A Half of Important Figures
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges
This man spoke of his time on the mountaintop in his final speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This golf player won 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour events.
Tiger Woods
This man is known as the King of Pop.
Michael Jackson
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Rosa Parks
He was the first black President.
Barack Obama
This famous person played for the Chicago Bulls, winning six championships.
Michael Jordan
This man sang the 1960 album "The Magic of Christmas"
Nat King Cole
This woman was the poet at the inauguration for President Biden.
Amanda Gorman
This Black man was known as the "Plant Doctor". He planted peanuts and sweet potatoes to help grow crops and cotton.
George Washington Carver
This is the first African American in the major Leagues?
Jackie Robinson
This trumpeter sang "A Kiss to Build a Dream on"
Louis Armstrong
She was the first Black woman in space.
Mae C. Jemison
The first black doctor who did Heart Surgery?
Dr. Dan/Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
This person holds the record for Grammy awards at 35 wins.
Beyonce
The story with Katherine Johnson who worked for NASA and was very good in math.
Hidden Figures
This African American man mailed himself in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
Henry Box Brown
The first black NFL quarterback to win the Superbowl
Doug Williams
This person sang the cover of "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton.
Whitney Houston