Black scientists
He invented thousands of uses for the peanut.
George Washington Carver
44th President of the United States
Barack Obama
She refused to give up her seat sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
He is known for being the Father of Black History.
Carter G. Woodson
Basketball legend who currently plays for the LA Lakers.
Lebron James
This scientist was the first black woman in space.
Mae Jemison
First black woman vice president
Kamala Harris
She was invited by King to work at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the center of the civil rights movement and served as the conference's national director of education for 12 years, helping to train countless activists in non-violent action.
Dorothy Cotton
She started Westside Preparatory School in 1975 where she earned a reputation for teaching “unteachable” students. She trained thousands of educators on her techniques which focused heavily on the Socratic method. In 2004, she received the National Humanities Medal.
Marva Collins
He broke Babe Ruth's homerun record.
Hank Aaron
This mathematician worked for NASA in the 1960s.
Katherine Johnson
Shirley Chisholm
She is passionate about getting clean water to everyone. She even invented a water filter.
Mari Copeny
He was a dean at Howard University Law School and argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, creating a legal foundation for the historic Brown v. Board of Educationdecision. He was involved in just about every civil rights case that was argued in front of the supreme court from 1930 and 1954, earning him the nickname “The Man Who Killed Jim Crowe.”
Charles Hamilton Houston
First African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson
Started the Blood Bank
Charles Richard Drew
On February 25, 1870, this man was seated as the first black member of the Senate
Hiram Rhodes Revels
He was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. He often disagreed with Dr. King.
Malcom X
She founded Bethune-Cookman college which set educational standards for today’s black colleges. She went on to become the highest-ranking African American woman in government when President Franklin Roosevelt named her director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration.
Mary McLeod Bethune
She was an influential American blues singer and early blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers.
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
Astrophysicist who helps non-scientists understand space.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
He was a Freedom Rider, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organizer of the March on Washington, and a leader of the famed march in Selma, Alabama, that became known as “Bloody Sunday. He was also a Congressman.
John Lewis
He was a famous boxer, but was sentenced to 5 years in jail for his refusal to go to Vietnam and fight what he saw as a senseless war. He never served jail time and the conviction was eventually overturned.
Muhammed Ali
Booker T. Washington
She is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She started her career as a singer for "Destiny's Child." She is the most nominated woman and the most awarded singer in Grammy history. With 13 awards, she is the eighth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter