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I broke MLB's color barrier in 1947 playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
I wrote the poem “Still I Rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
I invented the Super Soaker water gun.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
I was the first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
I am known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
I won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.
Who is Michael Jordan?
I wrote “The Bluest Eye” and won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
I improved the light bulb and invented an early carbon filament.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
I refused to give up my bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
I starred in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Who is Will Smith?
I am the most decorated Olympian in track and field history from the United States, known for four gold medals in 1936 Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
I wrote the autobiography “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.”
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
I invented the traffic signal and a gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan?
I delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
I became the first Black woman to headline Coachella in 2018.
Who is Beyoncé?
I was the first Black women to win a Grand Slam singles title in tennis in 1956.
Who is Althea Gibson?
I wrote “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
I developed hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
I became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
I directed and starred in the film “Get Out.”
Who is Jordan Peele?
I became the first Black Formula One driver and have won multiple world championships.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
I was a key writer of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote “The Weary Blues.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
I created a home security that led to modern surveillance technology.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
I was the first Black Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
I was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964.
Who is Sidney Poitier?