Athletes
He is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Known for being #23.
Michael Jordan
Our 44th President of the United States of America
Barack Obama
He was a Civil Rights Activist and known for his famous "I Have A Dream" Speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
She is most famously known for her song "Respect" but was also an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist.
Aretha Franklin.
He was known for playing the King of Wakanda in Black Panther.
Chadwick Boseman
Jackie Robinson
He is a Baptist Minister, political activists, as well as a Democratic candidate for President in 1984 and 1988.
Jesse Jackson
She helped slaves escape before, during, and after the Civil War in America.
Harriet Tubman
She was an American singer and actress. She was certified as the most awarded female artist of all time
Whitney Houston
Author of the book "Song of Solomon". She was a pioneer in the world of literature.
Toni Morrison
She is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis.
Serena Williams
He was featured in your Scholastic Magazine and is known for "Good Trouble". Senator of Georgia.
John Lewis
She is the first African American to marry into the British Royal Family. She is also an advocate for women's rights.
Meghan Markle
Her nickname was "Lady Day" and she was an American Jazz and Swing Singer.
Billie Holiday
He wrote an autobiography about his life as a slave then as a free man. He was a political activist and abolitionist.
Frederick Douglass
He was as an American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
Jesse Owen
He was the president of South Africa from 1994-1999.
She helped lead in the Civil Rights fight by not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man.
Rosa Parks
She was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.
Ella Fitzgerald
She was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
Maya Angelou
Many analysts and players have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history. He plays for the Golden State Warriors.
Stephen Curry
She is an 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.
Mae C. Jemison
He was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
Malcolm X
He is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, film producer, theatre director, and philanthropist.
John Legend
She is the only African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Halle Berry