Top 5 facts about black history

Betty Boop was based on a black woman. Betty Boop was inspired by the black jazz singer Esther jones commonly known as baby Esther in Harlem’s cotton club. Her signature singing style was stolen by Helen Kane and adapted by the cartoonist max Fleischer.

Catherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughn were the women behind the NASA space race. They worked as the computers and served as the brains behind launching John Glenn the first successful American astronaut to orbit earth.

The Harlem hell fighters spent 191 days in the trenches during World War One, more than any other American unit . They were awarded the French cue Daguerre for their bravery. One of the most notable Harlem hell fighters is henry Johnson who fought off soldiers on the frontline with a knife and his bare hands.

Martin Luther King jr was not the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize. That honor goes to Ralph Bunche the political scientist and US diplomat from Detroit. He received the Nobel peace prize in1950 for his efforts with resolving the Arab Israeli conflict.

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