Phillis Wheatley

(c.1753-1784)

Pioneering African American Published Poet

William Harvey Carney

(1840-1908)

Earliest African American Recipient of the Medal of Honor

Josephine St. Pierre Rufin and Justice George Lewis Ruffin

(1842 – 1924) and (1834 – 1886)

Boston Power Couple

Richard T. Greener

(1844-1922)

Pioneering Scholar and Educator

Allen, Mary and Alice Hinton

(1869-1951)

Andover Ice Cream Entrepreneurs

William Clarence Matthews

(1877-1928)

Challenged the Color Line in Baseball

Thomas A. Johnson

(1928-2013)

NAACP and Community Leader

Bill Russell

(1934-2022)

Civil Rights and Basketball Superstar

Zipporah Atkins

(1645-1705)

Pioneering African American Landowner

Elizabeth Freeman

(c 1744-1829)

First Lawsuit, Victory for Freedom

Salem Poor

(1747-1802)

American Revolutionary Patriot

Lucy Foster

(1767-1845)

Independence and Perseverance

Cato Freeman

(1768-1853)

Musician, Church, and Community Leader

Sarah Parker Remond

(1826-1894)

Human Rights and Women's Suffrage Activist

Charlotte Forten

(1837-1914)

Educator, Poet, Abolitionist

William Monroe Trotter

(1872-1934)

Newspaper Editor, Civil Rights Activist