Authors
She wrote the Autobiographical "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which is about her life in Stamps, AR and San Francisco, CA.
MAYA ANGELOU
The First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, nicknamed "Mr. Civil Rights".
THURGOOD MARSHALL
James Brown is considered a pioneer of funk and soul, and he's also known as these iconic titles (Name 1)
GODFATHER OF SOUL
SOUL BROTHER NUMBER 1
He was a businessman and community leader whose notable inventions include the three-way traffic light.
GARRETT MORGAN
He was the first African-American to play major league baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
She Won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and National Book Award for "The Color Purple".
ALICE WALKER
Katherine Johnson manually calculated the path for Freedom 7, the spacecraft that put the first U.S. astronaut in space. Her story was featured in this film in 2016.
HIDDEN FIGURES
OPRAH WINFREY
PEANUT
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
A Writer and playwright who wrote the acclaimed play, "A Raisin in the Sun".
LARRAINE HANSBERRY
Barack Obama, the first African American U.S. President, previously serviced as a U.S. Senator representing this state.
ILLINOIS
She was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
HALLE BERRY
This Scientist and Mathematician helped design the blueprints for Washington DC.
a. Granville Woods
b. Benjamin Banneker
c. Lewis Howard Latimer
BENJAMIN BANNEKER
Muhammad Ali was a boxer and social activist who fought for racial justice and equality. He reclaimed the heavyweight title twice in the 1970s by defeating George Foreman and what other boxer?
JOE FRAZIER
He was the African American abolitionist and author, how is famous for his first autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of ___________, and American Slave".
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
SHIRLEY CHISOLM
He was the first African American to win an Academy award in a leading role.
Sidney Poitier
This medical doctor and scientist was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions. He later developed a process for removing plasma from blood.
CHARLES DREW
Simone Biles, is regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time, with 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championships. She also has this number of signature moves named after in women's artistic gymnastics.
5
(The Biles 1 & 2-vault, The Biles beam and The Biles 1 & 2-floor)
She is an award-winning author and editor, whose works include "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back", which later became movies.
CARTER G. WOODSON
This Harlem Theater is a showcase for African American Talent.
THE APOLLO
She was an Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Political and Social Activist, that later became the first female self-made millionaire in America by inventing a line of cosmetics and hair products aimed at Black consumers.
MADAM C.J. WALKER
This Tennis player was the first African American man to win the US Open, Wimbledon an Australian Open. He was also the first African American player to be selected for the US Davis Cup Team.