Inventors & Pioneers
Athletes
Educators
Activists/Government
Entertainers
100
She was the first African American female millionaire with her own revolutionary black hair products
Who is Madame C. J. Walker
100
He is the first African American golf champion to tour the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods
100
He is the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
100
This African American man was a prominent minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100

She is ranked as the 2nd best-selling female artist of the 21st century, with record sales of more than 37 million dollars. She is well known for her Ivy Park line

Who is Beyonce Knowles

200
This famous African American inventor developed peanut better and 400 plant products
Who is George Washington Carver
200

He said, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

Who is Muhammad Ali

200
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Who is Toni Morrison
200
This famous man was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State
Who is General Colin Powell
200
She is the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show and she is also the first African American woman billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey
300

This African American woman invented the Ironing board

Who is Sarah Boone

300

He was the first African American Basketball player to open a school for low income families. This school makes sure that every student has a bicycle.

Who is Lebron James

300
She said, "Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
300
This famous African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man which helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
300
He is known as the "King of Pop." His "Thriller" albulm has sold more records than any other in history
Who is Michael Jackson
400
She was known as a pioneer in aviation and was the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license and fly a plane
Who is Bessie Coleman
400

He was a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and the Chicago Bulls basketball team. He is credited with making the NBA internationally known

Who is Michael Jordan

400
There were the first African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School
Who are the Little Rock Nine
400
This Supreme Court decision said that segregated public schools were not really equal and should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education
400
She is the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress
Who is Halle Berry
500

This famous African American inventor invented the traffic signal

Who is Garrett Morgan

500

She is a world famous tennis player. She has won 23 major singles titles, the most by any man or woman in the Open Era. 

Who is Serena Williams

500
She is an African American woman who worked to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and she was the founder of the National Council of Negro Women
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
500
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for U.S. President
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500

He was the first black avenger with his own marvel film series

Who is Chadwick Boseman/ Black Panther

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