Film Makers/Actors/and hosts
Starred and directed the crowd favorite movies "nobody's fool", "Madea's family funeral", "Madeas big happy family" and "BOO 2"
Who is Tyler perry
Invented the Carbon Light Bulb with a carbon filament which made the light bulb invented by Thomas Edison last longer
Who is Lewis Latimer
A pianist that went completely blind in both eyes at the age of seven and prefers to be called "Brother Ray" among friends and fellow musicians
Who is Ray Charles
Her arrest launched the Mongomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens and she is often referred to as "the mother of the civil rights movement". She stated "No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in"
Who is Rosa Parks
The 44th U.S president
Who is Barack Obama
Starred in the movie "Irobot" and "After earth"
Who is Will Smith
Famous African-American inventor who created the traffic light and gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan
Wrote and performed the poem "my house"
Who is Nikki Giovanni
Wrote the book "I know why the caged bird sings"
Who is Maya Angelou
The first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Who is Michelle Obama
The three-time primetime Emmy award-winning actress who starred in " the autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and played in the movies such as "roots", "diary of a mad black woman" and "The Help"
Who is Cicely Tyson
Created a wooden clock made entirely of indigenous American parts in 1753
Who is Benjamin Banneker
Best known as a leader of the Harlem renaissance he was an American poet who wrote "Montage of a dream deferred" and "I, Too"
Who is Langston Hughes
Former president of South Africa and civil rights advocate who served 27 years in prison for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial.
Who is Nelson Mandela
The author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017. who wrote the book "Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a fair America"
Who is Stacey Abrams
An African-American Actor who plays the cellphone entrepreneur who runs for mayor in the movie Annie(2014)
Who is Jamie Foxx
His work resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts. He was also an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
Who is George Washington Carver
Starred in "dream girls" and performed the songs "Halo", "Single Ladies", "Best thing I never had", and "Run the world"
Who is Beyonce
An African-American abolitionist, whose code name was "Moses", that saved over 300 slaves using the underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
Sworn in on January 20th,2021, and is currently the 49th vice president of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris
American comedian, actor, and game show host who hosts the 19 season show "Family Feud" since 2010
Who is Steve Harvey
"the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker
Who is Micheal Jackson
This famous speech was given during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963
What is the "I have a dream" speech
In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New Yorks 12th congressional district for seven terms
Who is Shirley Chisolm