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This person has won The most Grammies
Who is Beyoncé?
The NASA Mathematician’s calculations helped send astronauts into space.
Kathrine Johnson
This person have scored the most points in the NBA
Who is Lebron James?
This poet wrote “Still I Rise”
Who is Maya Angelou
Who played Kind T’challa from black panther
Who is Chadwick Boseman
This person is known as the King of pop
Who is Micheal Jackson
This agricultural scientist developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other crops, becoming famous for his work at Tuskegee Institute.
George Washington Carver
The First black gymnast to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre
Who is Misty Copeland?
The first black actress to win an Academy Award
Who is Halle Berry
The first black woman inducted into the Rock & Roll hall of fame
Who is Aretha Franklin
This person was the first black woman in space
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
They have won 23 grand slam titles, the most by any player in Open Era
This author of “The Negro Speaks”
Who is Langston Hughes?
This actress played princess Tiana in The Princess and the frog
Who is Anika Noni Rose?
First black person to win a Grammy
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
The Opthalmologist who developed laser technology used in treating cataracts
Who is Patricia Bath?
The first black woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal. (Hint- The high jump event in 1948)
Alice Coachman
This person became the first black woman to appear on the cover of Vogue Magazine.
Who is Beverly Johnson?
This 2013 film was the first film directed by a black woman to be nominated for Best Picture at Academy Award.
What is 12 years a slave?
The first black person to sing at the Grand Ole Oprah in Nashville, Tennessee.
Who is DeFord Bailey?
This Black computer engineer co-developed the first gigahertz chip and helped create the ISA bus, a technology that allowed multiple computer components to communicate with each other.
Who is Mark E. Dean?
This person was the first black quarterback to start in and win a superbowl for his team
Who is Doug Williams?
The author became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first black person to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award)
Who is Whoopi Goldburg?