Black Females
Who is the first female African American First Lady of the White House and she is married to Barack Obama?
Michelle Obama
He appealed unsuccessfully for his freedom to the Supreme Count.
Dred Scott
First African American major league baseball player and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Jackie Robinson
Invented over 300 uses for the peanut.
George Washington Carver
Who is known as the Queen of Soul and had a hit single R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
Aretha Franklin
He was the first black President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Nine students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Who were they?
Little Rock 9
He invented the stoplight.
Garret Morgan
She was a journalist and educator. She was one of the founders of the NAACP. She started the African American Kindergarten in Chicago.
Ida B. Wells
He lead the Civil Rights Movement and was famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech."
Martin Luther King
She refused to give up her seat on the bus which helped to start the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks
He developed techniques for blood storage and first open heart surgery.
Charles Drew
The first African American female that worked at NASA whose calculations were critical to the success of the 1st Space Flight.
Katherine Johnson
He was the 1st black to be elected to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
She was the 1st female black published poet.
Phillis Wheatley
She was the first black millionaire and developed her own hair care products.
Madam C.J. Walker
She was the first black woman to be elected to congress.
Shirley Chisholm
She is the first black billionaire.
Oprah Winfrey