@Tfmonkey You've said in the past that black Americans don't have anything to be proud of culturally except for a few people like George Washington Carver and need to have more achievements.
Why not incorporate mythical figures like John Henry as well? Cultural icons, whether real or not, can be a source of pride for a people of a nation or of an ethnicity.
I think herein lies the issue: to perpetuate the victim complex, one cannot exhibit pride.