Actors
First female african american to win an oscar
Halle Berry
Producer/rapper, created a very popular brand of headphones
Dr. Dre
Self-made billionaire, talk show host
Oprah Winfrey
6x NBA champion, Widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time
Mike Jordan
Inventor, Created more than 100 ways to use peanuts
George Washington Carver
First african american to win an oscar
Sidney Poiter
Rapper/professional weed smoker
Snoop Do double G
First african american to win a grammy
Ella Fitzgereld
Won 4 olympic gold medals and dominated the 1936 olympics in track and field
Jesse Owens
Nasa Scientist, First african american woman to go to space
Mae Jimson
Known for the voice of Darth Vader
James Eral Jones
Rapper, known for his songs about racial oppression as well as other things
Kendrick Lamar
Widely Considered the greatest tennis player of all time
Sarina Williams
4x NBA champion and MVP, one of the best basketball players of all time
Lebron James
Created many books and tv shows about space and is one of the most well known scientists right now
Niel Degrass Tyson
The highest grossing actor ever
Samuel Jackson
Rapper, known for In da club
50 cent
Saved hundreds of slaves from slavery
Hariet Tubman
Has the fastest serve in tennis history
Veins Williams
Made calculations for multiple space flights that made them to work
Katherine Johnson
One of the most successful actors of all time, known for men in black, pursuit of happiness
Will Smith
Female singer, wrote “family affair”
Marry J Bilge
Civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her seat to a white man
Rosa Parks
Widely considered the best golfer of all time
Tiger Woods
Invented a method to transport blood
Charles Drew