Proponent of Black Nationalism and Pan- African movements. Also founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

A former Haitian slave who led the only successful slave revolt in modern history. 

African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black

Nat Turner was an American slave who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.

African-American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and deputy chairman of the national BPP

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a U.S. Supreme Court justice and civil rights advocate. Thurgood Marshall was the Supreme court’s 96th justice and its first African-American justice.

Historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study African-American history.

Activist who became one of the most visible spokespersons and leader in the civil rights movement.

Black nationalist & activist who came to prominence as a leader in the Nation of Islam and then the New Black Panther Party.

W.E.B. Du Bois was a noted scholar, editor, and African American activist. Du Bois was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP — the largest and oldest civil rights organization in America).

Leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Under Dessalines, Haiti became the first country in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery.