Lists of African Americans

This is a list of lists of African Americans. For people from current African countries, see lists for individual countries (e.g., List of Nigerian Americans).

Government and politics

• African Americans in the United States Congress
• List of African-American jurists
• List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates
• List of African-American United States Senators
• List of first African-American mayors
• List of African-American leftists

Historical

• List of African-American abolitionists
• List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction

Military

• List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients

Science and mathematics

• List of African-American astronauts
• List of African-American inventors and scientists
• List of African-American mathematicians
• List of African American women in STEM fields

Anthologies of biographies

There is a substantial body of literature, much of it by African Americans, that collects biographies of black leaders.^[1] Notable examples in this genre are:

• 100 Greatest African Americans
• The Afro-American Press and Its Editors
• Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
• Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising
• Music and Some Highly Musical People
• Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities

Others

• African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska, including a list of notable African Americans from Omaha
• List of African American actors
• List of African-American singers
• List of African American pioneers in desegregation of higher education
• List of winners of the William E. Harmon foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
• List of African American LGBT

See also

References

External links

• President Obama's Speech to the NAACP on July 16, 2009 - full video by MSNBC
• Famous African Americans