African American Women
This African American women was famous for helping slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and also was the first black women to serve in the military....
Harriet Tubman
This black women was Charlottes first black female mayor and is currently mayor today
Vi Lyles
She made history when she became the highest paid Black actress in TV history earning 450,000 per episode in the Hit drama 9-1-1
Angela Bassett
Berry Gordy founded this record company where he was able to work with The Jackson 5, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles....
Motown
This black athlete has his own shoe, part owner of a professional team, a 6 time champion, he also attended the University of North Carolina
Michael Jordan
This black women was known as "the first lady of the civil rights" for not giving up her seat on the bus on December 1, 1955....
Rosa Parks
This Black man was Charlottes first black mayor who served from 1983 to 1987, he also was the first black student to attend Clemson University.....
Harvey Gantt
In 1989 he became the first black late-night talk show host, he also had roles in the movie Coming to America and Harlem Nights
Arsenio Hall
She is the richest black women in world surpassing billion dollars, and is also famous for having her own show, being an actress, and has her own tv channel...
Oprah Winfrey
He made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 that broke color barriers for African Americans in baseball....
Jackie Robinson
This black women was the first black child to desegregate a all-white school in Louisiana at six years old...
Ruby Bridges
This black women was the first black student to integrate Charlottes public school in 1957...
Dorothy Counts-Scoggins
This black artist lost his eye sight as a child but this did not stop him from becoming a 17 time Grammy winner...
Ray Charles
This black man discovered over 300 different uses for peanuts such as cooking oil, printers ink, soap, and peanut butter...
George Washington Carver
In 1966 A former NBA player/ 13 time NBA champion made history becoming the first NBA coach in history.....
Bill Russell
This black women helped promoted the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 thanks to her husband....
Michelle Obama
This man was the first black man in charlotte to integrated law firm in Charlotte. He also has a school named after him that is in the CMS district...
Julius Chambers
This hip hop artist was the first black billionaire and has hit like Empire State of Mind, Hard Knock Life, and Run This Town....
Jay Z
When he was 22 he invented a clock made out of wood and he published the first scientific book written by and African American...
Benjamin Banneker
From Compton California, A 23 time Gland Slam champion she is known as one of the GOATs in tennis since she was a teenager...
Serena Williams
This women was a journalist, educator, activist and one of the founders of the NAACP...
Ida B. Wells
He was the first black president of Johnson C. Smith for 17 years...
Daniel Sanders
She was the first black women artist to win a Grammy....
Ella Fitzgerald
This man was the first black billionaire who was the co founder of BET in 2001.....
R L. Johnson
She became the first African American women to become a Olympic gold Medalist in 1948
Alice Coachman