Black Scientists
He was most famous for creating numerous uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver
She was most famous for creating the first hair care products for black hair.
Madame C.J. Walker
He is famous for playing an elderly (some may say crazy) woman in many different movies but also produces other movies.
Tyler Perry
He is most famous for playing the trumpet and for his song "What a Wonderful World".
Louis Armstrong
He took his team to the Super Bowl last year against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jalen Hurts
She was the first African-American woman in space.
Mae C. Jemison
The co-inventor of the foil electret microphone.
James West
He is in many movies but is known well for acting in the Avengers series.
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Jackson
The GOAT for gymnastics.
Simone Biles
One of the first black women to work as a NASA scientist.
Lonnie Johnson
He is in numerous movies including Bruce Almighty and The Dark Knight.
Morgan Freeman
Her name for her fans is the "beehive".
Beyoncé
Broke color barriers in the MLB.
Jackie Robinson
He broke color barriers while working for the NASA as a member of NASA's advisory council.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
He invented a safety helmet called the ”Breathing Device”.
Garrett Morgan
"Wakanda Forever".
Chadwick Boseman
He is an actor and also a rapper, and one of his most popular lines is "today was a good day".
Ice Cube
He won 11 champions as the center for the Celtics.
Bill Russell
He first synthesized the drug physostigmine.
Percy Lavon Julian
Invented a clock entirely made out of wood.
Benjamin Banneker
He was slapped on live television for making comments about one of the audience member's wife.
Chris Rock
Pianist and singer who wrote songs like "Happy Birthday" and "Isn't She Lovely".
Stevie Wonder
He was the first athlete to make All-Star teams in the NFL and MLB in the same season.
Bo Jackson