Norma Merrick Sklarek
Norma Merrick Sklarek was a pioneering female architect who accomplished several important firsts in her field and was a prominent leader in architecture up into her retirement.
Dorothy E. Brunson
Dorothy Brunson owned three radio stations and pioneered what came to be known as urban contemporary radio. She was also the first black woman to own and operate a television station.
Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Howard Latimer was a black inventor and engineer who contributed to the patenting and improvement of the incandescent light bulb and the telephone.
South-View Cemetery
South-View Cemetery, home to more than 80,000 black Americans who are buried on its grounds, is the first and therefore the oldest black stockholder corporation in the U.S.
Ginger Smock
Ginger Smock was a prominent bandleader, composer, and symphony musician known for her signature horn-like jazz violin renditions.
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Haitian trader, trapper, and pioneer, was not only the first settler of what became Chicago, Illinois but also its founder.
Simone Biles
Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, having won more than two dozen Olympic and World Championship medals thus far.
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman is a black American poet and activist. She is the youngest inaugural poet in history and the first-ever national poet laureate.
Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter is a former Major League Baseball baseball player who was a shortstop for the New York Yankees and has since become a Hall of Famer.
Lester Holt
Lester Holt is an American broadcast journalist who in 2015 made history by becoming the first black person to solo anchor a weekday nightly newscast for a major network.