20th-century African-American educators

African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)

American actor and dancer (1946–2003)

American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)

American activist (1912-2010)

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

American sculptor (1892–1962)

American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)

American mathematician, educator (1914–1979)

African American schoolteacher

American academic and linguist

US mathematician (1932-1995)

American poet, playwright, and journalist (1880–1958)

American opera singer

American author and educator (1859-1941)

American chemist and mathematician

American pilot and aviation educator (1906-1992)

American meteorologist

American social worker and mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

American activist (1879–1961)

American poet, writer and filmmaker (1942-1988)

American politician and educator (1926–2021)

American educator (1837–1913)

African-American mathematician

American botanist (1911-1990)

American activist (1898-1987)

American educator, activist, architect (1867-1951)

American lawyer

American dancer (1933-2016)

American painter (1904–1992)

founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

American dancer (1916–1989)

first African-American graduate of New Mexico State University

American educator, writer, activist and first African-American woman principal in New York City public schools (1885–1971)

American educator

Illinois lawmaker and educator

African-American journalist

American civil rights activist

African-American retired teacher, counselor, and activist

American politician (1899–1990)

American schoolteacher (1936-2015)

American educator

American sorority founder

African American politician (1860–1944)

American writer and educator (1881–1954)

American academic

American educator (1883-1961)

African American educator, college administrator and civil rights leader (1888-1980)

American suffragist

African-American suffragette and club woman (1872-1945)

American actress (1895-1968)

founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (1921–2004)

American educator and civic leader

American jazz trumpeter

American physician