James Baldwin
Madam C.J. Walker
Black Wall Street
John Biggers
Dr. Ronald McNair
Fannie Lou Hamer
Dr. Thomas Freeman
Frank Mann
Dr. George Robert Carruthers
Dr. Patricia Bath
Dr. Gladys West
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Hank Aaron
The Women of Hidden Figures
Audre Lord
Alberta Jones
Charlotta Spears Bass
Shirley Chisolm
Stacey Abrams
Jesse Jackson
Dr. Robert Bullard
Black history is world history...
Vicente Guerrero
Haitian Revolution
The Moors
You're never too young to make a difference...
David Isom
John Lewis
Fred Hampton
Leesburg Stockade Girls
Gorman Sisters
Claudette Colvin
Freedom Riders
Greensboro Four
The Children's Crusade
Black History Month Archive
We invite our Trojan family to further research and explore these Black trailblazers. Please send us an email if you have an individual for possible inclusion.
Ketanji Brown Jackson - https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108714345/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-oath-swearing-in
Women in AI (Artificial Intelligence) - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-black-women-ai-paving-way-better-world-caroline-lair
Bessie Coleman - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman
Texas Education Agency Resources - https://tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/social-studies/african-american-history-month
Audio vignettes produced by Houston Public Media - https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/black-history-month/#vignettes