It's Black History Month, so I thought it would be useful to make a little thread of those who came before us.

Please feel free to add any I missed or qrt on the people in here to add some info

[ #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth2021]
Ignatius Sancho (1729 - 1780) https://twitter.com/BlkHistStudies/status/1355127346236432385?s=19
Harriet Tubman (1850 - 1860) https://twitter.com/OUFreeLearning/status/1321391339645390849?s=19
Alexander Augusta (1850 - 1856) https://twitter.com/myasubiomed/status/1356268519206301699?s=19
W.E.B. Du Bois (1894 - 1963) https://twitter.com/Aston_614/status/1356183530817155072?s=19
James Langston Hughes (1920's)

One of the earliest innovators of Jazz poetry as well as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance which was the development of Harlem as a black cultural mecca for revival of African American art and literature
Bessie Coleman (1921)

First black person to hold an international pilot's license
Bessie Coleman (1921)First black person to hold an international pilot's license
Bessie Coleman (1921)First black person to hold an international pilot's license
Carter G Woodson (1926) https://twitter.com/LibraAbsolut/status/1356122451843932161?s=19
Jane Bolin (1939 - 1979) https://twitter.com/Be_Gr8_91/status/1356253082829664260?s=19
Marie M Daly (1942 - 1986) https://twitter.com/Laurendpayne_/status/1356242910413467651?s=19
Col. Margaret Bailey (1943 - 1971) https://twitter.com/5_MRB_USAREC/status/1356213443804717060?s=19
Malcolm X (1950's - 1960's)

American black nationalist leader and human rights activist in the Civil Rights Movement that went from 1954 to 1968
Rosa Parks (1955 - 1956)

Human rights activist that was a pivotal part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and has been called "the first lady of civil rights"
Rosa Parks (1955 - 1956)Human rights activist that was a pivotal part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and has been called "the first lady of civil rights"
Rosa Parks (1955 - 1956)Human rights activist that was a pivotal part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and has been called "the first lady of civil rights"
Martin Luther King Jr (1955 - 1968)

Human rights activist and leader whose "I have a dream" speech is one of the most famous and recognised from the Civil Rights Movement of 1954 - 1968
Greensboro Four (1960) https://twitter.com/RepAdams/status/1356238572299419648?s=19
Wendell Scott (1964) https://twitter.com/BlackProudPod/status/1354404048162725890?s=19
Dr Walter McAfee (1964) https://twitter.com/AAMUSOPHOMORES/status/1356326859470999553?s=19
Tsu Alumna (1966, 1967) https://twitter.com/qveenbad/status/1356247131733053443?s=19
Oprah Winfrey (1973 - Present) https://twitter.com/CBskincare/status/1356212608970457088?s=19
Dr. Mae Jemison (1983 - 1993)

American Engineer, Physician and first black female NASA astronaut to go to space
Rep. John Lewis (1987 - 2020) https://twitter.com/UTStoryMedia/status/1356210951037575170?s=19
Nelson Mandela (1994 - 1999)

First South African black president
Barack Obama (2009 - 2017)

First American black president
We could stop here, but History itself is constantly in the making, so here's to 2021!
Kamala Harris (2021)

First American female BIPOC Vice President
Stacey Abrams (2021) https://twitter.com/NewGAProject/status/1356314066520780803?s=19
Rosalind Brewer (2021) https://twitter.com/flywithkamala/status/1354492243428696065?s=19
Jennifer King (2021) https://twitter.com/emcstats/status/1354617980143984651?s=19
Black Women In AI (2021) https://twitter.com/BlackWomenInAI/status/1355909909255249920?s=19
Earl White (2021) https://twitter.com/fox4beaumont/status/1356104679479005184?s=19
Extra: Reading Material https://twitter.com/boydsmillskane/status/1356029926047158282?s=19
Extra: Reading Material https://twitter.com/AfricaXHistory/status/1355996470659461126?s=19
Extra: Reading Material https://twitter.com/KizzyPhD/status/1226183596899258369?s=19
AND REMEMBER: https://twitter.com/BuildBlaqEquity/status/1356208499693391874?s=19
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