This document highlights the accomplishments and contributions of 74 influential African Americans across different fields and eras of history. It lists prominent figures from the colonial era like Crispus Attucks and Frederick Douglass, civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, innovators like Benjamin Banneker and George Washington Carver, entertainers like Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson, and athletes like Muhammad Ali and Wilma Rudolph. The document emphasizes that this is just a small sampling of important African Americans who have made impacts not just on black communities but on societies overall.

2. Throughout our history, many African-Americans have done things so courageous and innovative... And this is only 74 of them. With that in mind, we ask that you sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

3. Some of them were women...

4. Phyllis Wheatley

5. Harriet Tubman

6. Sojourner Truth

7. Ida Wells Barnett

8. Madame CJ Walker

9. Mary McLeod Bethune

10. Shirley Chisholm

11. Barbara Jordan

12. Mae Jemison

13. Some were colonial pioneers

14. Crispus Attuks

15. Fredrick Douglass

16. Dred Scott

17. Henry Bibb

18. Toussaint L'Overture

19. For some, the Civil Rights Movement was their grand stage

20. The Little Rock Nine

21. Elijah Muhammad

22. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

23. Malcolm X

24. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

25. Roy Wilkins

26. Many had the power to write powerfully

27. Maya Angelou

28. Booker T. Washington

29. W.E.B. DuBois

30. Alex Haley

31. Langston Hughes

32. Nikki Giovanni

33. Dick Gregory

34. They were Innovators

35. Benjamin Banneker

36. George Washington Carver

37. David Hale

38. Garrett Morgan

39. They were leaders of the Motherland, and made historical firsts

40. Kwame Nkrumah

41. Nnamdi Azikwe

42. Jesse Jackson

43. Nelson Mandela

44. President Barack H. Obama

45. Thurgood Marshall

46. Benjamin Davis, Sr.

47. Matthew Henson

48. Guion Bluford

49. They Changed the Face of Entertainment

50. Hattie McDaniel

51. Sidney Poitier

52. Denzel Washington

53. Vanessa Williams

54. Oprah Winfrey

55. Nat King Cole

56. Berry Gordy

57. Spike Lee

58. Redd Foxx

59. Whitney Houston

60. Muddy Waters

61. Michael Jackson

62. Ray Charles

63. Lavar Burton

64. Whoopi Goldberg

65. Some took their talents to the courts and fields

66. Muhammad Ali

67. Leroy Satchel Page

68. Jim Brown

69. Wilma Rudolph

70. Michael Jordan

71. Arthur Ashe

72. There you have it, a SAMPLING of just a few of the people that have made an impact on not only black societies, but all societies today. Thank you so much for viewing this piece, and please enjoy the other booths.