHistory365"] Alaine Locke Imamu Amiri Baraka Dr. Amos Wilson Amy Jacques Garvey Anna Julia Cooper Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany Arna Wendell Bontemps Arthur Schomburg Asa Phillip Randolph Assata Shakur Audley "Queen Mother" Moore Barakah, Umm Ayman Benjamin Banneker Bessie Coleman Bilal ibn Rabah Bilqis, Queen of Sheba Blanche K. Bruce Booker T. Washington Bridget "Biddy" Mason Madame C.J. Walker Carter G. Woodson Chancellor Williams Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry Charles Richard Drew Constance Baker Motley Crispus Attucks Denmark Vesey Ella Baker Elijah Muhammad Frederick Douglass Garrett A. Morgan George Bell George F. Grant George Washington Carver Gordon Parks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks Haile Selassie I Hannibal Harriet Jacobs Harriet Tubman Harriet E. Wilson Hatstepsut Hosea Williams Huey P. Newton Ida B. Wells Barnett Imhotep J. A. Rogers James Weldon Johnson Imam Jamil Al-Amin John Edward Bruce John Henrik Clark John Hope Franklin John Jones Joseph Willis Kenneth B. Clark Dr. Khalid Muhammad Lewis Latimer Maggie Lena Walker Hajji Malik Shabazz Mansa Musa Marcus Mosiah Garvey Marian Anderson Martha Franklin Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mary Ann Shadd Cary Mary Church Terrell "Stage Coach" Mary Mary Jane Patterson Mary McCleod Bethune Mary Peake May Chinn Melvin B. Tolsen Melvin Van Peebles Moses Liverpool Muhammad Ali Nathaniel "Nat" Turner Nicholas Franklin Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell Paul Robeson Patrice Lumumba Prince Hall Ralph David Abernathy Ralph Johnson Bunch Richard "Dick" Gregory Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley Sadie TM Alexander Sarah Louise "Sadie"Delany Sarah Goode Sarah Redman Septima Clark Shirley Chisholm Sojourner Truth (Isabella Bomefree) Steven Biko Suzie Elizabeth Frazier Thurgood Marshall Violette N. Anderson W. E. B. Duboise Warith Deen Muhammad William "Bill" Cosby William Wells Brown Zora Neale Hurston Let's look them up and learn something!
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