Freedom Fighters
This woman is known for leading over 300 enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This Civil Rights leader led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and then went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.
This scientist developed over 300 uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver
This tennis superstar has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
Serena Williams
This jazz musician, known for his trumpet skills and gravelly voice, sang What a Wonderful World.
Louis Armstrong
This abolitionist and writer escaped slavery and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement, publishing The North Star newspaper.
Frederick Douglass
This group of young students helped integrate Central High School in Arkansas in 1957.
Little Rock Nine
This engineer developed refrigerated train cars, revolutionizing food transportation.
Frederick McKinley Jones
This boxer became the first Black heavyweight champion in 1908, breaking racial barriers in the sport.
Jack Johnson
This singer, known as the “Queen of Soul,” was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Aretha Franklin
He influenced Black history by leading the fight against apartheid, becoming South Africa's first Black president and inspiring a global movement for human rights.
Nelson Mandela
This Civil Rights leader co-founded the NAACP in 1909.
W.E.B. Du Bois
He invented the three-light traffic signal, making roads safer.
Garrett Morgan
This NBA star won five championships with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote The Weary Blues and is known for poems about Black life and culture.
Langston Hughes
This Jamaican-born activist and leader inspired many people and movements with his ideas about Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism.
Marcus Garvey
This landmark Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.
Brown v. Board of Education
This inventor improved the filament in light bulbs, making them last longer.
Lewis Latimer
She is the most decorated gymnast in history, with multiple Olympic gold medals.
Simone Biles
He is known for his graffiti-inspired, expressive paintings, he was a leading figure in the Neo-expressionist movement, and was the first Black artist to sell a painting for over $100 million.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice and a key lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education.
Thurgood Marshall
This educator and civil rights leader was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, where he promoted vocational training and economic self-sufficiency for Black Americans
Booker T. Washington
This NASA mathematician, portrayed in Hidden Figures, helped send astronauts to the moon.
Katherine Johnson
This baseball player was the first to hit 700 home runs and held the all-time record for career home runs before being surpassed by Barry Bonds.
Hank Aaron
This influential jazz singer is known for songs like "Strange Fruit" and her unique voice that transcended musical genres.
Billie Holiday