Bruh,
it's a shame hoe little we were, and is taught about our accomplishments. I grew up in Chicago and was never taught that a black man founded it. Here is Wa. State, people don't know that a black man founded Centralia.
Centralia History - Centralia, Washington, was founded in 1875 by George Washington, the son of a black slave, and a jack-of-all-trades who journeyed to the Pacific Northwest to create a new life.
http://www.cityofcentralia.com/Page.asp?NavID=136
A person could easily think that only MLK and a few others ever did anything because they are the only ones presented to us year after year.
Peace!