Black History Month

1. Celebrating Black History
Month
YOUR LIVING LIFE LEGACY MATTERS
FAITH BASED LIFE LEGACY
February 2022

2. Cicely Tyson
December 19, 1924 - January 24, 2021
American actress and fashion model. In a
career spanning more than seven decades, she
became known for her portrayal of strong
African-American women. Tyson was the
recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards,
four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actors
Guild Award, one Tony Award, an honorary
Academy Award, and a Peabody Award.

3. Harriet Tubman
March 1822 - March 10, 1913
American abolitionist and
political activist. Born into
slavery, Tubman escaped and
subsequently made some 13
missions to rescue
approximately 70 enslaved
people, including family and
friends, Using the network of
antislavery activists and safe
houses known as the
Underground Railroad. During
the American Civil War, she
served as an armed scout and
spy for the Union Army. In her
later years, Tubman was an
activist in the movement for
women's suffrage.

4. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
American Baptist minister and
activist who became the most
visible spokesperson and leader
in the Civil Rights Movement
from 1955 until his assassination
in 1968. King is best known for
advancing civil rights through
nonviolence and civil
disobedience, inspired by his
Christian beliefs and the
nonviolent activism of Mahatma
Gandhi. He was the son of early
civil rights activist Martin Luther
King, Sr..

5. Madame CJ
Walker
December 23,1867 - May 25, 1919
African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.
She is recorded as the first black female self-made millionaire in America in the
Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other
women might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented
Walker made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and
hair care products for black women through the business she founded, Madam
C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She became known also for her
philanthropy and activism.

6. Sojourner
Truth
December 19, 1924 - January 24, 2021
American abolitionist and women's rights
activist. Truth was born into slavery in
Swartekill, New York, but escaped with
her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
After going to court to recover her son in
1828, she became the first black woman
to win such a case against a white man.
She gave herself the name Sojourner
Truth in 1843 after she became
convinced that God had called her to
leave the city and go into the countryside
"testifying the hope that was in her". Her
best-known speech was delivered
extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio
Women's Rights Convention in Akron,
Ohio. The speech became widely known
during the Civil War by the title "Ain't I a
Woman?",

7. Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965
African American Muslim
minister and human rights
activist who was a popular figure
during the civil rights movement.
He is best known for his time
spent as a vocal spokesman for
the Nation of Islam.
In the 1960’s, Malcolm began to
grow disillusioned with the
Nation of Islam, as well as with
his leader Elijah Muhammad.

8. Rosa Parks February 4, 1913 - October 24,2005
American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus
boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the
freedom movement".On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver
James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white
passenger, once the "white" section was filled.Parks wasn't the first person to resist bus segregation,
but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was
the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in
violating Alabama segregation laws, and she helped inspire the black community to boycott the
Montgomery buses for over a year.

9. Shirley
Chisholm
November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005
American politician, educator,
and author. In 1968, she became
the first black woman elected to
the United States Congress,
representing New York's 12th
congressional district for seven
terms from 1969 to 1983. In the
1972 United States presidential
election, she became the first
African-American candidate for a
major party's nomination for
President of the United States,
and the first woman to run for the
Democratic Party's presidential
nomination.

10. John Lewis
February 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020
American politician, statesman,
and civil rights activist and leader
who served in the United States
House of Representatives for
Georgia's 5th congressional
district from 1987 until his death
in 2020. He was the chairman of
the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
from 1963 to 1966.

11. Maya Angelou April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven
autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is
credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50
years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary
degrees.Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which
focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her
international recognition and acclaim.

12. Althea Gibson
August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003
American tennis player and
professional golfer, and one of the
first Black athletes to cross the color
line of international tennis. In 1956,
she became the first African
American to win a Grand Slam title
(the French Championships). The
following year she won both
Wimbledon and the US Nationals
(precursor of the US Open), then won
both again in 1958 and was voted
Female Athlete of the Year by the
Associated Press in both years. In all,
she won 11 Grand Slam
tournaments: five singles titles, five
doubles titles, and one mixed
doubles title. Gibson was inducted
into the International Tennis Hall of
Fame and the International Women's
Sports Hall of Fame.

13. Billie Holiday
April 7,1915 - July 17, 1959
American jazz and swing music
singer with a career spanning 26
years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by
her friend and music partner Lester
Young, Holiday had an innovative
influence on jazz music and pop
singing. Her vocal style, strongly
inspired by jazz instrumentalists,
pioneered a new way of
manipulating phrasing and tempo.
She was known for her vocal
delivery and improvisational skills.

14. Coleman A. Young May 24, 1918 - November 29, 1997
American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young
was the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Young had emerged from the far-left
element in Detroit, and moderated somewhat after his election as mayor. He called an
ideological truce and gained widespread support from the city's business leaders.The new
mayor was energetic in the construction of the Joe Louis Arena, and upgrading the city's
mass transit system. He assisted General Motors in building its new "Poletown" plant at
the site of the former Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck. This was an expansion project that
required evicting many long-time residents in the neighborhood. Some opponents said
that he pulled money out of the neighborhoods to rehabilitate the downtown business
district, but he said "there were no other options."

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