Famous Females
Was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. She performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.
Who was Marian Anderson?
American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.
Who was George Washington Carver?
Played Jerome Davenport in "Antwone Fisher" and Eli in "The Book of Eli".
Who is Denzel Washington?
American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Sang "Feeling good" and "My Baby Just Cares For Me".
American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Who was Percy Julian?
Played Ellis "Red" Redding in "The Shawshank Redemption" and Hoke Colburn in "Driving Miss Daisy".
Who is Morgan Freeman?
American football player and coach. He was the first African-American head coach in the National Football League. He and Bobby Marshall were the first two African-American players in the NFL in 1920.
Who was Fritz Pollard?
Sang "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Mannish Boy".
Who was Muddy Waters?
American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress. She represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered on Bedford–Stuyvesant, for seven terms from 1969 to 1983.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Who is Mae Carol Jemison?
Played Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" and Nick Fury in "The Avengers".
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major. championships, and holds numerous golf records. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes in history.
Who is Tiger Woods?
American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title.
Who was Althea Gibson?
American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Who was Katherine Johnson?
Played Christopher Gardner in "Pursuit of Hapyness", Robert Neville in "I am legend" and Steve Hiller in "Independence Day".
Who is Will Smith?
American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. He specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history".
Who was Jesse Owens?
Sang "Jail" and "Ball n' Chain".
Who was Big Mama Thornton?
African American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African American women, including unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness.
Who was Dorothy Height?
American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System.
Who is Gladys West?
Played Mufasa in The Lion King, Darth Vader in Star Wars and Terrence Mann in Field of Dreams.
Who is James Earl Jones?
American professional tennis player. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court. The Women's Tennis Association ranked her singles world No. 1 on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017.
Who is Serena Williams?
African American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He worked with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement, in 1941, to press for an end to racial discrimination in employment.
Who was Bayard Rustin?