Leaders in Sports
I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball. I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.
Who is Jackie Robinson
I refused to give up my seat on the bus December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. This started a city-wide bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana. I became a pop singer. My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.
Who is Michael Jackson
I worked for racial equality. Many heard my “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Who is Martin Luther King
I am a neurosurgeon. I was the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head. In 2008, I was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
Who is Ben Carson
I won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Who is Jesse Owens
I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849. I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
I was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. I was nicknamed “Lady Day.” “God Bless the Child” and “Strange Fruit” are my most popular songs.
Who is Billie Holiday
I became the 44th President of the United States in 2009. I was the first African American U.S. President.
Who is Barack Obama
I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver
I joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984 of the National Basketball Association. We won 3 NBA championships before I retired in 1993.
Who is Michael Jordan
I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges
I was a jazz pianist who wrote hundreds of compositions for bandleaders like Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.
Who is Mary Lou Williams
I was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m best known for the trial of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. After this the “separate but equal” doctrine in public education was overthrown.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
I owned a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois. I invented the folding cabinet bed for those living in small apartments.
Who is Sarah E. Goode
I was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games in 1956 and 1960.
I was born a slave in New York State, but freed in 1827. I became a preacher who dedicated my life to fighting for civil and human rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth
I became the first African American woman to be published for my book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773.
Who is Phillis Wheatley
I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women’s rights. I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass
I was a chef who wrote cookbooks on traditional Southern cuisine. My most famous cookbook, The Taste of Country Cooking, was published in 1976.
Who is Edna Lewis
I was the first African American to play in the U.S. grass court championships at Forest Hills, N.Y. (1950), and at Wimbledon, England (1951).
I started a cosmetics business in 1905. I had saleswomen called “Walker Agents” go door to door selling my products. This made me a millionaire.
Who is Sarah Breedlove Walker
I was a cowboy, rodeo, and Wild West show performer. I invented the technique of bulldogging.
Who is Bill Pickett
I was born in Jamaica. I became a speaker for the Black Nationalism and Pan-African movements. I founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League.
Who is Marcus Garvey
I am a U.S. four-star army general. I was the first African American and the youngest person to chair (1989–93) the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Who is Colin Powell