Occupation-Educator
Mary Smith Kelsey Peake (1823-1862)
Mary Smith Kelsey Peake, a pioneering educator, is one of few African American women to have a school, The Mary...
Robert Charles O’Hara Benjamin (1855-1900)
Robert Charles O’Hara Benjamin, also known as R.C.O. Benjamin, was a Caribbean-born political activist, newspaper editor, minister, poet, teacher, author,...
Janie Porter Barrett (1865-1948)
Educator Janie Porter Barrett was the founder of the first Black Settlement House in Virginia, the State Federation of Colored...
Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean (1948-)
Carol Johnson-Dean was the first black woman superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools. She held that post from 1997 to 2003....
Richard Allen Tucker (1850-1924)
Richard Allen Tucker, born on February 13, 1850, was an ordained minister, educator, and poet. He was the son of...
Shirley Mahaley Malcom (1946- )
Shirley Mahaley Malcom, a Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Mohamed Bazoum
(1960- )
Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as the president of Niger on April 2, 2021. Bazoum was born on January 1,...
Lena Lowery Sawner (1874-1949)
Lena Lowery Sawner was Oklahoma’s first Black public school principal as well as its first female public school principal. She...
Jamaal Bowman (1976- )
Jamaal Bowman is a politician and educator who became the Democratic Representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District in 2021....
