Black History Month Profiles

At Howard High School, we celebrate Black History Month in a variety of ways. This class has created web pages profiling lesser known influential African Americans and those of local or regional notariety, demonstrating with certainty that Black History is indeed American History.

Click on Name for Profile Page

Marian Anderson

Nathan Black

Charles Bolden

Jane Bolin

Bowden Golf Club

Deloris Brooks

Rev. Pearly Brown

Shirley Chisholm

Brenda Cliett-Thomas

Latavia Coleman

Rodney Davis

Ivan Dixon

Charles Douglass

Charles Drew

Arthur Duncan

Alice Allison Dunnigan

Lee Elder

Althea Gibson

Mickey Guyton

Patrick Francis Healy

Tina Hicks

Solomon Humphries

William Hutchings

Maynard Jackson

Sam Jethroe

Frank Johnson

Katherine Johnson

Monica Kaufman

Henry W. Lucas

Cynthia Marshall

Dr. R. J. Martin

Ozzie Belle McKay

Sputnik Monroe

Garrett Morgan

Ruth Hartley Mosley

Nichelle Nichols

Willie O'Ree

Fritz Pollard

Shun Quainter

Eddie Robinson

Frank Robinson

Benny Scott

Wendell Scott

Hamp Swain

Fillmore Thomas

Pearlie Tolliver

Kwanza Warren

Kenny Washington

J. C. Watts

Doug Williams