Inventors, Inovators, and Entrepreneurs
An agricultural scientist and developer of more that 300 different uses of peanuts
George Washington Carver
This man was the first black president of the United States
Barack Obama
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote “Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes
Jackie Robinson is famous for playing this sport
Baseball
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black College and University
Worked as an aerospace engineer and mathematician for NASA.
Mary Johnson
This person was the first black man to attend Harvard
W. E. B. Dubois
She was the first poet since Robert Frost to give a reading at the inauguration of a U.S. President.
Maya Angelou
Who was the first Black golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament?
Tiger Woods
This holiday originated in Galveston, Texas as a celebration of freedom and the end of slavery and recently became a national holiday.
Juneteenth
She made and sold hair care and beauty products, making her the first Black woman millionaire.
Madam C. J. Walker
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
the Little Rock Nine
She was the first Black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Toni Morrison
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
Mike Tyson
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
After witnessing an accident on a roadway, this Cleveland inventor decided a device was needed to keep cars, buggies and pedestrians from colliding.
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
This woman traveled internationally, shedding light on lynchings in America. She wrote under the name Iola.
Ida B. Wells
This tennis player has won 73 career singles titles, four Olympic gold medals and has earned over over $94.8 million in career prize money, more than any other female athlete.
Serena Williams
600 demonstrators crossed this bridge to Selma, led by Civil Rights leader John Lewis in 1965
the Edmund Pettus Bridge
She was the first black woman to own a TV studio.
Oprah Winfrey
She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
(Dr.) Mae Jemison
The youngest known inaugural poet who spoke at the 2021 presidential inauguration
Amanda Gorman
Lebron James recently surpassed this basketball players record for all time points scored in a game at 38,387
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
BET (Black Entertainment Television)