A. Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the African-American civil-rights movement, and the American labor movement. He was a Preacher’s Kid and member of the AME Church.
Asa Philip Randolph was very active black man in his time.

Alcee L. Hastings represents his native state of Florida by serving as Congressman for District 20, which includes parts of Broward, Palm Beach, and Hendry Counties. Congressman Hastings was first elected in 1992 and is currently serving his 11th term in the Congress.

Benjamin Banneker was an African-American astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher who was instrumental in surveying the District of Columbia.
He was born in Maryland on November 9, 1731. His maternal grandmother, Molly

Benjamin Tucker Tanner was born on December 25th in 1835. He was a Black minister and bishop in the AME Church.
Benjamin Tucker Tanner was born on Christmas day of 1835 to Hugh and Isabella Tanner of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bridget “Biddy” Mason was born on August 8, 1915. She was a once illiterate Black slave woman who worked as a nurse/midwife and then walked from Mississippi to California to become a successful entrepreneur and a generous contributor to social causes.

Daisy Lee Gaston Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president of the Arkansas chapter of the

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. She was an African American civil rights activist and “catalyst” for the 2nd Civil Rights Movement known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, Missouri , Roy Wilkins worked as a journalist/activist before becoming involved with the NAACP, succeeding Walter White as its leader in the 1950s. Wilkins was a major figure of the Civil Rights Movement and was involved in an array of key events, including the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the March on Washington.

Stephanie Diana Wilson, the only child of Barbara and Eugene Wilson arrived on planet earth in Pittesfield, Mass. on Sept 27, 1966. She is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space on board the Space Shuttle mission STS-121, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison.

Tom Bradley, in full Thomas Bradley (born December 29, 1917, Calvert, Texas, U.S.—died September 29, 1998, Los Angeles, California), American politician, the first African American mayor of a predominantly white city, who served an unprecedented five terms as mayor of Los Angeles (1973–93).

Yvette D. Clarke is a Brooklyn native whose roots are firmly planted in her Jamaican heritage. A product of the New York City Public School System, Rep. Clarke graduated from Oberlin College and was a recipient of the prestigious APPAM/Sloan Fellowship in Public Policy and Policy Analysis.

Brown v. Board of Education started off as five cases.
In 1950 and 1951, lawsuits were filed in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia on behalf of black elementary school students who attended legally segregated schools. Four of the five cases were spearheaded by members of the AME Church (Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and DC).

February 11, 1783 The Reverend Jarena Lee was born to free parents in Cape May, NJ. She was the widow of The Reverend Joseph Lee, former Pastor of Snow Hill (now Mt. Pisgah) AME Church, Lawnside, NJ. Under the anointing, she heard the call to preach in 1818 and went on to become the first woman licensed to preach in the AME Church, being granted a license by Bishop Richard Allen in 1819.