Singer/Jazz Songwriter
He was the first was a trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. The song “What a Wonderful World” was not a hit during his lifetime.
Who is Louis Armstrong
This women was a women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer
He was an American postal employee and travel writer from Harlem, New York City, best known for developing and writing what became known as The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans in the United States.
Who is Victor Hugo Green
This astrophysicist and space scientist was a high school freshmen at the age of 10 years old. In 1953 she started working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA. Her calculations proved critical to the success of the Apollo Moon landing program and the start of the Space Shuttle program.
He was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This singer-songwriter was originally born with the name Eunice Kathleen Waymon. She performed at civil rights demonstrations and her 1964 song “Mississippi Goddam” exemplifies this period.
Who is Nina Simone
She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
She was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Best known for award-winning 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
Who is Maya Angelou?
She was the first African-American woman and first Native-American to hold a pilot license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
She was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s.
Who is Josephine Baker?
She was an African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans.
Who is Ida B Wells?
He was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
Who is Aruthur Ashe?
She was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
Who is Sojourner Truth?