Who Am I?
This woman refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, AL.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This minister and social activist-led the Civil Rights movement by using nonviolent resistance, to protest the Jim Crow laws in the South.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This tennis player was ranked No. 1 for 319 weeks, and has won 23 Grand Slams singles the most of any athlete in her sport.
Who is Serena Williams?
Invented the Super Soaker and other childhood toys such as the Nerf gun.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
This man is known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
After escaping slavery in 1849, this woman used the Underground Railroad to free hundreds of enslaved people from slavery.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was the first black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The first African American to break the color line in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This American agronomist (field crop rotation and management) told farmers in the South to plant peanuts and sweet potatoes to restore nutrients to the soil and then invented 300 and 118 uses for them.
George Washington Carver
This is the first female African American Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This NBA All-Star who has won 4 championships created "The I Promise School/Foundation" to support vulnerable students in Akron, Ohio.
Who is LeBron James?
This famous boxer is known as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He also refused to be drafted into the Vietnam war because of his religious and ethical beliefs.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She created her own line of hair products and straighteners for black women, becoming the first black women millionaire.
Who is Madam CJ Walker
This artist sold 1.5 million copies of her album Lemonade in 2016. And has also won the most Grammy Awards ever awarded to any person.
Who is Beyonce?
This poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist spent his early childhood in Lawrence, KS being raised by his grandmother. Later he became a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
This track and field athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Who is Jesse Owens?
His improvements and variations of the electrical resistor are used today and his work led to the first successfully implanted pacemaker.
Who is Otis Boyken
This Marvel movie made 800 million making it the sixth-highest grossing movie of 2022.
What is Wakanda Forever?
This woman wrote the book "Becoming" and was a former First lady.
Who is Michelle Obama?
The first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This basketball star played for the Boston Celtics and was the first Black player-coach in 1966. He also marched with MLK and stood up for Muhammad Ali's anti-war stance.
Who is Bill Russell?
This member of the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley invented the first video game cartridge and cartridge-based game console the "Fairchild Channel F".
Who is Gerald Anderson Lawson?
This female singer was the first to win 5 Grammy awards in one year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?