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This athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
He invented the traffic light and the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
She was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in 2002.
Who is Halle Berry?
Refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Bus before Rosa Parks
Who is Claudette Colvin?
She is the most decorated gymnast in history, with multiple Olympic gold medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
She was the first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This scientist improved the process of making peanut-based products but did not invent peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This musician is known as the "King of Pop" and is famous for hits like "Thriller" and "Billie Jean."
Who is Michael Jackson?
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This boxer was known as "The Greatest" and was famous for saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was the first African American selfmade millionare.
Who is Madame CJ Walker
He invented the super soaker.
Who is Lonnie Johnson
This filmmaker and playwright created the "Madea" movie series and owns one of the largest film studios in the U.S.
Who is Tyler Perry?
This mathematician’s calculations for NASA were critical to the success of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing
Who is Katherine Johnson?
He became the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl in 2007
Who is Tony Dungy?
the first African American woman to headline Coachella
Who is Beyoncé?
Contributed to the development of the lightbulb
Who is Lewis Latimer?
He wrote the famous poem “I, Too” and was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
the first hip-hop artist to win a Pulitzer Prize (2018)
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This track and field star won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics, challenging Hitler’s idea of Aryan supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This genre of music, born in the Bronx in the 1970s
What is hip-hop?
She invented the home security system and held the first patent for closed-circuit TV surveillance.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
She became the first African American prima ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre.
Who is Misty Copeland?
The first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine
Who is Tyra Banks?