Who is a good unique person I can do my black history month project on? I need someone who alot of people wouldn't think of.

My vote would be
for A. Philip Randolph, who was instrumental in convincing government leaders and Presdent
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in particular, that African-Americans deserved equal pay with whites
for working in defense industries during World War II.

With 16 million
Americans participating in the war, the Home Front work force was more important than ever.  To
supply armies and navies on two fronts, as well as those of many of our allies, we produced a
ridiculous amount of war material, and factories ran around the clock.

African-Americans and women became essential to accomplishing...