A Jamaican-born American poet and novelist who was one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance.

*SOURCES*

• BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-McKay

• AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY: https://www.africanamericanpoetry.org/claude-mckay

• POETRY FOUNDATION: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay

A black writer and translator who won more major literary prizes than any other black writer of the 1920's.

*SOURCES*

• BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Countee-Cullen

• BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/countee-cullen

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2012/10/02/little-known-black-history-fact-countee-cullen/

• POETRY FOUNDATION: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/countee-cullen

First Black player to participate in the PGA Tour and the first named to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

*SOURCES*

• BLACKPAST: https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/charles-luther-sifford-1922-2015/

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2015/02/05/little-known-black-history-fact-charlie-sifford/

• WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME: https://worldgolfhalloffame.org/charlie-sifford/

A self-taught artist who hailed from the Cane River region of Louisiana, gained fame for her artwork that depicted life in and around the Melrose Plantation.

*SOURCES*

• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: https://nmwa.org/art/artists/clementine-hunter/

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/03/22/little-known-black-history-fact-clementine-hunter/

• SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/self-taught-artist-clementine-hunter-painted-bold-hues-southern-life-180970572/

• SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/clementine-hunter-30514

The first African-American professor to teach at a predominately white college.

*SOURCES*

• BLACKPAST: https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/reason-charles-lewis-1818-1893/

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2016/07/25/little-known-black-history-fact-charles-l-reason/

• COLORED CONVENTIONS PROJECT: https://coloredconventions.org/women-higher-education/biographies/charles-lewis-reason/

Considered by many as the "father of rock 'n' roll"

*SOURCES*

• BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/musicians/chuck-berry

• BLACK AMERICA WEB: https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/03/20/little-known-black-history-fact-chuck-berry/

Inventor of the friction heater

SOURCES

• CHATTANOOGA NEWS CHRONICLE: https://www.chattnewschronicle.com/african-american-history/this-week-in-african-american-history-charles-baker-the-little-known-inventor-of-the-first-friction-radiator/

• KIDS ENCYCLOPEDIA FACTS: https://kids.kiddle.co/Charles_S._L._Baker

First African American woman to become a federal judge

*SOURCES*

• BRITANNICA: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constance-Baker-Motley

• SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: https://civics.supremecourthistory.org/article/constance-baker-motley/