Black Inventors
An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts.
George Washington Carver
"I'm a gorilla in the f**** coupe. Finna pull up in the zoo. I'm like Chief Keef meet Rafiki. Who been lyin' "King" to you?"
Jay-Z
The Proud Family
Rosa Parks
Notable alumni of this university include former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and Emmy Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad
Howard
His invention was a method of separating and storing plasma, allowing it to be dehydrated and banked for later use. Later used in Blood Banks.
Charles Drew
"Let me tell you about the life. And how you live when you is a star. Every single place you go. The people run up to your car"
Soulja Boy
What happens when a teenager with psychic powers and a penchant for fashion tries to thwart her premonitions without having all of the details? She winds up doing more harm than good.
Thats So Raven
He was Chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, Baptist minister, Nobel Prize winner and figurehead of the civil-rights movement.
Martin Luther King Jr
This college is the only four-year liberal arts institution that’s historically black and all male. It has a reputation for providing an academic foundation for black men.
Morehouse
With patent partner James R. Sadgwar, This black inventor made taking a chair with you "purdy" easy with creating the folding chair. Get it?
John Purdy
"I'd like to get to know ya, so I can show ya. Put the ***** on ya, like I told ya"
Missy Elliot
Who wants orange soda! This sitcom served as one of many spin-offs from Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show All That.
Kenan and Kel
By 1834, This activist's newspaper, ‘The Liberator’, had two thousand subscribers, many of whom were whites. Very soon, it became very popular in the Northern States.
William Lloyd Garrison
Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, this college is the oldest historically black college for women in America.
Spelman
It all started when this guy rescued trapped miners wearing a hood to protect his eyes from smoke and had tubes leading to the floor to draw clean air. Creating the Gas Mask.
Garret Morgan
"Turn the O2 into the O3, dog. Without 40, Oli, there would be no me. Imagine if I never met the broskies"
Drake
After moving to L.A. to pursue a career in music, Mr. King works at his aunt and uncle's hotel to support himself during his quest for success.
The Jamie Foxx Show
An incident where three businessmen were lynched by a white mob, urged her to speak against this practice, and as a result of this her newspaper office was vandalized.
Ida B. Wells
This college's sports teams compete in the NCAA Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Their marching band, called the Blue and Gold Marching Machine, performs at sporting events.
North Carolina A&T
They say he was an avid golfer, but not a great one. Hopefully his patent, the golf tee, improved his game.
George Grant
"Meet me on the fresh train. Yes I'm in the buildin' You just on the list of guest names"
Lil Wayne
Viewers tuned in week after week to watch the two youngest brothers wade through life's mess while living in Harlem.
The Wayan's Bros
Perhaps the most influential woman in the Civil Rights movement after Rosa Parks, whom this activist mentored in the before her Montgomery stand. She largely worked behind the scenes, but associated closely with the major activists, including Randolph and King.
Ella Baker
The most popular majors at this university in Louisiana include: Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Physical Sciences; Psychology; Health Professions and Related Programs.
Xavier