Mathematicians, Inventors, Authors, and Scientists
Who was Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was an African-American author, surveyor, landowner, and farmer with knowledge of mathematics and natural history.
Who was Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a Civil Rights Activist
Who was Samuel George Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer, and television director.
Who is Barack Obama
Barack Obama was the first African American to be president of the United States
Who is C. L. Franklin
C. L. Franklin was an American Baptist minister and civil rights, activist.
Who was George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was an inventor and scientist
Who was Joseph Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow was an American professional boxer
Who is Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an actress, comedian, and author
Who is Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor.
Who is Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.
Who was Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
Who was Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights, activist
Who was Halle Berry
First African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress
Who is Madam C.J Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.
Who is Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was shot in the Boston Massacre
Who was Fredrick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
Who was Athlea Gibson
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer
Who is James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor whose career spans more than seven decades
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author.
Who is Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist.
Who was Charles Richard Drew
Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher.
Who was Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer, poet, and philanthropist.
Who is Oprah
Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
Who is Mae Jeminson
Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson
Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.