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She became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team.
Who are The Dodgers?
Cardi B quickly rose to fame after appearing on this reality TV show on VH1.
What is "Love and Hip Hop"?
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
She was the first African American woman to win a gold medal and best all-around performance in Olympic gymnastics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This musical duo were the recipients of the first Grammy award for Best Rap Performance.
Who are DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The NBA's all time leading scorer.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
This TV show premiered in the late 1980s and increased enrollment at HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) by 25%.
What is "A Different World"?
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
In 1961, this athlete broke the color barrier in golf when he became the first African American to play on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) tour?
Who is Charlie Sifford?
In 2018, this man became the first African American screenwriter to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Who is Jordan Peele?
The first African American athlete to win a Grand Slam title at the French Open. She went on to win 11 Grand Slam tournaments (five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title) before being inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Who is Althea Gibson?
Stricken by polio as a young girl, this female athlete went on to win three gold medals in Track & Field at the Rome Olympics in 1960.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
She is one of two African American entertainers to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), more commonly known as EGOT.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?