Who are some african american people that made an impact on how we live life today?
2007-02-11 02:25:46 · 3 answers · asked by kid 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Daniel Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971)
Crispus Attucks (1723? - March 5, 1770) was the first American to die for the Revolutionary cause: "The first to defy, the first to die."
James Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924-Dec. 1, 1987)
Bruce, B. K. (March 1, 1841-1898) was the first African-American who served a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (November 22, 1942-) was the first African-American in space.
George Washington Carver (1865?-1943) was an American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave.
Shirley Chisholm (Nov. 30, 1924 - Jan. 1, 2005) was the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 - February 3, 1979) was an African-American artist who was associated with the Harlem Renaissance art movement
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (Feb. 7, 1817-Feb. 20, 1895) was an abolitionist, orator and writer who fought against slavery and for women's rights. Douglass was the first African-American citizen appointed to high ranks in the U.S. government.
Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) was an American medical doctor and surgeon who started the idea of a blood bank and a system for the long-term preservation of blood plasma
William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was a writer, historian, leader and one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
I could spend the whole day listing the names of Aferican Americans that have contributed "Greatness" to our country and our way of life today!
2007-02-11 02:41:32 · answer #1 · answered by and,or,nand,nor 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker
agricultural chemist George Washington Carver
Charles R. Drew gave us the idea of the blood bank
Garrett Morgan gave us the Gas Mask
Stokely Carmichael, radical civil rights leader
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader
Eldridge Cleaver, American social activist
The list is quite large.
2007-02-11 10:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slappy the clown
Buckwheat
2007-02-11 10:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋