Poet, Georgia Douglas Johnson, who was also an educator and at one time a vice principal, opened a literary saloon where artists and activists could share their ideas and their art. She ran this literary saloon that held weekly events for about 40 years. Tweet

The Greenwood Heights neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was so prosperous and thriving with Black businesses it was referred to as “Black Wall Street.” The historic community was destroyed by racist mobs who abhored the success of the African-Americans in the area…Google it! Tweet

Dr. Betty Harris invented, and received a patent for, a spot test that is used for identifying explosives in a field environment. Tweet

Janet Bashen invented LinkLine, a case management and tracking software. Janet Bashen is the first African-American woman to receive a patent for a web-based software invention. Tweet

W. B. Purvis’s invention eliminated the need for an ink well for writing. On January 7, 1890, W. B. Purvis received a patent for his invention of the fountain pen. Tweet

David Crosthwait holds 39 patents in the United States, and 80 patents internationally. Most of his patents are for inventions that control temperature. He created the heating system for Radio City Music Hall and Rockerfeller Center. Tweet

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly skipped both the 9th and 12th grades. He joined Morehouse College’s freshman class at the age of 15. Tweet

In 1989, Dr. Philip Emeagwali won the Gordon Bell Prize for his work with computers. He won this award by programming a computer to compute a world record 3.1 billion calculations per second. Dr. Emeagwali is also a prolific inventor whose inventions include the hyperball computer. Tweet

Howard University Law School is America’s first African-American law school. Tweet