Dr. Percy Julian developed a drug for treating glaucoma, an eye disease.

Dr. Charles Drew found a way to store blood plasma to benefit the injured during war or peace.  His discovery gave birth to the Red Cross Blood Bank.

Joe Louis was a Heavy Weight Boxing Champion longer than anyone.

Jesse Owens was a four-time Gold Medalist at the 1936 Olympics, Berlin Germany.

William Hastie, a NAACP Attorney, became the first black Federal Judge in US History.

Mary mcleod Bethune became head of the National Youth Administration’s Division of African American Affairs, the first black American to head a government agency, 1936.

Marian Anderson, a Contralto and Opera star.  On April 9, 1939 the Daughters of the American Revolution denied this a Contralto and Opera star the right to perform in the Constitution Hall because of her color.  First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the organization and helped Marion perform at the Lincoln Memorial.

Marcus Garvey advocated that people of African descent, worldwide, return to Africa and establish independent states.  He popularized the phrase “Black is Beautiful”.