Olive Tree Int'l Learning Center

Many men and women gave their lives for freedoms that we enjoy. We honor and thank you.

Percy Julian

One of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry.

Research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.

Received more than 130 chemical patents.

Dick Gregory

Civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, conspiracy theorist, comedian, and occasional actor.

In 1961, joked in front of a white audience. “Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and this white waitress came up to me and said, “We don’t serve colored people here.”
I said ,”That’s all right. I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.”

Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable

• Born in San Domingo, Haiti

• Frontier trader, trapper, farmer, entrepreneur, peacekeeper, and protector of Native Americans

• Founded a settlement that later became the City of Chicago.

Harlem Renaissance
A cultural, social, and artistic explosion, “New Negro Movement.”
African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage, racial pride, creative expression and intellectualism.
Significant figures included: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson, and Langston Hughes

Love is patient.

Lewis Latimer
inventor
Consultant
Author
Engineer
Draftsman

Maggie Lena Walker