Entertainers
She's ranked the 2nd best-selling female artist of the 21st century, with record sales of more than 37 million dollars
Beyonce Knowles
She was the first African American female millionaire with her own black hair care products
Madame C.J. Walker
He was a prominent minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
First African American gold champion to tour the Professional Golf Association
Tiger Woods
This boxer made history in the 20th century fighting for his rights
Muhammad Ali
He developed peanut butter and 400 plant products
George Washington Carver
Who created and founded the NAACP?
W.E.B Du Bois
Who was the first African-American major party candidate running for president?
Shirley Chilsholm
First African American in the MLB and ROY
Jackie Robinson
First African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
First African American women to host a nationally syndicated talk show
Oprah Winfrey
The first African American women to obtain a pilot's license and fly a plane, she's known as a pioneer in aviation
Bessie Coleman
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
At the age of 16 she won two gold medals in the 2012 Olympics
Gabby Douglas
This was the movement of over 300,000 African Americans from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
The Great Migration
She was the first African American women to publish her poems
Phyllis Wheatley
He was a Mathematician, Astronomer, etc; but his greatest achievements were helping with the building and construction of D.C and the White House
Benjamin Banneker
What did African Americans gain from the 15th Amendment?
The Right to Vote
He was a member of the 1922 Olympic Dream Team and the Chicago Bulls basketball team. He's credited with making the NBA internationally known
Michael Jordan
These were known as a series of routes which slaves ships used to transport slaves from West Africa to the Americas
The Middle Passage
This famous musician told us to think twice because the kid was not his son
Michael Jackson
He was a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University and he was the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins
Ben Carson
This Supreme Court decision said that segregated public schools were not really equal and should be integrated
Brown v. Board of Education
These two sports replaced baseball on Historically Black College campuses in the 1920s
Track and Football
How many years did Nelson Mandela serve in Prison?
27 Years