William Still is known as The Father of the Underground Railroad because of his precise accounts of slaves arriving at the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. He kept a journal with names and dates and event authored letters to escaped slaves' relatives in the South. Before the Civil War, William Still visited Canada to report on the efforts of former slaves to earn a prosperous and prove the negative stories that black people were a hindrance to society. During the Civil War, William Still visited Black troops in Camp William Penn to lift moral and report on how they are doing.

William Still was born near Medford, in Burlington County, N.J. His father, Levin Steel, was a former slave who had purchased his own freedom and changed his name to Still to protect his wife Sidney, who had escaped from slavery in Maryland. Later in 1847, he married Letitia George, who became the mother of his four children. Throughout his life and until his death in 1902 , he embodied what the Black Man could be, a productive and distinguished gentleman.

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 on the Burrough's tobacco farm. His mother was a cook and his father was a nearby white farmer. Booker T became interested in school early in life when he carried one of the Burrough kid's books to school. After 1865, Booker and his family moved to Malden ,West Va. with his stepfather where he took a job working in the salt mines(starting at 4am), so he could go to school at night. Booker got a break when a wealthy town lady took him in and encouraged his desire to learn. At age 16, Booker T walked much of a 500 mile trip to attend Hampton Institute. Years later, he became a teacher at Hampton.

In 1881,as a principal of Tuskegee Institut he became known as a black leader. Mr. Washington's teaching of self help and hardwork with his hands would make the Black Man more of an acceptable member of society made him a source of ridicule from other black leaders, especially W.E.B.Dubois. These black leaders believed that black people should equal justice in all arenas and be more vocal. It was little known that Boker T funded antisegregationist activities. Hiis viewpoints mostly arose from his need of support from wealthy white politicians,etc. Booker T died in 1915 at the age of 59. Toward the end of his life he became more outspoken about accommodationist policies.

The 9th and 10th Calvary,called the Buffalo Soldiers by the Indians, are the true heroes of the Charge on San Juan Hill that T.R. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders on San Juan Hill are so famous for. The Buffalo Soldiers originated from the black Civil War Regiments that decided to stay in the military after the Civil War. They faced constant injustices like lower wages, not being able to become officers, and harsher and more arduous assignments.

They got the name "Buffalo Soldiers" by the Indians on the Western Frontier where the were stationed on outposts to combat the so called Indian problems. They also fixed outposts and protected western frontier times. Another good note on these important heroes is that won several congressional medal of honors and other medals. They extraordinary men paved the way for future African Americans in the military.