Black Sports
This African American broke the color barrier for the MLB in 1947 after getting drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson
The first African American to go to space in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first African American to receive a PHD from Harvard and co-founder of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
This Lincoln University graduate was appointed as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first African American to be created with publishing a poem.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
The first African American to start and win a Super Bowl.
Doug Williams
This African American pioneered blood transfusion and blood banks.
Who is Charles Drew?
The first African American woman to be elected in a national office.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The 44th President and the first one to be an African American.
Who is Barack Obama?
Not to be confused with The Invisible Man, this African American author of Invisible Man details the struggle of an African American man struggling to find his identity.
Who is Ralph Ellison?
This running back drafted out of Jackson State became the first HBCU graduate to win NFL MVP.
Who is Walter Payton?
This African American NASA scientist created the Super Soaker after working on creating a more efficient heat pump.
The founder of Tuskegee was the first African American to be put on a US stamp and to dine in the White House.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This African American woman was arrested before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
She became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry with her work of "Annie Allen".
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
This NBA Center made history as the black player-coach to led his team to an NBA championship.
Who is Bill Russell?
This Tuskegee alumnus created thousands of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes including peanut butter, lotion, and paint.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This co-founder of the NAACP wrote the Red Record a book which detailed the lynches taking place in the US South.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The first African American to be elected to the US House of Representatives after winning a special election.
Who is Joseph Rainey?
This African American became the first to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for her work Beloved.
She is also known for her other notable works such as The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This Claflin HOF alumna set multiple records during her playing career on the Lady Pantherettes including most points in a season and most points in a career for the NAIA.
Who is Miriam Walker-Samuel?
This Hidden Figure was involved with NASA as a "computer" due to her work in the math behind some of the Apollo missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first African American heavyweight boxing championship.
Who is Jack Johnson?
This Claflin alumnus became famous for his photographer of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina and later established a Civil Rights Museum.
Who is Cecil Williams?
She became the first African American to win an Oscar for her supporting role Gone With The Wind as Mammy.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?