![]() Johnson and served on the court from 1967 to 1991.Įminent Scientist: George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.įirst Senator: Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. John Mercer Langston was also the great-uncle of Langston Hughes, famed poet of the Harlem Renaissance.įamous Protestors and Activists: While Rosa Parks is credited with helping to spark the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her public bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955-inspiring the Montgomery Bus Boycott-the lesser-known Claudette Colvin was arrested nine months prior for not giving up her bus seat to white passengers. ![]() When he was elected to the post of Town Clerk for Brownhelm, Ohio, in 1855 Langston became one of the first African Americans ever elected to public office in America. ![]() ![]() Famous Lawyers, Activists, Scientists and Politiciansįirst Lawyer: John Mercer Langston was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854. ![]()
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