When speaking of American history, names like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and even Davy Crockett are familiar to most. But have you heard of W.E.B. DuBois, George Washington Carver, Matthew Gaines, Colin Powell, C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson or Merryl Tengesdal?
This second group of notable people are African Americans, each contributing to the history of the United States just as the former group did, yet are not as commonly recognized. In 1976, President Gerald Ford entreated Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout history.
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