Garrett Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan
(March 4, 1877 - August 27,
1963)
An African-American
inventor and businessman.
He was the first person to
patent a traffic signal. He
also developed the gas mask
(and many other inventions)
Bernie Grant
A British Politician
Bernard Alexander Montgomery
Grant, known simply as Bernie
Grant, was a British Labour Party
politician who was the Member
of Parliament for Tottenham
from 1987 to his death in 2000
Trevor McDonald
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE is a
Trinidadian British newsreader
and journalist, best known for
his career as a news presenter
with ITN. McDonald was
knighted in 1999 for his services
to journalism
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah,
18 or 21 September 1909– 27 April
1972
He was the leader of Ghana and its
predecessor state, the Gold Coast,
from 1951 to 1966. He became the
first Prime Minister of the Gold
Coast in 1951, and led it to
independence as Ghana in 1957,
becoming the new country's first
Prime Minister.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus was the first
Roman Emperor born in Africa. He
ruled between AD 193 and 211.
Although his family was of
Phoenician rather than black
African descent, ancient literary
sources refer to the dark colour of
his skin and relate that he kept his
African accent into old age
Lewis Latimer
Thomas Edison invented the
lightbulb but Lewis Latimer
enabled electric lighting to be
installed within homes and
throughout streets. An African
American inventor and
draftsman
September 4, 1848 December 11, 1928
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Wangari Maathai - first African woman to receive the Nobel
Peace Prize
Charlie Williams - first black British comedian to experience
mainstream success
Bishop Wilfred Wood, the first black bishop
Robert Adams the first black actor to play a leading dramatic
role on British Television.
Ottobah Cugoano the first African to demand total abolition of
slavery
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE, the first black news’ reader in the UK
Clive Sullivan Rugby's first black captain
Alice Coachman - first African American gold medallist
Vaughan Gething -first black President of the National Union of
Students Wales.
Diane Abbott - The first black woman to be elected to the
House of Commons.
Bill Morris - first black leader of a British trade union
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A South African activist and former president
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) helped bring an end
to apartheid and has been a global advocate for
human rights. A member of the African National
Congress party beginning in the 1940s, he was a
leader of both peaceful protests and armed
resistance against the white minority’s
oppressive regime in a racially divided South
Africa. His actions landed him in prison for
nearly three decades and made him the face of
the anti-apartheid movement both within his
country and internationally.
Nelson Mandela