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Most recent: Barack Obama

Marian Anderson: First African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera



Martin Luther King Jr: one of the most popular African American of all time. He was the one who turned the everyday life of an African American around to be a pleasant one.



Daisy Bates: civil rights leader who led to the desegregation of Little Rock, Arkansas High School. She guided nine students in their 1957 crusade to enroll in the white school.

Joseph Rainey: was born a slave but once his father bought his freedom he became politically active. In 1870, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was relected 4 times. He was the First African American Congressman.