Sports figures
Both a professional Golfer and Tennis player. One of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (the French Championships).
Althea Gibson
best known for creating the modern-day gas mask and traffic light.
Garrett Morgan
First African American President of United States
Barack Obama
became the first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for best actress
Halle Berry
Civil Rights activist, Author of many books. Changed the world by fighting for what she believed in. she never gave up and was positive.
Maya Angelou
In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists. Since retiring as a player, he has a successful career as an NBA analyst.
Charles Barkley
First African-American scientist. Assist in the surveying of territory for the construction of the nation's capital.
Benjamin Banneker
First African American to serve on Supreme Court. Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Mae Jemison
American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
father of the civil rights movement. He was an abolitionist, human rights and women's rights activist.
Frederick Douglass
First African American baseball player to play in the Major League. Broke the barriers race
Jackie Robinson
George Washington Carver
World-famous chemist who made important agricultural discoveries and inventions
Served as Secretary of State under George Bush
Condoleezza Rice
lead slaves to freedom through Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
known for his contributions to the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. His most famous work is his "I Have a Dream" (1963) speech
Martin Luther King Jr.
became the first (and remains the only) African-American male tennis player to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon singles titles. Was World #1 player of his time
Arthur Ashe
Annie Easley
worked at NASA as a “human computer,” and performed complex mathematical calculations
Shirley Chisholm
was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, and she represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983.
Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host, media executive, actress and one of the wealthiest Females living today
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist. An African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of black nationalism
Cassius Clay
Famous Heavyweight Boxer known as Muhammad Ali
Gladys West
she used her mathematical and programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth which was used to create GPS
Hiram R. Revels
first African American to serve in Congress
Rosa Parks
"the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Sat in the front of the bus
Spike Lee
Producer, director, writer and actor. Created provocative films that explore race relations, political issues and urban crime and violence.