Fabulous February

Fabulous February @rachelodem
February is one of the most fabulous months of the year. Although February is known to one of the shortest month. This power packed month is one that should always be honored. Once a year some of America’s finest individuals are recognized for their greatness!
by Johann Wilkerson

Authors

• Maya Angelou
• Ralph Ellison
• Alex Haley

• Langston Hughes

• Walter Mosley
• Richard Wright
• Johann Wilkerson

Civil Rights Leaders and Activists

• Ella Baker
• Stokely Carmichael
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Medgar Evers
• Marcus Garvey
• Martin Luther King Jr.

• James Meredith
• Elijah Muhammad
• Rosa Parks
• Bobby Seale
• Fred Shuttlesworth
• Emmett Till
• Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
• Walter White
• Roy Wilkins

Actors

• Halle Berry
• Bill Cosby

• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Morgan Freeman
• Gregory Hines
• Lena Horne
• James Earl Jones
• Spike Lee
• Eddie Murphy
• Sidney Poitier
• Richard Pryor
• Will Smith
• Denzel Washington
• Oprah Winfrey

Inventors, Scientists, and Educators

• Archibald Alphonso Alexander

• David Crosthwait Jr.
• Mark Dean
• Charles Drew
• Matthew Henson
• Mae Jemison
• Percy Lavon Julian
• Frederick McKinley Jones
• Ernest Everett Just

• Garrett Augustus Morgan
• Charles Henry Turner

• Daniel Hale Williams
• Rachael Odom
  

Politicians, Lawyers, and Other Government Leaders

• Ralph Bunche
• Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
• Minnie Joycelyn Elders
• Jesse Jackson
• Daniel "Chappie" James

• Kwesi Mfume
• Colin Powell
• Clarence Thomas
• Andrew Young
• Coleman Young

Singers and Musicians

• Marian Anderson

• Harry Belafonte
• Chuck Berry
• Ray Charles
• Nat King Cole
• Miles Davis
• Duke Ellington
• Aretha Franklin
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Jimi Hendrix
• Billie Holiday
• Michael Jackson
• Robert Johnson
• Diana Ross
• Stevie Wonder