* In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Colin Powell on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* 1931 – Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher ( d. 2002 )

* In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante named Frederick Douglass to his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* 2002 – Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher ( b. 1931 )

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Duke Ellington on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Nat Turner as one of the 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Jack Johnson on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Marian Anderson in his book, 100 Greatest African Americans.

Only one scholar, Georges Declerq ( Declerq, 2002 ), thinks that Dionysius placed the Incarnation and Nativity in AD 1, basing his conclusion on the structure of Dionysius's Easter tables.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Joe Louis on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy: A Life Basic Books: 2002 online edition, by a leading conservative scholar

* 2002, the Afrocentrist scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Crispus Attucks as among the 100 Greatest African Americans.

It was discovered in 2002 by the Canadian scholar Reginald Hamel, who was researching in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included him in his book, the 100 Greatest African Americans.

* John Stevens ( literary scholar ) ( 1921 – 2002 ), Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, Cambridge University

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed James Baldwin on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Drew as one of the 100 Greatest African Americans.

* 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Oscar Micheaux on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* Benz, Ernst, Emanuel Swedenborg: Visionary Savant in the Age of Reason ( Swedenborg Foundation, 2002 ) ISBN 0-87785-195-6, a translation of the thorough German language study on life and work of Swedenborg, Emanuel Swedenborg: Naturforscher und Seher by the noted religious scholar Ernst Benz, published in Munich in 1948.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Edward Brooke on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Stokely Carmichael on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Elijah Muhammad on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

The historicity of the Sacred Band was challenged in 2002 by the classical scholar David D. Leitao who believes that it " rests on the most precarious of foundations ".

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Morgan on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, Molefi Kete Asante included Robinson on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* 2002 listed among the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Molefi Kete Asante.

* In 2002, Molefi Kete Asante named Richard Allen as one of the 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Ralph Bunche on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

* In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Henry Highland Garnet on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed James Forten on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Blanche Bruce on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In 2002, Molefi Kete Asante listed Wells on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

In September 2002, estimated number of 1500-2000 people gathered to demonstrate against the Annual Meetings of IMF and World Bank in the streets of Washington D. c. Protesting groups included the Anti-Capitalist Convergence, the Mobilization for Global Justice.

Since the 2002 edition, the Apostles ' Creed is included in the Roman Missal with the indication, " Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter time, the baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles ’ Creed, may be used.

The new federal Constitution came into effect in 2002 ; it included elements of consociationalism, including a presidency that rotates every four years among the islands and extensive autonomy for each island.

The third, Halos & Horns ( 2002 ) included a bluegrass version of the Led Zeppelin classic " Stairway to Heaven ".

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

Manufactured items in 2002 included beverages, processed foods, tobacco, leather, textiles, metal products, chemicals, printing, nonmetallic minerals, construction materials, salt, paper, and matches.

In 2000 – 2002 Raymond wrote a number of HOWTOs still included in the Linux Documentation Project.

Roger Ebert considers it to be the finest film on the Vietnam war and included it on his list for the 2002 Sight and Sound poll for the greatest movie of all time.

In 2002 the Botanic Gardens gained a new multistorey complex which included a new cafe and a large lecture theatre.

A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, was released in 2002, and a serialized manga, Ghost in the Shell 1. 5: Human-Error Processer, which contained material that was planned for but not included in the sequel, was released in 2003.

In November 2002 OSNews conducted a poll to determine the most popular Gecko-based browser, which included several browsers for Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux, but didn't include Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Suite.

According to Donald R. Hopkins ( 2002 ), Madhav included a special chapter on smallpox ( masūrikā ) and described the method of inoculation to protect against smallpox.

Past winners have included Angela Lansbury ( 1988 ), Ray Charles ( 1991 ), Mel Tormé ( 1994 ), Bernadette Peters ( 1995 ), Frank Sinatra ( 2000 ), Stevie Wonder ( 2002 ), k. d.

" During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the souvenir pins included one depicting green Jell-O.

* The Archive Comparison Test ( ACT ) by Jeff Gilchrist included 162 DOS / Windows and 8 Macintosh lossless compression programs, but it was last updated in 2002.

The album was well received, having been included in the list of New York Times's top albums of 2002.

It was re-released in 1998 as a Toymax, Inc. Mini Classic and was later included as an unlockable extra in Game & Watch Gallery 4, a 2002 compilation for the Game Boy Advance.

Bandai also later released the series in several different box sets, including a Limited Edition set released on July 23, 2002, a " Perfect Collection "— which included the Escaflowne feature length movie — released October 26, 2004, and an " Anime Legends " box set on April 11, 2006.

On 2 January 2001, Renault Véhicules Industriels ( which included Mack Trucks, but not Renault's stake in Irisbus ) was sold to Volvo, which renamed it Renault Trucks in 2002.

Similar employee protections enforced through OSHA are included in the Surface Transportation Assistance Act ( 1982 ) to protect truck drivers, the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act ( PSIA ) of 2002, the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (" AIR 21 "), and the Sarbanes – Oxley Act, enacted on July 30, 2002 ( for corporate fraud whistleblowers ).

On 6 May 2002, the Israeli government released a report, based in part on documents captured during the Israeli raid of Arafat's Ramallah headquarters, which included copies of papers signed by Arafat authorizing funding for al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ' activities.

In 2002, McCartney released another live album, Back in the U. S. Live 2002, and the 19 Beatles ' songs included are described as " composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon ".