Theme
Science and Innovation
Explore this theme across 24 historical figures, 34 heritage sites,2 lessons, 5 cultural references, and 1 journeys.
Historical Figures
Carter G. Woodson
1875–1950
9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
1866–1944
10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
1866–1944
Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper
–?
Buffalo Soldiers
–?
George Washington Carver
1864–1943
Thurgood Marshall
1908–1993
Kamala Harris
1964–?
Toni Morrison
1931–2019
Zora Neale Hurston
1891–1960
Chadwick Boseman
1976–2020
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
1890–1976
Stephen Bishop
1951–?
Frederick Douglass
1818–1895
Harriet Tubman
1822–1913
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Barack Obama
1961–?
Michelle Obama
1964–?
John Lewis
1940–2020
Harold Washington
1922–1987
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
1912–2002
Daniel 'Chappie' James
1920–1978
Booker T. Washington
1856–1915
Robert Russa Moton
1867–1940
Heritage Sites
AfricaMuseum (Royal Museum for Central Africa)
Tervuren, Belgium
Alabama A&M University
Normal, AL
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Washington, DC
Central State University
Wilberforce, OH
Delaware State University
Dover, DE
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis, TX
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA
George Washington Carver National Monument
Diamond, MO
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
Howard University
Washington, DC
J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Huntsville, AL
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave, KY
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
Museo Afroantillano de Panamá
Panama City, Panamá
Museu Afro Brasil
São Paulo, São Paulo
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, DC
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC
Obama Presidential Center
Chicago, Illinois
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX
Savannah State University
Savannah, GA
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee, AL
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Tuskegee, AL
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA
West Virginia State University
Institute, WV
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA