Inventors & Pioneers
He is the first African American golf champion to tour the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit and win the Masters 5 times.
Who is Tiger Woods
He was the founding president of Tuskegee (Institute) University and the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
She is ranked as the 2nd best-selling female artist of the 21st century and was a member of Destiny's Child singing group
Who is Beyonce Knowles
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
Howard University, Hampton University and Spelman College are examples of these type of universities
What are Historically Black Colleges
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
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
This famous African American inventor invented the traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan?
She was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track in a single Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph
She said, "Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise." She also spoke at the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton
Who is Maya Angelou
This organization started in Oakland California and was committed to the protection of African American people. They were the first to establish in-school free breakfast programs for children
Who is Black Panthers
He is known as the "King of Pop." His "Thriller" album has sold more records than any other in history. He was in a music group with his brothers.
Who is Michael Jackson
He said, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating."
Who is Muhammad Ali
He is known as the "Father of Black History", and he was the second African American to earn a Doctorate degree from Harvard University
Who is Dr. Carter G. Woodson
She developed a love of music from a young age and at 17 won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem with her rendition of “Judy” that earning her a week’s engagement at the prestigious entertainment venue.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
An American inventor and patent draftsman for the light bulb and telephone.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
This African American led Brown University to the 1916 Rose Bowl. He also led Akron to a championship in 1920. A year later he became first African American head coach in NFL history.
Who is Fritz Pollard?
She is an African American woman who worked to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and founded an HBCU in Daytona Florida that bears her name
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
In 1925 at the age of 28 she won first prize in a singing competition sponsored by the New York Philharmonic.
Who is Marian Anderson