{"id":12357,"date":"2018-12-20T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=12357"},"modified":"2018-12-20T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:23:27","slug":"significant-black-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/12357\/social-justice\/significant-black-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Black figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Nelson Mandela. In honor of Black History Month, here are some lesser known people to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Desmond Tutu, a South African preacher who opposed apartheid.<\/li>\n<li>Sojourner Truth, freed slave and activist.<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Garvey, newspaper owner and founder of the \u201cBack to Africa\u201d Movement.<\/li>\n<li>Emmett Till, martyr of the civil rights movement.<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Henson, explored the North Pole and was the first to reach it.<\/li>\n<li>Mae C. Jemison, first black woman in space.<\/li>\n<li>Duke Ellington, a jazz musician with hits like \u201cTake the \u2018A\u2019 Train,\u201d and \u201cIt Don\u2019t Mean a Thing (If It Ain\u2019t Got That Swing).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State under George W. 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