Omega Men in Black History

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• in 1926 pioneered the celebration of "Negro History Week designated for the second week in February 

"THE FATHER OF AFRICAN AMERCAN HISTORY"

• Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc
• Became the 19th honoree in the US Postal Services's Black Heritage Stamp Series

• Third African-American graduate of the US Military Academy
• First Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the US Army

• June 1967, became the first black Astronaut

• Created the bloodmobiles where the American Red Cross Blood Bank was started
• First African-American surgeon selected to serve as an examiner on American Board of Surgery

• Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires
• Discovered technician to produce cortisone

• In 1949 he was one of the few black lawyers in Memphis, Tennessee
• In 1956, as a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference he became a pioneer in the NAACP-sponsored restaurant sit-ins and other boycotts

• Associate Professor of Political Science and African Studies in Johns Hopkins University
• In 2009 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Excellence in Teaching Award

• In 2001, Charles Herbert Flowers High School opened in Springdale, Maryland

• Race, Ethnicity & Demographics reporter for The Associated Press
• Author of the book, Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?

• The first African-American physician to practice medicine at Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia
• Known as the "godfather" of black tennis founded the American Tennis Association Junior Development Program for African-American youths
• Coached and fostered the careers of Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson

• Founder of Black Enterprise Magazine
• in 2002, hes was named as one of the 50 most powerful and influential African Americans in corporate America by Fortune magazine