Former U.S. Representative from Michigan…
Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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Leroy Johnson was Georgia’s first black state senator elected after Reconstruction, serving from 1963 to 1975.
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He served in Congress for 12 terms, most recently elected in 2018.
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Starred in films “Carmen Jones” and “Porgy and Bess” and became the first black women to win a Tony Award.
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Leslie Edwards was one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American pilots who served in the U.S. military during World War II.
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The wife of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, she helped plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Johnson Products, which created Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, was the first black-owned company traded on the American Stock Exchange
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Leach became the public face of the sanitation workers in later years, sharing their story around the country.
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It is hard to grieve the woman who ruled American letters, because she still feels so very present…
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Her novels were popular best-sellers and landmarks of American culture.